Welcome to the family, "Zechstein! Sols Celebrating Zechstein with a Science Feast! Sols Go For Drilling on Zechstein! After our short bump on Tuesday, Curiosity has reached a new potential drill location.
The Sol drive went well and MSL has a good view of nearby outcrops, so the science team had a lot of potential drill and contact science targets to discuss. Sol Drill Sol Zero! The drive over the weekend was successful, gaining us more than 6 m in elevation - not bad for a weekend hike! Sol Oh So Close. Sols Layers and Veins in the Mist. Today is another busy day on Mars, with both arm and driving activities. Since the early part of , Curiosity has been continuing her drive up Mt. Now that we have ascended a significant portion of Mt.
Sharp and have started a southward drive to approach the Greenheugh Pediment, we are about to lose sight of parts of Rafael Navarro Mountain behind some other hills for the foreseeable future. Sol Nacho Everyday Workspace. It's in this next part of the mission that we expect to find a different sort of ancient environment to the earlier parts of the mission, with lots of sulphate minerals. With no rain in the current climate, dust accumulates on the surface of Mars.
Winds energized by the Sun's heating of the ground can form large and well-formed whirlwinds known as vortices. They mostly are invisible, but when a strong vortex drifts over a dusty surface, dust is lifted into it and reveals its shape. This animation was shot over four minutes on Sol and captured a "dust devil" vortex at a distance of one-half to one km from the rover. The dust devil is about 5m wide and at least 50m tall. Curiosity took its latest "selfie" on Sol to celebrate the successful drilling of three holes on the rock slab in front of it.
The first two holes were named after Mary Anning, the 19th Century palaeontologist whose findings in the seaside cliffs of southwest England contributed to the understanding of prehistoric marine life on Earth.
Material from these holes was used for two "wet chemistry" experiments, in which it was mixed with liquid chemicals to extract organic molecules that may be preserved in the rock. Rocks at this site formed from sediment carried in ancient streams and lakes.
The wet environment and the presence of organic molecules in several rocks studied by Curiosity suggest that ancient Mars was habitable, capable of supporting life, if it ever took hold.
The third hole was drilled to study dark nodules visible in the corner of the slab. A Martian day, or Sol, lasts 24 hours and 39 minutes. The 3,th Sol of the Curiosity mission is marked on 12 January. The robot landed on the planet on 6 August This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Noctilucent clouds shimmer high in the Martian sky. Building up an extraordinary view of another world, pixel by pixel. The youngest sediments are to be found the higher up Mount Sharp you go. NASA also released a social media game, Mars Rover, for use on mobile devices where users can drive a rover through Martian terrain while earning points. In April , scientists working with Curiosity announced the spacecraft had explored a region called "the clay-bearing unit" and tasted its first sample from this part of Mount Sharp.
Curiosity drilled a piece of bedrock nicknamed Aberlady on April 6, , and delivered the sample to its internal mineralogy lab.
The rover's drill chewed easily through the rock, unlike some of the tougher targets it faced nearby on Vera Rubin Ridge. It was so soft, in fact, that the drill didn't need to use its percussive technique, which is helpful for snagging samples from hard rock.
This was the mission's first sample obtained using only the rotation of the drill bit. Siddiqi, Asif A. What is Curiosity MSL? The rover began its first drive on Mars Aug.
The rover is about as tall as a basketball player and uses a 7-foot 2-meter arm to place tools close to rocks for study. A 3D model of the Curiosity Mars rover.
The next full Moon is the Beaver Moon, and there will be a near-total lunar eclipse. Full Moon Guide: November - December This page showcases our resources for those interested in learning more about Mars. Mars Resources. NASA scientists are calling for a framework that provides context for findings related to the search for life. Are We Alone in the Universe? Catch Mars mania as an exhibit visits more than a dozen towns across the U.
Two microphones aboard the six-wheeled spacecraft add a new dimension to the way scientists and engineers explore the Red Planet. JPL's lucky peanuts are an unofficial tradition at big mission events.
Full Moon Guide: October - November A new paper details how the hydrological cycle of the now-dry lake at Jezero Crater is more complicated than originally thought. The spacecraft will continue collecting data about Mars, but engineers will stop sending commands until mid-October. The dusty rocks of Jezero Crater are beginning to tell their story — thanks to the seven powerful science cameras aboard Perseverance.
The lander cleared enough dust from one solar panel to keep its seismometer on through the summer, allowing scientists to study three big quakes. Two interactive web experiences let you explore the Martian surface, as seen by cameras aboard the rover and orbiters flying overhead. Scientists found evidence that an area on Mars called Arabia Terra had thousands of "super eruptions" over a million-year period.
Full Moon Guide: September - October What's the next big thing? What might space missions in and beyond set out to discover? Perseverance successfully collected its first pair of rock samples, and scientists already are gaining new insights into the region.
The rock core is now enclosed in an airtight titanium sample tube, and will be available for retrieval in the future.
Data received late Sept. The rover will abrade a rock this week, allowing scientists and engineers to decide whether that target would withstand its powerful drill. Click for more. Cassini Noodle Mosaic of Saturn.
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