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#1520
by
Blackstar
on 03 Jun, 2022 12:24
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#1521
by
libra
on 03 Jun, 2022 14:11
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I wonder if tape could fix that ? tape can fix everything.
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#1522
by
deadman1204
on 03 Jun, 2022 14:14
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I wonder if tape could fix that ? tape can fix everything.
Do bandaids count as tape?
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#1523
by
Blackstar
on 03 Jun, 2022 14:38
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I wonder if tape could fix that ? tape can fix everything.
Not just any old tape. Duck Tape.
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#1524
by
whitelancer64
on 03 Jun, 2022 14:41
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IIRC someone at NASA said that Curiosity's drive motors had enough torque that it could drive on the titanium spokes. That is a big chunk out of the wheel, though a solid third of it (the part supported by the rim, where the spokes connect) looks to be in good shape.
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#1525
by
FutureSpaceTourist
on 04 Aug, 2022 07:00
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https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/26903/curiosity-10-years-of-martian-mountain-climbing/August 02, 2022
Since landing on Mars in August 2012, NASA's Curiosity rover has been exploring 3-mile-high Mt. Sharp in Gale Crater. The rover has climbed more than 2,000 feet (612 meters), reaching progressively younger rocks that serve as a record on how Mars has evolved from a wet, habitable planet to a cold desert environment.
Some other accomplishments by Curiosity:
Acquired 494,540 images
Returned 3,102 gigabytes of data to Earth
Drilled 35 samples and scooped 6
Its findings yielded 883 science papers
For more information about the mission, go to: https://mars.nasa.gov/msl.
Information current as of July 2022.
https://twitter.com/doug_ellison/status/1554718673994076160Well - someone found our birthday present a couple of days early 
mars.nasa.gov/resources/2690… Me, @PlanetaryKeri, @abbyfrae, @dangoods conspired with the incredible artist @JustinVG to celebrate our incredible mission's 10 year anniversary with an appropriately awesome poster
twitter.com/doug_ellison/status/1554719481015848960
On the back - some of our headline stats over the past 10 years. These are as of a few weeks ago..by Friday I'm pretty sure we will have crossed the 500,000 image mark which is an extraordinary amount of sightseeing and science.
https://twitter.com/doug_ellison/status/1554719742950522880We gave Justin the brief of mixing a 1980s Land Rover advert with our bi-color thanksgiving postcard from last year....and he just NAILED it.
twitter.com/doug_ellison/status/1554720304403922944
A few little Easter eggs...a feed extended drill obviously - and those clouds are inspired by one of our twilight cloud movies from a year or so ago
https://twitter.com/doug_ellison/status/1554720934602297345I can't think of a more appropriate way to celebrate this landmark than doing what we've done for a decade....sharing the excitement of exploration with the world. Hope you all like it!
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#1526
by
Rondaz
on 06 Aug, 2022 01:47
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On the @MarsCuriosity rover team, scientists and engineers across the world work hand-in-hand to take giant leaps, find creative solutions, and accomplish the impossible daily, and we strive to do just that here on the @Space_Station. Happy 10th landing anniversary, Curiosity!
https://twitter.com/astro_watkins/status/1555703393594884096
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#1527
by
catdlr
on 06 Aug, 2022 06:17
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NASA’s Curiosity Rover Turns 10: Here’s What It’s Learned (Mars News Report Aug. 5, 2022)NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover set out to answer a big question when it landed on the Red Planet 10 years ago: Could Mars have supported ancient life? Scientists have discovered the answer is yes and have been working to learn more about the planet’s past habitable environment.
In this Mars Report, Curiosity Deputy Project Scientist Abigail Fraeman provides an update on the rover’s capabilities a decade after landing in Gale Crater. Now, Curiosity is heading to an area that may help answer how long ancient life could have persisted on the Red Planet as Mars went through significant changes in the climate.
Read more about where Curiosity is currently exploring. Download a poster celebrating Curiosity’s 10 years on Mars here.
Some of the images in the video include color enhancement that exaggerates small changes in color from place to place in the Martian scene. This makes it easier for the science team to use their everyday experience to interpret the landscape. For instance, the sky on Mars would not actually look blue to a human explorer on the Red Planet, but pinkish.
For more information on NASA's Mars missions, visit mars.nasa.gov.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS/JHU-APL
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#1528
by
FutureSpaceTourist
on 19 Oct, 2022 21:17
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#1529
by
Star One
on 20 Oct, 2022 08:20
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“Paraitepuy Pass” panorama, Gale Crater, Mars (4K UHD)
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#1530
by
Rondaz
on 23 Oct, 2022 19:36
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NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Reaches Long Awaited Salty Region | SGV NEWS
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#1531
by
Rondaz
on 31 Oct, 2022 00:05
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#1532
by
shiro
on 08 Nov, 2022 17:58
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#1533
by
Don2
on 14 Feb, 2023 07:23
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From LPSC 2023 abstracts:
1/Clay disappeared on crossing the clay-sulfate transition. The layered sulfates initially showed evidence of an arid dune environment with a few small lakes between the dunes. The increase in sulfate level was due to the presence of magnesium sulfate bearing nodules. Apart from that, the bulk element composition is similar to the lakebed sediments. This region has a different genesis from the Meridiani evaporites.
2/The rover has now reached the marker bed and this is different. Ripples show signs of wave action in shallow water. The marker bed spans 80km in distance and 1.6 km in elevation. If this was produced by a lake then it was large and 1.6km deep. Other origins are also being considered. The marker bed has a metal rich geochemistry, different from previous regions.
3/ Some abstracts reviewed the organic chemistry results from the past decade. They found complex organic molecules which have survived tens of millions of years of radiation exposure. Some is macromolecular, but small molecules are also present. The small molecules might be a product of radiation exposure or photochemistry. Their presence suggests there may be an active Mars carbon cycle. Nitrogen, sulfur, oxygen and chlorine containing organics have been detected. The carbon isotope ratios are consistent with both a meteoritic and igneous origin. Some samples show at least 430ppm organic carbon.
https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2023/pdf/1663.pdf
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#1534
by
Dalhousie
on 26 Feb, 2023 22:09
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From LPSC 2023 abstracts:
2/The rover has now reached the marker bed and this is different. Ripples show signs of wave action in shallow water. The marker bed spans 80km in distance and 1.6 km in elevation. If this was produced by a lake then it was large and 1.6km deep. Other origins are also being considered. The marker bed has a metal rich geochemistry, different from previous regions.
How go they know the lake was 1.6 km deep?
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#1535
by
Perchlorate
on 26 Feb, 2023 23:05
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From LPSC 2023 abstracts:
2/The rover has now reached the marker bed and this is different. Ripples show signs of wave action in shallow water. The marker bed spans 80km in distance and 1.6 km in elevation. If this was produced by a lake then it was large and 1.6km deep. Other origins are also being considered. The marker bed has a metal rich geochemistry, different from previous regions.
How go they know the lake was 1.6 km deep?
If they know the size (horizontal extent), it seems they just subtract the elevation measured at the deepest point from the (fairly constant) elevation around the perimeter.
We've been compiling fairly fine-resolution elevation information of Mars for decades now, right? Radar or Lidar, or both.
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#1536
by
Dalhousie
on 27 Feb, 2023 01:20
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From LPSC 2023 abstracts:
2/The rover has now reached the marker bed and this is different. Ripples show signs of wave action in shallow water. The marker bed spans 80km in distance and 1.6 km in elevation. If this was produced by a lake then it was large and 1.6km deep. Other origins are also being considered. The marker bed has a metal rich geochemistry, different from previous regions.
How go they know the lake was 1.6 km deep?
If they know the size (horizontal extent), it seems they just subtract the elevation measured at the deepest point from the (fairly constant) elevation around the perimeter.
We've been compiling fairly fine-resolution elevation information of Mars for decades now, right? Radar or Lidar, or both.
We can say with considerable confidence that wave ripples do not form in water 1.6 km deep.
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#1537
by
edzieba
on 27 Feb, 2023 13:30
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From LPSC 2023 abstracts:
2/The rover has now reached the marker bed and this is different. Ripples show signs of wave action in shallow water. The marker bed spans 80km in distance and 1.6 km in elevation. If this was produced by a lake then it was large and 1.6km deep. Other origins are also being considered. The marker bed has a metal rich geochemistry, different from previous regions.
How go they know the lake was 1.6 km deep?
If they know the size (horizontal extent), it seems they just subtract the elevation measured at the deepest point from the (fairly constant) elevation around the perimeter.
We've been compiling fairly fine-resolution elevation information of Mars for decades now, right? Radar or Lidar, or both.
We can say with considerable confidence that wave ripples do not form in water 1.6 km deep.
1.6km would have been the maximum depth at greatest fill, but as the lakes gradually dried up the surface would lower and wave action occur at 'deeper' elevations.
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#1538
by
FutureSpaceTourist
on 12 Jul, 2023 06:38
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twitter.com/marscuriosity/status/1678919891427164160
Mars is a rocky place, and my wheels take the brunt of it.
But that doesn't stop me from exploring! My team says my wheels are holding up. Plus: A software update I got in April helps minimize steering, which improves my mobility and reduces the wear that comes from steering.
https://twitter.com/marscuriosity/status/1678919893750775808Again, no need to worry too much about my wheels! Wear and tear is inevitable. And in a worst-case scenario, I can actually strip off the damaged parts and drive on the rims. 😎
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#1539
by
FutureSpaceTourist
on 03 Aug, 2023 17:10
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mars.nasa.gov/resources/2690… Me, @PlanetaryKeri, @abbyfrae, @dangoods conspired with the incredible artist @JustinVG to celebrate our incredible mission's 10 year anniversary with an appropriately awesome poster