One of my favorite photos from the MARDI Marker Band Valley campaign, taken on Sol 3648. We got beautiful lighting during this video sequence, and I really like how this still was framed. #MSL#Curiosity
I suck this stuff down like squishy-ripe hachiya persimmons. So yummy. I certainly don't understand all the details clearly, but I get the general #gist, and knowing the people sit around thinking about this makes me incredibly #happy. I'm not sure why. Maybe I'm just thrilled by this kind of #curiosity.
The #Curiosity rover has been on Mars for more than 4000 sols, and has seen 6 Earth solar conjunctions in the 11+ Earth years of its life on the Red planet. It's still going strong, as is its team, who produce wonderfully detailed reports on what the veteran rover has been or plans to be working on.
Currently assigned target names, like Cobra Turret, Fang Turret, Gorge of Despair, Brittle Bush, come from the area near Bishop, CA.
During the coming solar conjunction of Mars, and the moratorium in communications, #Ingenuity will use its color camera to study the movement of sand, which poses an ever-present challenge to Mars missions.
🔴 Sur #Mars, les rovers #Curiosity et #Perseverance et l’hélicoptère #Ingenuity ont été positionnés en mode “parking” pour la phase conjonction solaire, quand le Soleil s’interpose entre Mars et la Terre. Il n’y aura pas de communications pendant 2 semaines
🔴🎂 Cela fait 4000 jours que #Curiosity s’est posé sur #Mars, le 5 août 2012 !
Le rover a déjà foré et analysé 39 échantillons de sol martien et roulé près de 32 km.
Il connait une usure de ses roues et depuis quelques semaines la roue de filtre de la caméra gauche Mastcam est bloquée.
📷 NASA / JPL-Caltech
Note: Mars solar conjunction, i.e. the Sun goes between the Earth and Mars, starts 2 weeks from now, and there will be little to no activity for about 10-14 days.
If you're in #Sacramento, stop by the Museum of Science and Curiosity (#MoSAC) where you can leave your nature art, mold mountains with kinetic sand, shoot off a rocket and much more. #science#curiosity
Burning Man?
No, no. Not after this year's adventures. It's Burnt Mountain where #Curiosity is driving through, at present. That, and Bearpaw Meadow, are idyllic places in Gale Crater. For rovers 😬
That's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, if you ask me.
#Curiosity continues its busy schedule, and plans to observe layered bedrock Charybdis, but the team notes:
"Note for Greek mythology enthusiasts: We have investigated a target named “Scylla” in the past, but the Rover Planners will continue to drive Curiosity along the MSAR (Mount Sharp Ascent Route), so fortunately Curiosity should not find itself between Scylla and Charybdis in the future."
😀 👍 !
I'll start. I got into quilting because when I got married my husband told me I needed a hobby. I sewed casual clothing for two years and finally succumbed to trying a quilt (a friend had been encouraging me the whole 2 years). It was the first time people weren't telling me I was doing anything wrong (aesthetically). All I got was encouragement.