Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Curiosity

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Curiosity wywiercił właśnie swoją 27 dziurkę na Marsie  W skale Mary Anning  Szczegóły podam w wolnym czasie.

W międzyczasie pozwolę sobie uzupełnić dotychczasowe odwierty o Mary Anning i przy okazji
przedstawić wybiórczo dotychczasowe lata obecności łazika na Marsie 

8 Martian Postcards to Celebrate Curiosity's Landing Anniversary
AUGUST 3, 2020

Curiosity at Martian Scenic Overlook





The Mast Camera, or Mastcam, on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used its telephoto lens to capture Mount Sharp in the morning illumination on Oct. 13, 2019, the 2,555th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The panorama is composed of 44 individual images stitched together. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS


This image, taken back when NASA's Curiosity rover was at the base of Mount Sharp on March 24, 2014, indicates the rover's approximate location as of July 30, 2020 - about 3 1/2 miles away (about 5 1/2 kilometers). Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech


A self-portrait of NASA's Curiosity rover taken on Sol 2082 (June 15, 2018). A Martian dust storm has reduced sunlight and visibility at the rover's location in Gale Crater. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS


Two sizes of wind-sculpted ripples are evident in this view of the top surface of a Martian sand dune. Sand dunes and the smaller type of ripples also exist on Earth. The larger ripples -- roughly 10 feet (3 meters) apart -- are a type not seen on Earth nor previously recognized as a distinct type on Mars. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS


NASA's Curiosity Mars rover imaged these drifting clouds on May 17, 2019, the 2,410th Martian day, or sol, of the mission, using its black-and-white Navigation Cameras (Navcams). Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech


These 26 holes represent each of the rock samples NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has collected as of early July 2020. A map in the upper left shows where the holes were drilled along the rover's route, along with where it scooped six samples of soil. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7719

Sols 2839-2841: 'Mary Anning' Makes It 27 Drill Holes on Mars!
August 2, 2020


This image, taken by Mast Camera (Mastcam) onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 2838, shows the "always welcome sight of a drill hole surrounded by a pile of drill tailings." Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

The ease of drilling, plus the clumpy nature of the drill tailings, hints that the Mary Anning rock is fine-grained and potentially clay-bearing. Still, we need CheMin analyses to confirm the rock’s mineralogy so we are eagerly anticipating those results next week!
https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/mission-updates/8727/sols-2839-2841-mary-anning-makes-it-27-drill-holes-on-mars/

Watch Martian Clouds Scoot, Thanks to NASA's Curiosity
Aug. 9, 2017


Clouds drift across the sky above a Martian horizon in this accelerated sequence of enhanced images from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover.

The rover's Navigation Camera (Navcam) took these eight images over a span of four minutes early in the morning of the mission's 1,758th Martian day, or sol (July 17, 2017), aiming toward the south horizon.
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA21840

Upgrade Helps NASA Study Mineral Veins on Mars
Nov. 11, 2015


This March 27, 2015, view from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows a site with a network of prominent mineral veins below a cap rock ridge on lower Mount Sharp. At this "Garden City" site, the veins have been more resistant to erosion than the surrounding host rock. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/upgrade-helps-nasa-study-mineral-veins-on-mars

Curiosity Finds Iron Meteorite on Mars
July 15, 2014

This rock encountered by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is an iron meteorite called "Lebanon," similar in shape and luster to iron meteorites found on Mars by the previous generation of rovers, Spirit and Opportunity. Lebanon is about 2 yards or 2 meters wide (left to right, from this angle). The smaller piece in the foreground is called "Lebanon B."
https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/6433/curiosity-finds-iron-meteorite-on-mars/

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Ładna panoramka Aeolis Mons wykonana w pażdzierniku 2019 (Orionid umieścił jej skromniejszą wersję post wyżej:

https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA23898.jpg

https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA23898

A tutaj kolejna ładna panoramka wykonana w grudniu 2019:

https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/archive/PIA23971_hires.png

i jej skromniejsza wersja:

https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA23971

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Curiosity szykuje się wiercić kolejną dziurkę tuż obok poprzedniej. Będzie się ona nazywała Mary Anning 2 

https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/mission-updates/8741/sols-2858-2859-ready-for-round-two/

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Curiosity 9 sierpnia 2020 sfotografował trąbę pyłową w swoich okolicach 

Taken from the "Mary Anning" drill site, this dust devil appears to be passing through small hills just above Curiosity's present location on Mount Sharp. The dust devil is approximately one-third to a half-mile (half-a-kilometer to a kilometer) away and estimated to be about 16 feet (5 meters) wide. The dust plume disappears past the top of the frame, so an exact height can't be known, but it's estimated to be at least 164 feet (50 meters) tall.

Contrast has been modified to make frame-to-frame changes easier to see.

https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA24039.jpg

https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA24039

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Curiosity 9 sierpnia 2020 sfotografował trąbę pyłową w swoich okolicach 

https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA24039.jpg

https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA24039

Eko, a namierzyłeś może jeszcze jakiegoś .GIF do tego konkretnie zdarzenia? Swego czasu świetne animacje/filmiki robiono z serii fotografii nadsyłanych zwłaszcza przez Spirit'a.

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Curiosity 9 sierpnia 2020 sfotografował trąbę pyłową w swoich okolicach 

https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA24039.jpg

https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA24039

Eko, a namierzyłeś może jeszcze jakiegoś .GIF do tego konkretnie zdarzenia? Swego czasu świetne animacje/filmiki robiono z serii fotografii nadsyłanych zwłaszcza przez Spirit'a.

https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/archive/PIA24039.gif

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Dzięki Artpoz, piękna sprawa.

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Wszyscy się ekscytujemy odkryciem biosygnatur w chmurach Wenus a Curiosity nie próżnuje. Właśnie trwają badania określające rodzaj związków organicznych w skale Mary Anning. Pobrane próbki z  wywierconej kolejnej dziurki - Mary Anning 3 w ubiegłym tygodniu zostały poddane eksperymentowi SAM TMAH, który jak dziś już wiemy odbył się z pełnym sukcesem. Badanie to polegało na poddaniu próbek działaniu odczynnika z wodorotlenkiem tetrametyloamonowym (TMAH).

Our SAM TMAH experiment was successful! For those who don’t speak fluent rover team alphabet soup, as we described the other day, the SAM TMAH experiment is a long-awaited measurement by the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument, which uses a special chemical called tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH*) to help identify organic (carbon-bearing) molecules in the sample. SAM only has two containers of TMAH, so we wanted to be very sure that this was the right place to use one of them before running the experiment. The team is now eagerly awaiting results which will take us several months to fully interpret.

https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/mission-updates/8753/sols-2880-2882-msls-sam-tmah-a-okay/

Obecnie trwają przygotowania do eksperymentu MTBSTFA, czyli poddanie próbki skały Mary Anning działaniu odczynnika z N-metylo-N-(tertbutylodimetylosililo)trifluoroacetamidem.

Based on the initial results from the SAM wet chemistry experiment from last week, the SAM team elected to complement it with a second wet chemistry experiment on the “Mary Anning 3” drill sample in today’s plan. The first experiment was run with the reagent tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH), and the second will be run with the reagent N-methyl-N-(tert-butyldimethylsilyl)trifluoroacetamide (MTBSTFA) - shout out to Sol 2880 (link to that blog) blogger Ryan Anderson for these names! These are called wet chemistry experiments because SAM adds a liquid reagent to the sample before they analyze it. Each reagent reacts differently with the sample, so each experiment shines a slightly different light on what carbon-bearing compounds lie within the sample. Together, we get a fuller picture of the chemistry of the Mary Anning sample.

https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/mission-updates/8757/sols-2885-2886-once-more-with-mtbstfa/

Poza tym łazik wykonuje badania otoczenia m.in. strzelając laserem do wybranych skał 

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Trochę zdjęć z ostatnich soli:













https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw-images/?order=sol+desc%2Cinstrument_sort+asc%2Csample_type_sort+asc%2C+date_taken+desc&per_page=50&page=0&mission=msl

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Ta panoramka mnie (pozytywnie) rozwaliła 

http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=46178

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Po wierceniu dziurek w skale Mary Anning Curiosity rozpoczyna wiercenie w szarej skale z widocznymi guzkami nazwanej ,,Groken"



https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/mission-updates/8772/sol-2910-release-the-groken-science/

After a successful bump to our next planned drill location, Curiosity is poised to start its thorough investigation of this interesting geologic region. The team decided to perform a more detailed characterization of this location because of the presence of dark gray nodular features observed in this region. So, after maneuvering into position, Curiosity is ready to begin its characterization of the block in front of us and to prepare for drilling in the near future. After the first day’s characterization of this location, Curiosity will brush off the drill target with its Dust Removal Tool (DRT) and expose the cleaned surface for subsequent observations before drilling. In the Navcam image shown here, the selected drill location is located near the sand-free “point” of the large bedrock block just below the rover hardware at the bottom of the image.

https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/mission-updates/8769/sols-2906-2907-continuing-to-grok-these-martian-sediments/

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Trochę fotografii od Curiosity z okazji marsjańskiej koniunkcji Ziemi ze Słońcem:

Sol 2909



Sol 2906













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Po wierceniu dziurek w skale Mary Anning Curiosity rozpoczyna wiercenie w szarej skale z widocznymi guzkami nazwanej ,,Groken"

Fajne! Wygląda, jak gdyby tam płytka woda bywała, parowała, znów się pojawiała i znów parowała. A może jakieś błotko?

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Łazik Curiosity wiercił skałę ,,Groken", wiercił, wiercił aż ta się odłamała  Na szczęście planowane pobranie próbek się udało i właśnie trwa ich analiza. Zaś kawałek czystej skały która pokazała się po jej wykruszeniu będzie również badana przez łazik 

We are in the homestretch of our time at the “Mary Anning” and “Groken” drill sites, and today’s plan checks off some of the final important boxes to complete our analyses here before we head back uphill. With sample delivered to SAM, we will clear the remaining sample out of the drill and have a look at the discarded sample with MAHLI and APXS. The chemistry of the Groken drill sample from APXS will be combined with the mineralogy determined by CheMin and the volatile contents determined by SAM to build a comprehensive picture of the origin and history of this part of "Gale Crater." MAHLI will also look at the Groken drill hole tailings, which have been somewhat scattered by the wind since we created them on Sol 2910.

We will also look around and beyond the drill target with our remote sensing instruments. ChemCam will acquire chemistry from the target “Vord,” a clean, broken surface exposed during the drill activity. We do not often get such new, dust-free surfaces on Mars so we like to take advantage of clean looks at their chemistry and texture.

https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/mission-updates/8781/sols-2919-2920-penultimate-plan/



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Na to wygląda, że to bardzo delikatna skała! Nieźle! Wnętrze jest bardzo białe - mam nadzieję, że kilka ciekawych fotek będzie, też z bardzo bliska.