MARS: CURIOSITY u krateru GALE Vol II.

 
A complex mineral filled fracture (vein) dubbed 'Blue Hill' by JPL, was examined by Curiosity's Chemistry Camera (RMI-ChemCam) during mission sol 1544 (10 December 2016). Two overlapping micro images have been assembled into a mosaic and included with a right-side mast camera (R-MastCam) context image in this simple collage. The mineral filled vein is wider than others in this location, it also appears to be composed of multi toned minerals, indicating that this could have been created by a series of events. A 10-centimeter scale bar has been added to the mast camera image. Blue Hill is located south of Curiosity, 5 meters from the mast camera lens.

A meni su intrigantne ovakve pojave, na primjer...

Zaslijedio sam ovako pitanje:

What exactly does this do?

Pošto sam ovoga foha mogu komeptentno odgovoriti na ovo pitanje( ugrubo plavim obojeno).
Kao prvo raspoređuje obterećenje ("vaga") vozila podjednako na jednu i drugu stranu vozila  prilikom vožnje po grubom terenu.
Položaj glavne osovine to (2x1/2 Q) dalje rasporedii opterećenje na 3 kotača. (po 1/6 Q na svaki kotač).

On sol 1533, Curiosity dumped the leftover powder from the sample it had drilled at Sebina on sol 1495. Overnight, the rover placed the APXS instrument on the engineers' best-predicted spot for the location of the dump pile. In the morning of sol 1534, only a small amount of the reddish dump pile remained, the material that had been protected by APXS overnight. The rest had blown away in the wind. In its place, a broad pile of larger, darker sand grains that had fallen in the wind shadow made by the rover turret.
NASA / JPL / MSSS / Emily Lakdawalla

Sols 1548-1549: Still at Precipice

12 December 2016

Unfortunately, one of the drill diagnostics early in the plan indicated a problem, which prevented most of the other activities for the weekend (including the arm motion and drive) from happening. So that means that for the Sol 1548-1549 plan the rover is still sitting at Precipice. In addition to more drill diagnostics, ChemCam has a long-distance RMI mosaic of “Ireson Hill”, as well as two additional observations of the target “Blue Hill”. Mastcam will document the Blue Hill observations, and take an image of a butte named “Oak Hill”.
Meanwhile, the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting is happening this week, so many scientists on the team (your trusty bloggers included!) are either in San Francisco or on their way here. Tomorrow morning is the main session discussing the latest Curiosity results, and there will be a press conference at 11:30am (California time) that you can watch live!
by Ryan Anderson
-Ryan is a planetary scientist at the USGS Astrogeology Science Center and a member of the ChemCam team on MSL.

Presjek puta. Visine su grafički povećane za 14x u uspredbi s horizontalom udaljenošću(za vaše predstavljanje!)

Valjda je s bušenjem već sve u redu. Imam info da je ponovo dozvoljeno.

Sols 1550-1551: More drill testing

14 December 2016
Use of the arm and driving remain off limits while the drill continues to be diagnosed.  The 2-sol plan starts with ChemCam and Right Mastcam observations of bright vein targets dubbed "Bear Brook" and "Canon Brook."  MARDI will take images during both morning and evening twilight to look for changes due to winds.  Remote sensing on Sol 1551 will include ChemCam, Navcam and Mastcam observations of the sky and Sun at a couple times of day, and a set of ChemCam calibration activities. 
Meanwhile, the American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco is going well, with lots of interest in Mars rover results, especially from Curiosity.  About 26,000 geoscientists are attending the meeting, with speaches today by California Governor Jerry Brown and U. S. Secretary of Interior Sally Jewell.  It's been an exciting week so far!
by Ken Herkenhoff

S drugu stranu dine...

Sols 1552-1554: Diagnostics, science, and a drive

16 December 2016

The engineering team is still hard at work diagnosing our drill issues, but in the meantime we are still getting good science done. The Sol 1552 plan starts off with ChemCam observations of the targets “Hall Quarry” and “Long Porcupine”. Mastcam will document those targets and then do a multispectral observation of “Western Head”. Mastcam also has an image of the rover deck, and Navcam will watch for dust devils. There will also be some drill diagnostics on Sol 1552. 
 After sitting in the same spot for so long, it will be nice on Sol 1553 when we retract the arm and drive to an interesting area about 10 meters away. After the drive we are planning post-drive imaging and a MARDI image of the ground under the rover. Sol 1554 is an untargeted sol, with Navcam and Mastcam atmospheric observations.
by Ryan Anderson
-Ryan is a planetary scientist at the USGS Astrogeology Science Center and a member of the ChemCam team on MSL.

sol 1553

Ovako bi udaljenost do Mt Sharp izgledala ako bi s ljudskim okom pogledali s mjesta pozicije vozila.
Boju neba sam približno balansirao, tako da sve skupa izgleda kao da panoramu gledamo na Zemlji.

Smrznuto blato...

Sols 1555-1557: Lots of Targets!

19 December 2016
Our short drive over the weekend went well, and we are now at a new location with plenty of science targets to choose from. It’s been quite a while since we had a plan with this many new target names! The Sol 1555 plan starts off with a remote sensing science block. Navcam and Mastcam both have atmospheric observations, and then ChemCam will analyze four targets: “Somes Sound”, “Schoodic Peninsula”, “South Bubble”, and “Schooner Head”. Mastcam then has a bunch of mosaics covering the targets “Old Soaker”, “Squid Cove”, “Sieur de Monts”, “Goat Trail” and “Bald Peak”.
Later on Sol 1555, we are planning a short “bump” to position the rover for possible contact science. After the bump, we’ll collect some post-drive images to help with targeting. On Sol 1556 Navcam has an atmospheric observation to watch for clouds, and on Sol 1557 we have a routine engineering diagnostic activity for the Hazcams, but otherwise Sols 1556 and 1557 are pretty quiet.
by Ryan Anderson
-Ryan is a planetary scientist at the USGS Astrogeology Science Center and a member of the ChemCam team on MSL.

sol 1555