Tag: Curiosity

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Curiosity’s path

This is incredibly cool. Sean Doran has used imagery from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and ESA’s Mars Express to create a massive image of the landscape Curiosity has traveled through. The detail here is astonishing.

MSL Traverse map v1.0
1.8 billion pixels 09x HiRISE DTM’s
10x CTX
02x HRSC

 

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Unexplained oxygen fluctuations

Oxygen levels above Gale Crater appear to fluctuate seasonally and scientists don’t yet know why.

With Mars methane mystery unsolved, Curiosity serves scientists a new one: Oxygen
With Mars methane mystery unsolved, Curiosity serves scientists a new one: Oxygen

For the first time in the history of space exploration, scientists have measured the seasonal changes in the gases that fill the air directly above the surface of Gale Crater on Mars. As a result, they noticed something baffling: oxygen, the gas many Earth creatures use to breathe, behaves in a way that so far…
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Curiosity picture book

This looks like a nice book about Curiosity for kids. I like that, in the interview, the author/illustrator notes that he has no technical qualifications for writing this book, just an abundance of inspiration and a willingness to do the research. That’s the key, really.


'Curiosity' Tells the Mars Rover's Story with Beautiful Artwork

‘Curiosity’ Tells the Mars Rover’s Story with Beautiful Artwork

A new children’s book uses photos and illustrations to tell the story of the Curiosity rover on Mars.

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Dust storm

The dust storm on Mars is a global weather event.

“The last dust storm on Mars to go global occurred in 2007, five years before the Curiosity rover landed at its Gale Crater site, according to officials with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California.”


Epic Dust Storm on Mars Now Completely Covers the Red Planet

Epic Dust Storm on Mars Now Completely Covers the Red Planet

A massive dust storm on Mars that covered one-fourth of planet just a week ago has grown into a global weather event, NASA officials said Wednesday (June 20).

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