Blog Archive
First full-resolution MARDI frame: Bye-bye, heat shield
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2012/08/07 11:50 CDT | 11 comments
The thumbnail versions of the Mars Descent Imager images have shown up on the Curiosity raw images page, and hiding among them was a single full-resolution frame containing the heat shield.
Curiosity's MAHLI camera: Much more than a microscopic imager
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2012/08/07 06:19 CDT | 3 comments
Today's press briefing featured the first image from MAHLI, the Mars Hand Lens Imager, so it's time for me to dive in to this camera's capabilities.
Curiosity sol 1 and planned activities for the next few sols
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2012/08/07 04:29 CDT | 11 comments
A look at the current status of Curiosity at the beginning of sol 2, and what activities to look forward to over the next few sols.
Curiosity: Notes from the two day-after-landing press briefings
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2012/08/06 07:43 CDT | 7 comments
Notes on Curiosity's physical state, future activities, landing site, and other stuff gleaned from the two press briefings conducted at JPL today.
First look at Curiosity MARDI's descent animation (WOW WOW)
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2012/08/06 07:09 CDT | 5 comments
Even a preliminary, low-resolution, low-frame-rate version of Curiosity's descent imager animation of the arrival on Mars contains almost more awesome than I can stand.
A "long" view of the Curiosity Descending image
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2012/08/06 06:41 CDT | 2 comments
A wider (well, longer) view of the amazing HiRISE image that shows Curiosity descending under parachute to Mars











