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Curiosity sol 3: First Mastcam color thumbnails down, everything "flawless," "nominal"
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2012/08/09 03:25 CDT | 13 comments
Curiosity's third day on Mars has been completed flawlessly, and the first preliminary color view from her Mastcam is lovely.
Curiosity: Most of sol 2 Navcam panorama, plus 18 full-res Descent Imager frames available
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2012/08/09 12:48 CDT | 10 comments
A look at the latest raw data dump from Curiosity: our first sharp view of the rover and immediate surroundings, plus 18 of the full-resolution descent imager frames are now available. Check out the gravel on Curiosity's deck!!
Grab your 3D glasses for this view of Curiosity's landscape on Mars
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2012/08/08 09:58 CDT | 4 comments
Curiosity fired up her Navigational Cameras on Sol 2 and began to take a look around her. The first four full-resolution frames are enough for a small 3D panorama that shows a lovely landscape. I think we're going to like it here!
Planetfest 2012 Was a Huge Success
Posted by Casey Dreier on 2012/08/08 07:46 CDT
Planetfest 2012 ended in the best possible way: the Curiosity rover touched down safely on the surface of Mars. In our ballroom, almost two thousand people leapt to their feet and provided thunderous applause to accompany the joyous celebration at mission control.
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: 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
Getting the most out of those first images from Mars
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2012/08/06 09:25 CDT | 5 comments
Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Opportunity Works on a Whim, Team to Stand Down for Curiosity
Posted by A.J.S. Rayl on 2012/08/03 02:29 CDT | 1 comments
Opportunity roved on to new targets near the rim of Endeavour Crater in July, as the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) team prepared to stand down for the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity
HiWishing for 3D Mars images, part III
Posted by Alfred McEwen on 2012/08/01 12:00 CDT
The final article of a three-part series of images from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter’s HiRISE camera.
Pretty Panoramas: Opportunity at Whim Creek
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2012/07/30 01:11 CDT | 2 comments
I know it’s been all Curiosity, all the time on this blog for the last couple of weeks, and that’s not likely to change much for the next couple of weeks. But I don’t want people to forget that there’s another rover exploring Mars’ ancient geology. Opportunity has been taking spectacular photos of Whim Creek and Endeavour Crater this last week.
Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Opportunity Digs Cape York, Roves to New Milestone
Posted by A.J.S. Rayl on 2012/07/04 01:57 CDT | 3 comments
Even robots deserve a break once in a while, and when the Mars Odyssey orbiter went into safe mode in June, Opportunity got the chance to hang out and leisurely take in her surroundings at the Red Planet, while the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) mission downshifted into lower gear.
Posted by Mat Kaplan on 2012/07/03 04:04 CDT | 2 comments
Talk about changing climates on this world and others brought 600 people to the Boulder Theater.
HiWishing for 3D Mars images, part II
Posted by Alfred McEwen on 2012/07/03 02:39 CDT | 1 comments
Part two of a three-part series of images from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter’s HiRISE camera.
Posted by Stuart Atkinson on 2012/07/02 11:18 CDT
Earlier today, unnoticed by the vast majority of the world, Opportunity reached and then silently passed a major milestone in her great adventure on Mars. At just before 3am, UK time, Opportunity began her 3000th sol, or martian day, on Mars.
HiWishing for 3D Mars images, part I
Posted by Alfred McEwen on 2012/06/18 03:10 CDT
Hundreds of images from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter’s HiRISE camera are publicly available, if you know where to look.
Posted by Mat Kaplan on 2012/06/06 05:16 CDT | 3 comments
Mat recalls stories from his many interactions with Ray Bradbury, and provides links to Ray's Planetary Radio episodes.
Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Opportunity Departs Winter Site for Field of Veins
Posted by A.J.S. Rayl on 2012/06/02 05:43 CDT
The Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity strolled out of her winter haven this May to continue the expedition around Endeavour Crater, roving into yet another Martian spring.
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