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Emily Lakdawalla • May 14, 2018 • 4
Readers, colleagues, friends: it's finally happened. My first book is finally out in the world. Here's an excerpt that explains the design and operation of Curiosity's MMRTG, (it also applies to the future Mars 2020 rover power supply).
Emily Lakdawalla • April 17, 2018
The Curiosity team has completed its initial survey of the top of Vera Rubin Ridge, and is ready to make another attempt at drilling after the rock at Lake Orcadie proved to be too hard.
Jatan Mehta • April 17, 2018 • 2
Take a look at how electronics of spacecraft are built to survive the harshness of space environments.
Raymond Francis and Tara Estlin • March 13, 2018
Since 2016, NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has had the ability to choose its own science targets using an onboard intelligent targeting system called AEGIS.
Emily Lakdawalla • February 21, 2018 • 2
After a hiatus of nearly 500 sols, Curiosity is ready to attempt drilling into a Mars rock again.
Emily Lakdawalla • February 19, 2018 • 3
Some of the biggest discoveries we make in planetary science rely on the seemingly simple act of picking up and analyzing pieces of other worlds. When things go awry, scientists and engineers can sometimes squeeze amazing science out of a tough situation.
Emily Lakdawalla • January 15, 2018
The latest and greatest update of Emily's list of all the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter HiRISE images that contain Curiosity hardware, tracks, or traverses.
Emily Lakdawalla • January 06, 2018 • 3
Curiosity is climbing across the top of Vera Rubin Ridge, spying varicolored rocks. It's getting closer to being ready to drill again, and has performed a wet chemistry experiment for the first time.
Emily Lakdawalla • September 13, 2017 • 2
Curiosity had a productive three months driving along the front of Vera Rubin Ridge, gathering photos and data with its arm instruments, finally driving up on to the ridge on sol 1809.
Emily Lakdawalla • September 06, 2017 • 3
Since December 1, 2016, Curiosity has been unable to drill into rocks because of a serious problem with one of the drill's motors. Emily Lakdawalla thoroughly explains the issues and the path forward for Curiosity.
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