Sols 4161-4163: Double Contact Science

Sols 4161-4163: Double Contact Science

Earth planning date: Friday, April 19, 2024 Curiosity has a three-sol weekend plan coming up as it makes progress along the edge of upper Gediz Vallis ridge. We have observations planned to investigate multiple bedrock targets with interesting rippled textures,...
Team Assessing SHERLOC Instrument on NASA’s Perseverance Rover

Team Assessing SHERLOC Instrument on NASA’s Perseverance Rover

Engineers are working to stabilize a dust cover on one of the science instrument’s cameras. Data and imagery from NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover indicate one of two covers that keep dust from accumulating on the optics of the SHERLOC instrument remains partially open....
NASA’s Mars Fleet Will Still Conduct Science While Lying Low

NASA’s Mars Fleet Will Still Conduct Science While Lying Low

Rovers and orbiters will continue collecting limited data during a two-week communications pause due to the position of Earth, the Sun, and the Red Planet. NASA will hold off sending commands to its Mars fleet for two weeks, from Nov. 11 to 25, while Earth and the Red...