Waspie_Dwarf Posted January 30, 2014 #1 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Curiosity Mars Rover Checking Possible Smoother Route Mission Status ReportThe team operating NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is considering a path across a small sand dune to reach a favorable route to science destinations. A favorable route would skirt some terrain with sharp rocks considered more likely to poke holes in the rover's aluminum wheels. Read more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted February 1, 2014 Author #2 Share Posted February 1, 2014 NASA Mars Rover's View of Possible Westward Route NASA's Curiosity Mars rover reached the edge of a dune on Jan. 30 and photographed the valley on the other side, to aid assessment of whether to cross the dune.Curiosity is on a southwestward traverse of many months from an area where it found evidence of ancient conditions favorable for microbial life to its long-term science destination on the lower slopes of Mount Sharp. Based on analysis of images taken from orbit by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, a location dubbed "Dingo Gap" was assessed as a possible gateway to a favorable route for the next portion of the traverse. Read more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted February 3, 2014 Author #3 Share Posted February 3, 2014 NASA Mars Rover's Color View of Likely Route West The team operating NASA's Curiosity Mars rover will likely drive the rover westward over a dune and across a valley with fewer sharp rock hazards than alternative routes.A final decision on whether to pass through this valley will ride on evaluation of a short drive planned this week toward the top of the dune that lies across "Dingo Gap." The dune is about 3 feet (1 meter) high at its center, tapered off at both sides of the gap between two low scarps. A color view assembled from images taken by Curiosity's Mast Camera (Mastcam) on the east side of the dune shows details of the valley that the rover may traverse this month. Read more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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