Cat O'Connell-Cooper
@mars-cat.bsky.social
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Martian geologist (PhD👨🎓) ⛏. MSL APXS team member. From Ireland but living in eastern Canada
MSL Curiosity: LED lights (part of the MAHLI camera) were used to create this rare nighttime image (sol_4740, Dec. 6, 2025), focused on the “Nevado Sajama” drill in the "boxwork" structures.
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Curiosity Lights Up ‘Nevado Sajama’ at Night - NASA Science
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used LED lights on the end of its robotic arm to create this rare nighttime view of the Red Planet’s surface on
https://science.nasa.gov/resource/curiosity-lights-up-nevado-sajama-at-night/
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Curiosity MSL: Workspace 4789 - back at the Nevado Sajama drill site - you can see the drill hole in the bottom right of the mastcam workspace. Thanks to
@paulhammond1.bsky.social
for the data and stitches
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Curiosity MSL Blog, Sols 4750-4762: See You on the Other Side of the Sun Written by Lucy Thompson, Planetary Scientist and APXS team member, University of New Brunswick, Canada Earth planning date: Monday, Dec. 22, 2025
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4750-4762: See You on the Other Side of the Sun - NASA Science
Written by Lucy Thompson, Planetary Scientist and APXS team member, University of New Brunswick, Canada
https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4750-4762-see-you-on-the-other-side-of-the-sun/
about 2 months ago
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Curiosity MSL_sol 4752: navcam mosaic and mastcam workpace mosaic - parking location for the holiday season and across conjunction (which lasts until Jan 22nd) Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS, fredk and
@paulhammond1.bsky.social
about 2 months ago
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Curiosity MSL_sol 4752: maps and rover data - parking location for the holiday season and across conjunction (which lasts until Jan 22nd) Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS, fredk and
@paulhammond1.bsky.social
about 2 months ago
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MSL Curiosity_sol 4748: MAHLI mosaic on a ridge wall, in the Monte Grande hollow, Gale crater. Image credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS for both images, with stitching by
@paulhammond1.bsky.social
for the mosaic and fredk for the Mastcam context image.
about 2 months ago
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MSL Curiosity: sol 4746 - back in the hollow next to the Valle de la Luna drill site. Image credits - MSSS-JPL/Caltech, Navcam team - thanks to
@paulhammond1.bsky.social
for stitching the images
about 2 months ago
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MSL Curiosity Blog, Sols 4716-4722: Drilling Success at Nevado Sajama Written by Michelle Minitti, MAHLI Deputy Principal Investigator at Framework Earth planning date: Friday, Nov. 14, 2025
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4716-4722: Drilling Success at Nevado Sajama - NASA Science
Written by Michelle Minitti, MAHLI Deputy Principal Investigator at Framework
https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4716-4722-drilling-success-at-nevado-sajama/
3 months ago
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4709-4715: Drilling High and Low in the Boxwork Unit Written by Catherine O’Connell-Cooper, APXS Strategic Planner and Payload Uplink/Downlink Lead, University of New Brunswick, Canada Earth planning date: Friday, November 7th, 2025
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4709-4715: Drilling High and Low in the Boxwork Unit - NASA Science
Written by Catherine O’Connell-Cooper, APXS Strategic Planner and Payload Uplink/Downlink Lead, University of New Brunswick, Canada
https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4709-4715-drilling-high-and-low-in-the-boxwork-unit/
3 months ago
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4702-4708: It’s Only Spooky Here on Earth Today! By Susanne P. Schwenzer, Professor of Planetary Mineralogy at The Open University, U.K.
@spsmars.bsky.social
Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 31, 2025
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4702-4708: It’s Only Spooky Here on Earth Today! - NASA Science
By Susanne P. Schwenzer, Professor of Planetary Mineralogy at The Open University, U.K.
https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4702-4708-its-only-spooky-here-on-earth-today/
3 months ago
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4695-4701: Searching for Answers at Monte Grande Written by William Farrand, Senior Research Scientist, Space Science Institute Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 24, 2025
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4695-4701: Searching for Answers at Monte Grande - NASA Science
Written by William Farrand, Senior Research Scientist, Space Science Institute
https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4695-4701-searching-for-answers-at-monte-grande/
3 months ago
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4689-4694: Drill in the Boxwork Unit is GO! Written by Catherine O'Connell-Cooper, APXS Payload Uplink/Downlink Lead, University of New Brunswick, Canada Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 17, 2025
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4689-4694: Drill in the Boxwork Unit is GO! - NASA Science
Written by Catherine O'Connell-Cooper, APXS Payload Uplink/Downlink Lead, University of New Brunswick
https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4689-4694-drill-in-the-boxwork-unit-is-go/
3 months ago
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4682-4688: Seven Mars Years Written by Diana Hayes, Graduate Student at York University, Toronto
@dchayes.ca
Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 10, 2025
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4682-4688: Seven Mars Years - NASA Science
Written by Diana Hayes, Graduate Student at York University, Toronto
https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4682-4688-seven-mars-years/
3 months ago
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4675-4681: Deciding Where to Dig Into the Boxworks Written by Michelle Minitti, MAHLI Deputy Principal Investigator at Framework Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 3, 2025
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4675-4681: Deciding Where to Dig Into the Boxworks - NASA Science
Written by Michelle Minitti, MAHLI Deputy Principal Investigator at Framework
https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4675-4681-deciding-where-to-dig-into-the-boxworks/
3 months ago
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Curiosity MSL_sol 4711: Mastcam mosaic focused on the potential "Nevado Sajama" ridge drill target, rover stats and map, plus navcam mosaic of the landscape around us (thanks to
@paulhammond1.bsky.social
) Image credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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Our paper on the geochemistry of interdune bodies in Gale crater was published yesterday.
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APXS Derived Geochemistry of Shallow Water Lens Bodies Within the Mirador Formation, Gale Crater, Mars—Evidence for Intermittent Wet Periods and Implications for the Water Record
We present Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer data for interdune bodies in the Contigo member of the Mirador formation, Gale crater We interpret the lenses to represent a mixing between the host M...
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2025JE009001
3 months ago
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Curiosity MSL: Drill hole #44!! Credit: This image was taken by MAST_RIGHT onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4693 (2025-10-19T02:04:29.000Z)
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Sol 4693: Mast Camera (Mastcam) – NASA Mars Exploration
This image was taken by Mast Camera (Mastcam) onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4693 (2025-10-19 02:04:29 UTC).
https://mars.nasa.gov/raw_images/1525334/?site=msl
4 months ago
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MSL Curiosity sol_4680 - Mastcam mosaic of the drive direction, looking across the boxworks unit. NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS (thanks to
@paulhammond1.bsky.social
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4 months ago
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MSL Curiosity_sol 4680: mastcam workspace, rover stats and maps, plus navcam mosaic of the landscape around us, and a mastcam mosaic of the road ahead in the drive direction (thanks to
@paulhammond1.bsky.social
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4 months ago
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MSL Curiosity_sol 4673: Mastcam workspace, rover stats and localization maps (thanks to
@paulhammond1.bsky.social
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4 months ago
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MSL Curiosity: sol 4671 rover stats, Mastcam workspace and maps (thanks
@paulhammond1.bsky.social
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4 months ago
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4668-4674: Winding Our Way Along Written by Alex Innanen, Atmospheric Scientist at York University, Toronto, Canada
@transmartian.bsky.social
Earth planning date: Friday, Sept. 26, 2025
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4668-4674: Winding Our Way Along - NASA Science
Written by Alex Innanen, Atmospheric Scientist at York University
https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4668-4674-winding-our-way-along/
4 months ago
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Curiosity MSL sol 4667: workspace mcam image, rover stats and maps (thanks to @paulhammond1.bsky.social and fredk)
5 months ago
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4661-4667: Peaking Into the Hollows By Susanne P. Schwenzer, Professor of Planetary Mineralogy at The Open University, UK
@spsmars.bsky.social
Earth planning date: Friday, Sept. 19, 2025
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4661-4667: Peaking Into the Hollows - NASA Science
By Susanne P. Schwenzer, Professor of Planetary Mineralogy at The Open University, UK
https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4661-4667-peaking-into-the-hollows/
5 months ago
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Curiosity MSL: sol 4662 workspace views (Mastcam and Navcam), rover stats and traverse maps - thanks to
@paulhammond1.bsky.social
5 months ago
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4629-4630: Feeling Hollow Written by Elena Amador-French, Science Operations Coordinator at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Earth planning date: Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4629-4630: Feeling Hollow - NASA Science
Written by Elena Amador-French, Science Operations Coordinator at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4629-4630-feeling-hollow/
6 months ago
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Earth planning date: Monday Aug. 11, 2025 Written by Lucy Lim, Planetary Scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4627-4628: A Ridge Stop in the Boxworks - NASA Science
Earth planning date: Monday Aug. 11, 2025
https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4627-4628-a-ridge-stop-in-the-boxworks/
6 months ago
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Curiosity MSL_sol_4628: rover stats and location
@paulhammond1.bsky.social
Workspace processed by NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk
@mapperwocky.bsky.social
6 months ago
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4624-4626: A Busy Weekend at the Boxwork Written by Alex Innanen, Atmospheric Scientist at York University, Toronto, Canada
@transmartian.bsky.social
Earth planning date: Friday, Aug. 8, 2025
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4624-4626: A Busy Weekend at the Boxwork - NASA Science
Written by Alex Innanen, Atmospheric Scientist at York University
https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4624-4626-a-busy-weekend-at-the-boxwork/
6 months ago
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Curiosity MSL: Navcam mosaic, sol_4623, in the Boxworks (NASA/JPL-Caltech/Kevin M. Gill) (from Flickr page
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@kevinmgill.bsky.social
6 months ago
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Happy Landiversary Curiosity!!
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Written by Abigail Fraeman, Deputy Project Scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
@abbyfrae.bsky.social
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4622-4623: Kicking Off (Earth) Year 14 With an Investigation of Veins - NASA Science
Written by Abigail Fraeman, Deputy Project Scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4622-4623-kicking-off-earth-year-14-with-an-investigation-of-veins/
6 months ago
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4618-4619: The Boxwork Structures Continue to Call to Us Written by Ashley Stroupe, Mission Operations Engineer and Rover Planner at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Earth planning date: Friday, Aug. 1, 2025.
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4618-4619: The Boxwork Structures Continue to Call to Us - NASA Science
Written by Ashley Stroupe, Mission Operations Engineer and Rover Planner at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4618-4619-the-boxwork-structures-continue-to-call-to-us/
6 months ago
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MSL Curiosity Sol 4618: rover workspace (from
@mapperwocky.bsky.social
). Rover stats and localization map (from
@paulhammond1.bsky.social
)
6 months ago
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4616-4617: Standing Tall on the Ridge Written by Susanne P. Schwenzer, Professor of Planetary Mineralogy at The Open University, UK Earth planning date: Wednesday, July 30, 2025
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4616-4617: Standing Tall on the Ridge - NASA Science
Written by Susanne P. Schwenzer, Professor of Planetary Mineralogy at The Open University, UK
https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4616-4617-standing-tall-on-the-ridge/
6 months ago
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MSL Curiosity Blog, Sols 4614-4615: Driving Along the Boxwork Written by Conor Hayes, Graduate Student at York University, Toronto, Canada
@conorwhayes.bsky.social
Earth planning date: Monday, July 28, 2025
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4614-4615: Driving Along the Boxwork - NASA Science
Written by Conor Hayes, Graduate Student at York University
https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4614-4615-driving-along-the-boxwork/
6 months ago
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MSL Curiosity: rover stats, localization map and Navcam workspace, sol 4614 - courtesy
@paulhammond1.bsky.social
6 months ago
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reposted by
Cat O'Connell-Cooper
Stuart Atkinson
7 months ago
Something special to share with you all this morning: a gorgeous new view of Mars, sent back from the slopes of Mt Sharp by Curiosity just a few hours ago, looking over her shoulder at the floor & distant rim, of Gale Crater... Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/S Atkinson
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4609–4610: Recharged and Ready To Roll Onwards Written by Catherine O’Connell-Cooper, Planetary Geologist at University of New Brunswick, Canada Earth planning date: Wednesday, July 23, 2025
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4609–4610: Recharged and Ready To Roll Onwards - NASA Science
Written by Catherine O’Connell-Cooper, Planetary Geologist at University of New Brunswick
https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4609-4610-recharged-and-ready-to-roll-onwards/
6 months ago
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Making tracks on sol 4609 - the view behind us as we traverse further into the boxwork terrain - image
@paulhammond1.bsky.social
7 months ago
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4604-4606: Taking a Deep Breath of Martian Air Written by Lauren Edgar, Planetary Geologist at USGS Astrogeology Science Center; Earth planning date: Friday, July 18, 2025 Workspace image, rover stats and map from
@paulhammond1.bsky.social
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7 months ago
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MSL Curiosity: rover stats and location map for sol 4602 thanks to
@paulhammond1.bsky.social
7 months ago
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4602-4603: On Top of the Ridge Written by Alex Innanen, Atmospheric Scientist at York University, Toronto, Canada Earth planning date: Wednesday, July 16, 2025
@transmartian.bsky.social
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4602-4603: On Top of the Ridge - NASA Science
Written by Alex Innanen, Atmospheric Scientist at York University
https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4602-4603-on-top-of-the-ridge/
7 months ago
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MSL Curiosity Blog, Sols 4600-4601: Up and Over the Sand Covered Ramp Written by Sharon Wilson Purdy, Planetary Geologist at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Earth planning date: Monday, July 14, 2025
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4600-4601: Up and Over the Sand Covered Ramp - NASA Science
Written by Sharon Wilson Purdy, Planetary Geologist at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4600-4601-up-and-over-the-sand-covered-ramp/
7 months ago
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4597-4599: Wide Open Spaces Written by Michelle Minitti, MAHLI Deputy Principal Investigator, Framework Earth planning date: Friday, July 11, 2025
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4597-4599: Wide Open Spaces - NASA Science
Written by Michelle Minitti, MAHLI Deputy Principal Investigator, Framework
https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4597-4599-wide-open-spaces/
7 months ago
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Curiosity MSL rover - 4588 navcam workspace, location and rover stats - compiled by
@paulhammond1.bsky.social
#Mars
7 months ago
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Curiosity MSL rover - 4582 navcam workspace, location and rover stats - compiled by
@paulhammond1.bsky.social
7 months ago
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4580-4581: Something in the Air… Written by Scott VanBommel, Planetary Scientist at Washington University in St. Louis Earth planning date: Monday, June 23, 2025
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4580-4581: Something in the Air… - NASA Science
Written by Scott VanBommel, Planetary Scientist at Washington University in St. Louis
https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4580-4581-something-in-the-air/?fbclid=IwY2xjawLNHtdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHuDre-JqzsUGj1IVls63gEKe3uypFgT4bwvdihe-sYz_aGKeU6P6H31w0H7Z_aem_rDNS9La-Fo7mZq151tvSIQ
7 months ago
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Curiosity MSL rover - 4578 navcam workspace, location and rover stats - compiled by
@paulhammond1.bsky.social
8 months ago
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Curiosity MSL - rover stats and Wednesday's workspace
@paulhammond1.bsky.social
Blog:
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4575-4576: Perfect Parking Spot Written by Lucy Thompson, APXS Collaborator and Senior Research Scientist at the University of New Brunswick, Canada
8 months ago
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Curiosity MSL - workspace, rover data and localization map for sol 4573. thanks to
@paulhammond1.bsky.social
8 months ago
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