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Curiosity rover- spending Thanksgiving day on Mars. Email The Curiosity rover is spending Thanksgiving on Mars, but its plans don’t involve eating turkey or watching football. The rover will spend the day scouting for possible sites to begin its first time drilling. “Thanksgiving isn’t so different on Mars. I had a long drive & plan to take photos.

No pie, though,” the Curiosity team said via the rover’s official Twitter feed, @MarsCuriosity. Curiosity’s ultimate mission is to establish if there is, or was, at any time, life on Mars. In order to get a picture that’s as good as possible, you can’t just go skin deep, and while analyzing surface rocks does provide extremely valuable information, researchers are expecting drilling to do even more. Curiosity has already investigated the rock’s composition using its Alpha Particle X-Ray Spectrometer instrument. But while Curiosity won’t be having any turkey today, the 3 astronauts onboard the ISS definitely will. Curiosity fait ses premiers pas sur Mars. Avez-vous déjà partagé cet article? Partager sur Facebook Partager sur Twitter Un tour de roue pour Curiosity, un grand pas pour l'humanité.

À peine deux semaines après s'être posé sur le sol martien, le rover Curiosity vient de réaliser ses premiers mouvements de roues sur la planète rouge. Pour la première fois, un engin de 900 kg s'est déplacé sur Mars et, malgré un petit problème technique, son avenir d'explorateur peut être envisagé sous de bons augures. Ce matin, le rover Curiosity a effectué ses premiers déplacements sur Mars afin de tester ses roues. Lundi déjà, "nous avons fait pivoter les roues", indiquait l'un des patrons de la mission Curiosity, Mike Watkins du Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) de Pasadena en Californie. Depuis l'atterrissage très réussi du robot il y a deux semaines, 400 ingénieurs et chercheurs se réunissent quotidiennement au JPL pour mener des contrôles sur Curiosity. Un capteur défecteux "Nous ferons plus de 100 mètres par jour" Curiosity (rover) Curiosity is a car-sized robotic rover exploring Gale Crater on Mars as part of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission (MSL).[3] Curiosity was launched from Cape Canaveral on November 26, 2011, at 10:02 EST aboard the MSL spacecraft and successfully landed on Aeolis Palus in Gale Crater on Mars on August 6, 2012, 05:17 UTC.[1][7] The Bradbury Landing site[8] was less than 2.4 km (1.5 mi) from the center of the rover's touchdown target after a 563,000,000 km (350,000,000 mi) journey.[11] Curiosity's design will serve as the basis for a planned Mars 2020 rover mission.

In December 2012, Curiosity's two-year mission was extended indefinitely.[14] In April and early May 2013, Curiosity went into an autonomous operation mode for approximately 25 days during Earth–Mars solar conjunction. During this time, the rover continued to monitor atmospheric and radiation data, but did not move on the Martian surface.[15][16] Biological Geological and geochemical Planetary process Surface radiation. Photo shows Mars rover descent. 6 August 2012Last updated at 12:24 ET By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent, BBC News, Pasadena The descending rover was about 340km from MRO at the time the picture was taken A spectacular image of the Curiosity rover descending to the surface of Mars on its parachute has been obtained by an overflying satellite. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter played a key role in Monday's (GMT) historic landing by recording telemetry from the robot as it approached the ground.

But Nasa also tasked it with trying to get a picture of the new arrival. The rover - also known as the Mars Science Laboratory, MSL - is seen when still inside its protective shell. Moments after this image was acquired, the vehicle would have dropped out of the capsule to ride its rocket-powered crane to the base of Gale Crater, its landing location. This remarkable piece of photography repeats MRO's effort in 2008 when it also managed to sight the incoming Phoenix lander.

The front camera can just make out the line of Mount Sharp. Nasa's Curiosity Mars rover seen in new satellite image. 14 August 2012Last updated at 17:31 GMT By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent The MRO image shows the terrain around the rover (double blue/white dot) at its landing site within Gale Crater on Mars. The blue fans either side are rocket blast marks in the ground Nasa has used its high-resolution imaging satellite at the Red Planet to look down on the Curiosity rover and acquire a new picture of the recently landed six-wheeled robot.

The vehicle appears as a double dot. The view from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has been colour enhanced to emphasise certain ground features. These include the disturbance in the soil made either side of the vehicle by the rocket powered crane that lowered Curiosity into Gale Crater a week ago. "We can clearly see Curiosity - it's like two bright spots that we see, and their shadows. Since its 6 August (GMT) touchdown, engineers have been checking out the rover's systems and instruments. Curiosity runs two computers - a main unit and a back-up. Mars Science Laboratory: NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Nears Turning Point. Curiosity : première analyse et premier relevé de température. Curiosity espionné depuis l'espace. Le robot Curiosity a désormais parcouru, à la surface de Mars, le quart de la distance qui le sépare de son prochain objectif.

Depuis l'espace, l'orbiteur Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter surveille sa progression. 109m parcourus Au 29e jour martien (sol), soit le 4 septembre 2012, Curiosity avait parcouru 109 m depuis son site d'atterrissage, baptisé Bradbury Landing. La caméra Hirise de Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter a photographié les traces du rover sur le terrain poussiéreux du cratère Gale. Curiosity se dirige vers une zone géologique considérée comme très intéressante par les scientifiques. Le robot Curiosity a parcouru 109 m vers l'est. Le crash de Skycrane La sonde MRO a aussi photographié les stigmates de l'atterrissage de Curiosity: le module de descente Skycrane, qui après avoir déposé le robot au sol grâce à des filins en nylon, est allé s'écraser quelques centaines de mètres plus loin.

Les débris du module Skycrane sont visibles en bleu (fausse couleur). MRO espion des rovers martiens. Exploration Mars. Curiosity at 'Cumberland' 'Cumberland' Target for Drilling by Curiosity Mars Rover. 'Cumberland' Target for Drilling by Curiosity Mars Rover This patch of bedrock, called "Cumberland," has been selected as the second target for drilling by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity. The rover has the capability to collect powdered material from inside the target rock and analyze that powder with laboratory instruments. The favored location for drilling into Cumberland is in the lower right portion of the image. The rover's first drilling target, "John Klein," provided evidence for an ancient freshwater environment that had the basic elemental ingredients and an energy source favorable for microbial life.

This image was taken by the right (telephoto-lens) camera of the rover's Mast Camera (Mastcam) instrument during the 192nd Martian day, or sol, of Curiosity's work on Mars (Feb. 19, 2013). › White-balanced version › Raw color version Malin Space Science Systems, San Diego, developed, built and operates Mastcam. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS. Updated Curiosity Self-Portrait at 'John Klein' This self-portrait of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity combines dozens of exposures taken by the rover's Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) during the 177th Martian day, or sol, of Curiosity's work on Mars (Feb. 3, 2013), plus three exposures taken during Sol 270 (May 10, 2013) to update the appearance of part of the ground beside the rover.

The updated area, which is in the lower left quadrant of the image, shows gray-powder and two holes where Curiosity used its drill on the rock target "John Klein. " The portion has been spliced into a self-portrait that was prepared and released in February ( before the use of the drill. The result shows what the site where the self-portrait was taken looked like by the time the rover was ready to drive away from that site in May 2013. The rover's robotic arm is not visible in the mosaic.

MAHLI, which took the component images for this mosaic, is mounted on a turret at the end of the arm. Curiosity a trouvé une deuxième roche à forer sur Mars. L'équipe qui gère la mission de Curiosity sur Mars vient de sélectionner une deuxième cible pour utiliser la foreuse du rover. La roche nommée "Cumberland" devrait être percée dans les prochains jours. Les affaires sérieuses reprennent pour Curiosity ! Après avoir passé un mois "tout seul" sur Mars , le rover est de nouveau en contact régulier avec les équipes de la NASA. Et pendant que celui-ci se promenait sur la planète rouge, ces dernières n'ont pas chômé.

Grâce aux dernières données d'exploration fournies par Curiosity, elles ont sélectionné une nouvelle cible pour de prochaines analyses. Vous aimez nos contenus ? Recevez gratuitement la meilleure news et vidéo du jour, et profitez des conseils de Consogazette pour améliorer votre pouvoir d'achat Il s'agit d'une roche nommée "Cumberland" et située à environ 2,75 mètres à l'ouest de l'endroit où Curiosity a foré sa première roche, "John Klein", en février dernier. De nouvelles informations sur la composition des roches.