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MISSION UPDATES | October 31, 2019

Sol 2572-2573: Central Butte Rocks

Written by Fred Calef, Planetary Geologist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory



A view towards "Central" butte that emphasizes the many layers ahead of us. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Curiosity made an almost 10 m drive to approach a "butte"iful outcrop at the base of "Central" butte, an erosional remnant of the pediment in front of us. With a key geologic contact between two different layers a few meters ahead, we're planning a "touch-n-go" on sol 2572 with two APXS measurements, ChemCam, MAHLI, and Mastcam on rock "Glen Mark," an additional ChemCam on "Fourpenny", a Mastcam of nearby "Pittodrie" looking for nodules in the rock, and a Mastcam mosaic of layered outcrop "Hunda" in front of us which is composed of fine layered bedding. We're also firing up CheMin for an empty cell analysis to get ready for the next drill location. On sol 2773, the rover will go through its nominal list of untargeted ChemCam acquisitions, a dust-devil survey, and Mastcam line-of-sight extinction to measure dust in the atmosphere.

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Characterizing Central Butte: Update for Sols 2574-2576: By Kristen Bennett




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Characterizing Central Butte: Curiosity Rover Mission Update for Sols 2574-2576: Written by Kristen Bennett, Planetary Geologist at USGS Astrogeology Science Center, November 1, 2019.
In today’s plan, Curiosity is still investigating Central Butte. The rover is a little further up the side of the butte, and the goal is to characterize the different units that we can observe. The Navcam image displayed above shows the workspace (the area right in front of the rover that the arm can reach) for our weekend plan.
During the weekend plan, there is plenty of contact science. “Upperhill” will be targeted with both MAHLI and APXS after the DRT removes dust from the surface. “Stonehive” is an additional MAHLI and APXS target in the plan. Finally, “Kenmore” is a MAHLI-only target that will look at the side of a block to help us investigate sedimentary structures in this area.
ChemCam has four targets in the weekend plan including Stonehive, which is also a contact science target. ChemCam will also target “Ericht,” “Biggar,” and “Reay” to document any variations present in the workspace. Mastcam will take documentation images of all the ChemCam targets. Mastcam will also take a multispectral observation of Upperhill. This observation will take advantage of the DRT target to obtain multispectral data of a dust-cleared area. Additionally, Mastcam will take several mosaics of the butte. “Hunda” is an expansion of a previous mosaic with the same name. Interesting sedimentary structures were identified in the original mosaic, so the expanded mosaic will help us understand the extent of these sedimentary structures. “Carstairs” is a mosaic that is looking along the side of the butte in order to look at the outcropping laminations from a different angle. The final mosaic will be of the top of Central Butte to capture an area that we will not be able to drive up to.
After all of these observations, Curiosity will start driving around the butte to look at it from the other side. We expect to continue having amazing views of Central Butte at our next stop!

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Curiosity acquired this image with its left navigation camera (L-NavCam) on Sol 2572 (November 1, 2019. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech.

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South America's Altiplano Looks Like Mars

October 07, 2019
Filled with briny lakes, the Quisquiro salt flat in South America's Altiplano represents the kind of landscape that scientists think may have existed in Gale Crater, which NASA's Curiosity rover is exploring.
This salt flat is located in Chile, though the Altiplano sprawls across countries. Streams and rivers flowing from mountain ranges into this arid, high-altitude plateau lead to closed basins similar to Mars' ancient Gale Crater. Lakes on the Altiplano are heavily influenced by climate in the same way as Gale.

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Maksym Bocharov

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