[meteorite-list] Curiosity Rover Continuing Toward Glenelg

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:12:21 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <201209252212.q8PMCLDQ029839_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/news/whatsnew/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&NewsID=1357

Continuing Toward Glenelg
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
September 25, 2012

On Sol 49 (Sept. 25), Curiosity drove about 102 feet (31 meters), bringing the
mission's total amount of driving to about 1,204 feet (367 meters). The rover
science team's current focus is on getting Curiosity to the Glenelg area, and
the drive took the rover eastward toward that destination.

Activities on Sol 49 before the drive included observation of a wheel track.
After the drive, cameras on the mast observed the sky, as well as terrain at
the rover's new location. A post-drive raw image from Curiosity's right
Navigation Camera is at http://1.usa.gov/Pk6naH .

Curiosity continues to work in good health. Sol 49, in Mars local mean solar
time at Gale Crater, ends at 3:49 p.m. Sept. 25, PDT.
Received on Tue 25 Sep 2012 06:12:21 PM PDT