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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 12:12:49 -0800 (PST)
From: Ron Baalke <baalke at zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>
To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com (Meteorite Mailing List)
Subject: [meteorite-list] NASA Mars Rover Curiosity Reaches Sand Dunes
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http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4787
NASA Mars Rover Curiosity Reaches Sand Dunes
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
December 10, 2015
Fast Facts:
* Curiosity is using its wheels, as well as its science payload, to 
investigate
sand that forms active dunes on Mars.
* Plans call for the rover to scoop up and sieve sand for onboard laboratory
analysis.
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has begun an up-close investigation of dark
sand dunes up to two stories tall. The dunes are on the rover's trek up
the lower portion of a layered Martian mountain.
A view of the rippled surface of what's been informally named "High Dune"
is online at:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA20168
A wheel track exposing material beneath the surface of a sand sheet nearby
is at:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA20169
The dunes close to Curiosity's current location are part of "Bagnold Dunes,"
a band along the northwestern flank of Mount Sharp inside Gale Crater.
Observations of this dune field from orbit show that edges of individual
dunes move as much as 3 feet (1 meter) per Earth year.
The rover's planned investigations include scooping a sample of the dune
material for analysis with laboratory instruments inside Curiosity.
Curiosity has been working on Mars since early August 2012. It reached
the base of Mount Sharp in 2014 after fruitfully investigating outcrops
closer to its landing site and then trekking to the mountain. The main
mission objective now is to examine successively higher layers of Mount
Sharp.
For more information about Curiosity, visit:
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl
Media Contact
Guy Webster
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
818-354-6278
guy.webster at jpl.nasa.gov
Dwayne Brown / Laurie Cantillo
NASA Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1726 / 202-358-1077
dwayne.c.brown at nasa.gov / laura.l.cantillo at nasa.gov
2015-367
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 12:14:15 -0800 (PST)
From: Ron Baalke <baalke at zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>
To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com (Meteorite Mailing List)
Subject: [meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images - December 9, 2015
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MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES
December 9, 2015
o The Coming and Going of Ice
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_042440_1380
  The knobby, pitted terrain is caused when ice is deposited
  and then sublimates over and over again.
o Strange Patterns in Echus Chasma
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_042835_1800
  This image shows bright and dark patterns with curving boundaries,
  a good example of Mars art. What caused this appearance?
o Curiosity Trek
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_043539_1755
  The Mars Science Laboratory, Curiosity, continues its exciting
  traverse of Mars. Here, we highlight some of its stops.
o Inverted Streams in the Aeolis Region
  http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_002424_1765
  The sinuous ridges in this image display strong characteristics of
  ancient meandering riverbeds that are preserved as inverted topography.
All of the HiRISE images are archived here:
http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/
Information about the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is
online at http://www.nasa.gov/mro. The mission is
managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division
of the California Institute of Technology, for the NASA
Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. Lockheed
Martin Space Systems, of Denver, is the prime contractor
and built the spacecraft. HiRISE is operated by the
University of Arizona. Ball Aerospace and Technologies
Corp., of Boulder, Colo., built the HiRISE instrument.
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 12:17:28 -0800 (PST)
From: Ron Baalke <baalke at zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>
To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com (Meteorite Mailing List)
Subject: [meteorite-list] Mars Rover Opportunity Update - November
4-9, 2015
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OPPORTUNITY UPDATE: Opportunity Dips Back Into Flash - sols 4188-4193,
November 04, 2015-November 09, 2015
Opportunity is within 'Marathon Valley' on the west rim of Endeavour Crater.
The rover has been switched to using Flash again. The plan for this week
is to return some high-value science data products stored in Flash memory.
On Sol 4188 (Nov. 4, 2015), an atmospheric argon measurement was collected
using the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer. On Sol 4189 (Nov. 5, 2015),
a problem with the Deep Space Network station transmitter prevented our
sequence plan from being sent to the rover. Independently on that sol,
Opportunity experienced a reset, not unexpected since Flash memory was
enabled. New sequences and a recovery plan were sent to the rover on Sol
4190 (Nov. 6, 2015). But a timing error prevented the master sequence
from starting. A team came in over the weekend and built a real-time 
sequence
activation command that was sent on Sol 4191 (Nov. 7, 2015), restoring
the rover to master sequence operation.
As of Sol 4193 (Nov. 9, 2015), the solar array energy production was 359
watt-hours with an atmospheric opacity (Tau) of 0.511 and a solar array
dust factor of 0.609.
Total odometry is 26.48 miles (42.62 kilometers), more than a marathon.
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 12:18:50 -0800 (PST)
From: Ron Baalke <baalke at zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>
To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com (Meteorite Mailing List)
Subject: [meteorite-list] Mars Rover Opportunity Update - November
10-18, 2015
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OPPORTUNITY UPDATE: Returning to RAM - sols 4194-4201, November 10, 2015 -
November 18, 2015
Opportunity is within 'Marathon Valley' on the west rim of Endeavour Crater.
After several sols of operating using Flash storage, the rover switched
to using just RAM during Sol 4194 (Nov. 10, 2015), in order to safely
use the robotic arm. The Microscopic Imager (MI) collected a mosaic of
the surface target, 'Pvt. Ebenezer Tuttle' which was followed by the 
placement
of the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS) for several sols on 
integration.
On Sol 4195 (Nov. 11, 2015), Opportunity switched back to using Flash
memory in order to recover many important science data products still
stored in the Flash memory. A reset of the vehicle occurred on Sol 4196
(Nov. 12, 2015), but was quickly recovered to master sequence control
by the ground team. On Sol 4200 (Nov. 17, 2015), the rover was configured
back to using RAM only. A 43-foot (13-meter) drive to a new location with
steeper north-facing slopes was performed on that sol.
As of Sol 4201 (Nov. 18, 2015), the solar array energy production was
376 watt-hours with an atmospheric opacity (Tau) of 0.494 and a solar
array dust factor of 0.612.
Total odometry is 26.49 miles (42.63 kilometers), more than a marathon.
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Message: 7
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 12:20:36 -0800 (PST)
From: Ron Baalke <baalke at zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>
To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com (Meteorite Mailing List)
Subject: [meteorite-list] Mars Rover Opportunity Update: November 19 -
December 1, 2015
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http://mars.nasa.gov/mer/mission/status.html#opportunity
OPPORTUNITY UPDATE:  Arm Raised to Take in the View  - sols
4202-4214, November 19, 2015-December 01, 2015:
Opportunity is inside 'Marathon Valley' on the west rim of Endeavour
Crater.
The rover is positioned on steep, north-facing slopes for improved solar
array energy production. On Sol 4202 (Nov. 19. 2105), the robotic arm
was raised so Panoramic Camera (Pancam) color images could be collected
without an obstructed view of the foreground. On Sol 4206 (Nov. 23,
2015), a small bump of less than 3 feet (a meter) was performed to
position some surface targets within the work volume of the robotic arm.
Additional Flash bank readouts were performed to support the Flash
memory diagnostics. On subsequent sols, both Navigation Camera (Navcam)
and Pancam imagery were collected. On Sol 4211 (Nov. 28, 2015), the
robotic arm was used to collect a Microscopic Imager (MI) mosaic of the
surface target, named 'Pvt. Hugh McNeal.' This was followed with the
placing of the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS) on the same for
multi-sol integration.
As of Sol 4214 (Dec. 1, 2015), the solar array energy production was 387
watt-hours with an atmospheric opacity (Tau) of 0.544 and a solar array
dust factor of 0.643.
Total odometry is 26.49 miles (42.63 kilometers), more than a marathon.
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Message: 8
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 12:24:34 -0800 (PST)
From: Ron Baalke <baalke at zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>
To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com (Meteorite Mailing List)
Subject: [meteorite-list] Mars Odyssey THEMIS Images: December 7-11,
2015
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MARS ODYSSEY THEMIS IMAGES
December 7-11, 2015
o A Hill Divided (07 December 2015)
  http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20151207a
o Huo-Hsing Vallis (08 December 2015)
  http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20151208a
o Textures (09 December 2015)
  http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20151209a
o Tenuis Cavus (10 December 2015)
  http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20151210a
o Olympica Fossae (11 December 2015)
  http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20151211a
All of the THEMIS images are archive here:
http://themis.asu.edu/latest.html
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the 2001 Mars Odyssey mission
for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C. The Thermal Emission
Imaging System (THEMIS) was developed by Arizona State University,
Tempe, in co.oration with Raytheon Santa Barbara Remote Sensing.
The THEMIS investigation is led by Dr. Philip Christensen at Arizona State
University. Lockheed Martin Astronautics, Denver, is the prime contractor
for the Odyssey project, and developed and built the orbiter. Mission
operations are conducted jointly from Lockheed Martin and from JPL, a
division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.
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Message: 9
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 10:07:03 -1000
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To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Subject: [meteorite-list] Ad: Pre-Tucson Suspension Box SALE
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Message: 10
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 12:39:25 -0800 (PST)
From: Ron Baalke <baalke at zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>
To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com (Meteorite Mailing List)
Subject: [meteorite-list] Pluto's Close-up, Now in Color
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http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/Multimedia/Science-Photos/image.php?gallery_id=2&image_id=389
Pluto's Close-up, Now in Color
Release Date: December 10, 2015
Keywords: LORRI, MVIC, Pluto, Ralph
This enhanced color mosaic combines some of the sharpest views of Pluto
that NASA's New Horizons spacecraft obtained during its July 14 flyby.
The pictures are part of a sequence taken near New Horizons' closest 
approach
to Pluto, with resolutions of about 250-280 feet (77-85 meters) per pixel
- revealing features smaller than half a city block on Pluto's surface.
Lower resolution color data (at about 2,066 feet, or 630 meters, per pixel)
were added to create this new image.
The images form a strip 50 miles (80 kilometers) wide, trending (top to
bottom) from the edge of 'badlands" northwest of the informally named
Sputnik Planum, across the al-Idrisi mountains, onto the shoreline of
Pluto's "heart" feature, and just into its icy plains. They combine pictures
from the telescopic Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) taken 
approximately
15 minutes before New Horizons' closest approach to Pluto, with - from
a range of only 10,000 miles (17,000 kilometers) - with color data (in
near-infrared, red and blue) gathered by the Ralph/Multispectral Visible
Imaging Camera (MVIC) 25 minutes before the LORRI pictures.
The wide variety of cratered, mountainous and glacial terrains seen here
gives scientists and the public alike a breathtaking, super-high-resolution
color window into Pluto's geology.
Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest
Research Institute
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Message: 11
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 12:40:48 -0800 (PST)
From: Ron Baalke <baalke at zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>
To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com (Meteorite Mailing List)
Subject: [meteorite-list] Robot Arm Simulates Close Approach to ESA's
Asteroid Mission
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http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Engineering_Technology/Asteroid_Impact_Mission/Robot_arm_simulates_close_approach_of_ESA_s_asteroid_mission
Robot Arm Simulates Close Approach to ESA's Asteroid Mission
European Space Agency
December 8, 2015
The final approach to an asteroid has been practised for ESA's proposed
Asteroid Impact Mission using a real spacecraft camera mounted on a robot
arm.
The 2020 AIM mission would find its way across deep space as usual with
startrackers and radio ranging but the real challenge would come after
arrival at its target Didymos double asteroids: picking its way around
these unprecedented surroundings to close in on the smaller asteroid for
detailed observations and setting down a lander.
The rehearsal took place at the Madrid headquarters of Spain's GMV company,
with ESA's arm-mounted camera using dedicated navigation software to
close in on a model asteroid.
"By including an actual navigation camera in the loop, we made the test
as realistic as possible," explains ESA guidance specialist Massimo
Casasco.
AIM and lander
As the Rosetta comet adventure showed last year, landing on a small body
is no easy task.
"One of AIM's objectives is to put down a lander on the smaller of
the Didymos asteroids using onboard autonomy and very limited resources,"
says Ian Carnelli, ESA's AIM project manager.
The low-budget AIM will avoid costly dedicated proximity sensors, instead
calling on smart visual navigation software to track its motion over the
surface.
In addition, it might reuse its laser communication package for measuring
height above the surface.
ESA's camera took images for the processing software to first select
landmark "feature points' within the field of view and then to follow
them from frame to frame.
The camera itself has a detector that acquires the images, a "frame
store" for their intermediate storage and an image-processing chip to
perform the feature tracking, before providing the information to AIM's
guidance and navigation computer.
"The changing tracks of the various feature points over time (shown
in purple in the video) are checked against the onward and rotational
motion of the spacecraft to determine its position and orientation,"
says ESA guidance expert Olivier Dubois-Matra.
"The ultimate goal for AIM is to demonstrate new ways to explore small
Solar System bodies in the future," adds Ian, "so we are testing this
approach as fully as possible. In effect, the test bench is a fully fledged
optical and robotic laboratory, testing AIM's approach and the lander
descent right down to deployment altitude."
Camera on robot arm
With a launch window opening in October 2020, AIM would be humanity's
first mission to a double asteroid. Its first major design review next
month will allow detailed design to begin in February.
The Mascot-2 lander is being designed and tested by Germany's DLR space
agency and is based on the lander scheduled to reach asteroid Ryugu as
part of Japan's Hayabusa-2 in July 2018.
NASA's own Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART, probe will impact
the same asteroid, with AIM providing detailed before-and-after mapping
to help assess the effects and test planetary defence techniques.
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