Curiosity Rover Blog: Planning Exploration Routes Based on Martian Surface Textures (Sols 4927–4933)
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Stephen Carney
Summary
A blog post from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover mission, written by a planetary mineralogy professor. It describes the rover's current exploration area where the science team has mapped different surface textures from orbital images. The post explains how geomorphologists use these texture variations (different shades of orange and beige, rough vs. smooth areas) to plan the rover's exploration path. The content is cut off but appears to be a regular mission update about Curiosity's operations and scientific observations on Mars.
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bskyCuriosity Rover Blog: Planning Exploration Routes Based on Martian Surface Textures (Sols 4927–4933)science.nasa.govKey quotes
· 3 pulledIn the area Curiosity is currently exploring, the science team has mapped several areas with different-looking surface texture on the orbital images.
You'll discover different shades of orange and beige as well as more rough and more smooth-looking textures.
This is what the geomorphologists in our team use to map the areas for exploration by the rover.
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