Heute vor 11 Jahren, der erste tweet vom Mars. Happy birthday, curiosity!
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Curiosity Rover: I'm safely on the surface of Mars. GALE CRATER I AM IN YOU!!! #MSL
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/michelreimon/status/1688089256852365312

Seeing clouds from the surface of #Mars will never get old.
The #Curiosity rover spotted these on Sol 3063 at dusk over a rock outcrop named Mont Mercou.
They are likely made of carbon dioxide and at an altitude of over 60km, which is much higher than typical for Mars.

Full resolution: https://flic.kr/p/2oUgFwL

NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Simeon Schmauß

#MarsScienceLaboratory #MSL #Mars #clouds #NASA #Space #Solarocks

Seeing clouds from the surface of #Mars will never get old.
The #Curiosity rover spotted these on Sol 3063 at dusk over a rock outcrop named Mont Mercou.
They are likely made of carbon dioxide and at an altitude of over 60km, which is much higher than typical for Mars.

Full resolution: https://flic.kr/p/2oUgFwL

NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Simeon Schmauß

#MarsScienceLaboratory #MSL #Mars #clouds #NASA #Space #Solarocks

Congrats to Curiosity and her entire team who are celebrating the 11th ladiversary today! 🥳
I used the occasion to reprocess the first of many amazing rover selfies which was taken on Sol 84.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Simeon Schmauß

#Curiosity #MarsScienceLaboratory #MSL #Mars #NASA #Space #Solarocks

Curiosity rover's latest workspace, imaged on mission Sol 3885 (July 12, 2023). This processed mosaic of six overlapping Bayer reconstructed left-side MastCam frames covers an area about 2 meters (~6 feet) across. It shows details within the workspace accessible to the instruments and tools on the rover's two meter-long robotic arm. Scalebar provided.

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk

#CuriosityRover #Mars #Marsrover #space #Curiosity #NASA #MSL #BayerReconstructed #ScaleBar

Curiosity rover's workspace, on mission Sol 3880 (July 6, 2023). A processed mosaic of six overlapping Bayer reconstructed left-side MastCam frames, it covers an area about 2 meters (~6 feet) across, and features details within the workspace accessible to the instruments and tools on the rover's two meter-long robotic arm. A 50 centimeter scalebar has been added (~20 inches).

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk

#CuriosityRover #Mars #Marsrover #space #curiosity #NASA #MSL #BayerReconstructed

A nice drive of ~44 meters for Curiosity on Sol 3880 brings the rover a little closer to a cluster of impact craters. Post drive images, a map and the drive data is attached.

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

#CuriosityRover #MSL #Marsrover #Mars #NASA #Space #Science #JPL #Caltech #map #data

Conexões para adiar o fim do mundo

by Uirá Porã

https://midianinja.org/uirapora/conexoes-para-adiar-o-fim-do-mundo/

#MovimentoDosTrabalhadoresSemTerra #MST #MovimentoSoftwareLivre #MSL #Brasil #OpenSource #CitizenParticipation

Curiosity rover's latest workspace, imaged during sol 3853 (June 9, 2023) after a drive towards the Southeast of 5.6 meters (18.3 ft) to site #101/1492. This processed mosaic of six overlapping Bayer reconstructed left-side MastCam frames covers an area about 2 meters (~6.5 feet) across. It shows details within the workspace accessible to the instruments and tools on the rover's two meter-long robotic arm. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk
#Mars #Marsrover #rover #space #curiosity #NASA #MSL

On 21. April the #WMO (World Meteorological Organization) released their "State of the Global Climate 2022" annual report. There is no good news at all for the #climate; the #ClimateCrisis is in full-swing. If you've not read the report, you should. You can download it from a link here -
https://public.wmo.int/en/media/press-release/wmo-annual-report-highlights-continuous-advance-of-climate-change

Here are the "highlights" (lowlights) from the "Key Messages" section of the WMO report.

#GHG - Concentrations of the three main greenhouse gases – carbon dioxide #CO2, #methane and #NitrousOxide – reached record highs in 2021, the latest year for which consolidated global values are available (1984–2021).The annual increase in methane concentration from 2020 to 2021 was the highest on record. Real-time data from specific locations show that levels of the three #GreenhouseGases continued to increase in 2022.

#Ocean heating - Around 90% of the energy trapped in the climate system by greenhouse gases goes into the ocean. Ocean heat content, which measures this gain in energy, reached a new observed record high in 2022.

#MarineHeatwave - Despite continuing La Niña conditions, 58% of the ocean surface experienced at least one #marine #heatwave during 2022. In contrast, only 25% of the ocean surface experienced a marine cold spell.

#SeaLevelRise - Global mean sea level continued to rise in 2022, reaching a new record high for the satellite altimeter record (1993–2022). The rate of global mean sea level #MSL rise has doubled between the first decade of the satellite record (1993–2002, 2.27 mm per year) and the last (2013–2022, 4.62 mm per year).

#Glacier melting - In the hydrological year 2021/2022, a set of reference glaciers with long-term observations experienced an average mass balance of −1.18 metres water equivalent (m w.e.). This loss is much larger than the average over the last decade. Six of the ten most negative mass balance years on record (1950– 2022) occurred since 2015. The cumulative mass balance since 1970 amounts to more than −26 m w.e.

#Drought in #WetSeason, #food insecurity - In East #Africa, rainfall has been below average in five consecutive wet seasons, the longest such sequence in 40 years. As of August 2022, an estimated 37 million people faced acute food insecurity across the region, under the effects of the drought and other shocks.

#Flooding - Record-breaking rain in July and August led to extensive flooding in #Pakistan.There were at least 1 700 deaths, and 33 million people were affected, while almost 8 million people were displaced. Total damage and economic losses were assessed at US$ 30 billion.

#Heatwave - Record-breaking heatwaves affected #China and #Europe during the summer. In some areas, extreme heat was coupled with exceptionally dry conditions. Excess deaths associated with the heat in Europe exceeded 15 000 in total across #Spain, #Germany, the United Kingdom #UK#, France and #Portugal

#Klima #Klimakrise #UN

Guten Morgen ihr Lieben,
Ich hoffe, ihr habt ein schönes verlängertes Wochenende. Uns hat es seit ein paar Tagen in Süden zum Klettern verschlagen.
Hier ein Eindruck des Ausblicks von gestern. #täglicheFreuden.

Wünsche euch allen einen wunderschönen 1. Mai. 🔆

#climbing #klettern #mehrseillängen #msl #mountainmonday

Curiosity rover's new workspace, imaged on sol 3812 (April 28, 2023) after another drive towards the Southeast of ~17 meters (56 ft) to site #101/714. This mosaic of six MastCam frames covers an area about 2 meters (~6 feet) across. It shows details within the workspace accessible to the instruments and tools on the rover's two meter-long robotic arm. The mosaic was assembled using MS-ICE.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
#Mars #Marsrover #rover #space #curiosity #NASA #MSL #JPL

#NASA’s #MSL #Curiosity #rover was sent to #Mars aboard a #ULA #Atlas V #rocket in its 541 configuration. This meant that the rocket flew with a 5 meter diameter fairing, 4 solid rocket boosters, and a single engine on its #Centaur upper stage.
In the 5 meter fairing version, the Centaur is encapsulated in the payload fairing along with the payload.
Painted on the fairing are the logos for the #AtlasProgram and the United Launch Alliance, as well as the #US flag and the serial number, AV-028.
#MarsScienceLaboratory, #UnitedLaunchAlliance, #AtlasRocket, #Atlas5, #AtlasV, #MarsRover, #Photography, #Photograph, #Photo
https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/atlas-v-5-meter-fairing-neck-heron-and-fox.html

Ping @thomas_appere #MSL #Mars2020 #Curiosity #Perseverance #Ingenuity #planetology #planétologie

#NASA’s #Mars #Science Laboratory #rover, #Curiosity, began its flight to Mars aboard a United Launch Alliance #Atlas V 541, with a 5 meter fairing, 4 SRBs, and 1 engine on its #Centaur upper stage.
Here, #ULA’s #AtlasV is carrying #MSL into the #cloudy #Florida #sky.
#MarsScienceLaboratory, #UnitedLaunchAlliance, #RocketLaunch, #Photograph, #Photography,
#Photo
https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/atlas-v-with-msl-flies-off-heron-and-fox.html

#SpaceSaturday: A #model of the #Mars #Science Laboratory #rover #Curiosity’s mast-mounted #instruments, including the #ChemCam wrapped in gold foil and the two #Mastcam #cameras.
The ChemCam can fire a laser that turns rock material to excited plasma, and observes the resulting spectrum to determine the rough chemical composition of the target.
#MarsScienceLaboratory, #MSL, #CuriosityRover, #MSLRover, #NASA, #JPL, #JetPropulsionLaboratory, #Photograph, #Photography, #Photo, #PhotoOfAModelOfACamera.
https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/curiosity-model-eyes-heron-and-fox.html

Thank you all for indulging Fox 🦊 (the #photographer) in his silly #DialARocket day.
For a finale, here is a #photograph of the #AtlasV #rocket that carried #Curiosity, the #Mars Science Laboratory #rover. This #Atlas V is in its 541 configuration, with the wider 5 meter fairing decaled with #MSL's logo, sitting on the #MLP, having just arrived from the #VIF.
https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/atlas-v-with-msl-prelaunch-3-heron-and-fox.html

When #NASA’s #MarsScienceLaboratory #MSL #rover #Curiosity left #Earth, it did so on top of a United Launch Alliance #ULA #AtlasV #rocket.
The #Atlas is stacked in a Vertical Integration Facility #VIF on top of its Mobile Launch Platform #MLP, which is then moved by locomotive to SLC-41 at #CapeCanaveral Air Force Station #CCAFS.
https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/atlas-v-with-msl-prelaunch-6-heron-and-fox.html

An example of one of the wheels for #NASA’s #Mars #Science Laboratory #rover, #Curiosity. They have a maximum diameter of 50mm, are 40cm wide, and are made of machined #aluminum.
To save weight, the wheels were machined to a minimum thickness of 0.75mm. There are raised, chevron-shaped #grousers that help provide stiffness and traction that stand 7mm and are at regular, about 65cm, intervals.
To mark the #MarsRover’s progress visually, the wheels were to be marked with a pattern that the camera could see for visual odometry. The designers of #MSL wanted to to use the initials of their organization, #JPL, but #NASA objected to the optics of leaving their initials on another plant, so they just put it in #MorseCode.
Unfortunately, the thinness of the wheels has resulted in their slow degradation as they are torn by sharp rocks and the tears spread. The wheels for #Mars2020 #Perseverance were modified as a result. https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/curiosity-wheel-2-heron-and-fox.html

Always a joy to read #Curiosity mission updates. You get to know what's happening and why, and what's planned for the next sols, in real time. And they are doing this for more than 10 years now.

It's not an exaggeration to call this the golden paradigm of #Solarocks and #space mission reporting.

https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/mission-updates/9354/sols-3752-3754-perseverance-from-the-curiosity-team/

#MSL #NASA #Mars