~40 meters west, still waiting for the official data. The distant light toned patch at the bottom of the valley on the opposite bank of Neretva Vallis is “Bright Angel”. It’s a pre-defined “Science Waypoint” for the rover, but the rover will have to cross the valley to reach it.
The way I’m reading it is the AutoNav drives were definitely taking us in circles because of the difficult terrain, so they decided to revert to drives within line-of-sight… i.e, they pick a benign path that they can see in the NavCam images, then program that for the next drive. These will always be shorter than AutoNav drives, but the line-of-sight drives are safer and we’ll reach Bright Angel for the next sampling opportunity soon enough…
Episode 161 With Ingenuity out of service, planning safe routes for Perseverance must rely on high resolution images taken from orbit. But after weeks of struggling, it’s becoming clear that those images can conceal incredibly treacherous terrain.
It’s thought the team may actually be going to cross the ancient river bed. They would need to drive further west, before crossing the ancient river bed where there is less sand. This to reach the north bank where the science target called Bright Angel is situated. It’s over 500 meters from the current spot, so it could take...
A drive of 58 meters (191 ft) on Sol 1134 took Perseverance rover towards the Northwest. Attached is one of the post drive NavCam images assembled from 16 tiles. The image takes in the view of the sand-filled ancient river channel called Neretva Vallis. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech
This photo was selected by public vote and featured as “Image of the Week” for Week 167 (April 21 - 27, 2024) of the Perseverance rover mission on Mars. NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its Left Mastcam-Z camera. Mastcam-Z is a pair of cameras located high on the rover’s mast. This image was...
I’ve had times when I felt I was shouting in the dark on a number of different platforms over the years, but those community don’t last long as they usually grow. The Mars communities here on Lemmy have grown nicely since I came over here from Reddit. I’m sort of paying it forward for all those that preceded me that gave me joy in the late 50’s and 60’s when I was young developing space nerd. I simply gather the data / images to satisfy my own curiosity. Sharing it with a few like minded souls, is only but a few clicks in this digital age :)
1144 - Continuing Westward with another drive earlier today on Mars (lemmy.world)
~40 meters west, still waiting for the official data. The distant light toned patch at the bottom of the valley on the opposite bank of Neretva Vallis is “Bright Angel”. It’s a pre-defined “Science Waypoint” for the rover, but the rover will have to cross the valley to reach it.
Sols 4180-4182: Imaging fest! - Blog (science.nasa.gov)
Sols 4178-4179: The Pinnacle Ridge Scarp - Blog (science.nasa.gov)
4176 - Workspace - L-MastCam (lemmy.world)
Current workspace - 15 L-MastCam de-Bayered frames assembled in MS-ICE...
4176 - Post-drive NavCam mosaic (lemmy.world)
Cropped from the original panorama…...
4175-4177 - Blog (lemmy.world)
Don’t Blink We’re Taking a Picture - Curiosity Rover blog for Sols 4175-4177....
4174 - R-MastCam mosaic (de-Bayered) (lemmy.world)
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk
Orbital view hides harsh reality (youtu.be)
Episode 161 With Ingenuity out of service, planning safe routes for Perseverance must rely on high resolution images taken from orbit. But after weeks of struggling, it’s becoming clear that those images can conceal incredibly treacherous terrain.
1140 - Today on Mars - Another drive - RMC site 52.1146 and a nice view of Neretva Vallis (top right) (lemmy.world)
Left NavCam - NASA/JPL-Caltech
1138 - Drive data (lemmy.world)
1138 - continuing the drives to the west - another 28 meters (98 ft) (lemmy.world)
1137 - Another drive to the west, and closer to Bright Angel (lemmy.world)
Bright Angel is a potential science waypoint on the opposite bank of Neretva Vallis (the light toned rock on the upper part of this mosaic)
Sols 4168-4170 Reaching the “Pinnacle” of Gediz Vallis Ridge (Pinnacle Ridge) (delayed post by JPL) (science.nasa.gov)
This was last weekends blog, but just issued by JPL
1136 - Drive to the West (38.64 meter) to site 52.0606 (lemmy.world)
Sol 1136 - Post drive 16 tile NavCam NASA/JPL-Caltech
1135 - L-MastCam-Z mosaic - cropped from 8 frames (lemmy.world)
NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS
1136 - Drive to site 52.0606 (lemmy.world)
NavCam from 52.0606. Waiting for the drive official drive data, but a very rough estimate is close to 20 meters.
4169 - Map captures - With scales (lemmy.world)
Screenshots from mars.nasa.gov/maps/location/?mission=Curiosity
4169 - Drive data (lemmy.world)
Official data extracted from JPL’s JSON URLs
Scoot Over! - Curiosity Rover blog for Sols 4171-4172 (lemmy.world)
Scoot Over! - Curiosity Rover blog for Sols 4171-4172....
1134 - Data from the drive - Note the reduction of elevation (-2.44 meters) as they drive the rover down towards Neretva Vallis (lemmy.world)
It’s thought the team may actually be going to cross the ancient river bed. They would need to drive further west, before crossing the ancient river bed where there is less sand. This to reach the north bank where the science target called Bright Angel is situated. It’s over 500 meters from the current spot, so it could take...
1134 - Map with 4 zoom levels, each with a scale (lemmy.world)
View the on-line map here - mars.nasa.gov/maps/location/?mission=M20
1134 - 58 meter drive. Heading Northwest back towards Neretva Vallis (lemmy.world)
A drive of 58 meters (191 ft) on Sol 1134 took Perseverance rover towards the Northwest. Attached is one of the post drive NavCam images assembled from 16 tiles. The image takes in the view of the sand-filled ancient river channel called Neretva Vallis. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech
1129 - "Image of the Week" for Week 167 (April 21 - 27, 2024) (lemmy.world)
This photo was selected by public vote and featured as “Image of the Week” for Week 167 (April 21 - 27, 2024) of the Perseverance rover mission on Mars. NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its Left Mastcam-Z camera. Mastcam-Z is a pair of cameras located high on the rover’s mast. This image was...
Pinging a few people who are among the usual posters
Small post to ping a few people who might have interesting insight on the questions discussed in this community.