{"id":3271,"date":"2013-07-09T13:57:47","date_gmt":"2013-07-09T13:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3271"},"modified":"2013-07-09T13:57:47","modified_gmt":"2013-07-09T13:57:47","slug":"curiosity-rover-begins-journey-to-mount-sharp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3271","title":{"rendered":"Curiosity rover begins journey to Mount Sharp"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Curiosity rover<\/a> is on the move:<\/p>\n

Mars Rover Curiosity Begins Trek Toward Mount Sharp<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

PASADENA, Calif. – With drives on July 4 and July 7, NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has departed its last science target in the “Glenelg” area and commenced a many-month overland journey to the base of the mission’s main destination, Mount Sharp.<\/p>\n

The rover finished close-up investigation of a target sedimentary outcrop called “Shaler” last week. On July 4, it drove 59 feet (18 meters) away from Shaler. On July 7, a second drive added another 131 feet (40 meters) on the trip toward a destination about 5 miles (8 kilometers) away, the entry to the lower layers of Mount Sharp.<\/p>\n

Mount Sharp, in the middle of Gale Crater, exposes many layers where scientists anticipate finding evidence about how the ancient Martian environment changed and evolved. In the Glenelg area, where Curiosity worked for the first half of 2013, the rover found evidence for an ancient wet environment that had conditions favorable for microbial life. This means the mission already accomplished its main science objective.<\/p>\n

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, manages the Mars Science Laboratory Project for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, Washington. JPL designed and built the project’s Curiosity rover.<\/p>\n

More information about Curiosity is online at http:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/msl<\/a> , http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/msl<\/a> and http:\/\/mars.jpl.nasa.gov\/msl\/<\/a> . You can follow the mission on Facebook at http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/marscuriosity<\/a> and on Twitter at http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/marscuriosity<\/a> .<\/p>\n

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First Leg of Long Trek Toward Mount Sharp<\/em><\/p>\n

This view from the left Navigation Camera (Navcam) of NASA’s Mars Rover Curiosity looks back at wheel tracks made during the first drive away from the last science target in the “Glenelg” area. The drive commenced a long trek toward the mission’s long-term destination: Mount Sharp.\u00a0 Curiosity drove 59 feet (18) meters on the 324th Martian day, or sol, of the rover’s work on Mars. It took this image that same sol, looking back toward the target sedimentary outcrop called “Shaler.”\u00a0 Wheel tracks in the right foreground of the image were left by Curiosity’s earlier passage through this area on its way toward Glenelg targets seven months earlier.<\/p>\n

The trek to the entry point for lower layers of Mount Sharp, about 5 miles (8 kilometers) away, will take many months.\u00a0 While working at targets near Shaler in the “Glenelg” area during the first half of 2013, Curiosity found evidence of a past Martian environment with conditions favorable for microbial life.\u00a0 The mission’s main destination remains the lower layers of Mount Sharp, where researchers anticipate finding evidence about how the ancient Martian environment changed and evolved.<\/p>\n

Credit: NASA\/JPL-Caltech<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Curiosity rover is on the move: Mars Rover Curiosity Begins Trek Toward Mount Sharp PASADENA, Calif. – With drives on July 4 and July 7, NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has departed its last science target in the “Glenelg” area and commenced a many-month overland journey to the base of the mission’s main destination, Mount … Continue reading Curiosity rover begins journey to Mount Sharp<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[78,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mars","category-space-science"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-QL","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3347,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3347","url_meta":{"origin":3271,"position":0},"title":"Curiosity Rover update: Trek to Mount Sharp starts","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 12, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The Curiosity Rover begins its journey to Mount Sharp: Curiosity Rover Report (July 11, 2013): Trek to Mount Sharp Begins - YouTube http:\/\/youtu.be\/vluaivJqo9w Third Drive of Curiosity's Long Trek Covers 135 Feet PASADENA, Calif. - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity drove 135 feet (41 meters) on Tuesday, July 9, the third\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Mars"","block_context":{"text":"Mars","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=78"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/vluaivJqo9w\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4405,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4405","url_meta":{"origin":3271,"position":1},"title":"Curiosity Rover – update on long drive towards Mount Sharp","author":"TopSpacer","date":"September 11, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The latest on Curiosity's trek towards Mount Sharp: Mars Science Laboratory: Long Drive Puts NASA Mars Rover Near Planned Waypoint PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Mars rover Curiosity now has a view of a patch of exposed bedrock scientists selected for a few days of close-up study, the first such study\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Mars"","block_context":{"text":"Mars","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=78"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10392,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10392","url_meta":{"origin":3271,"position":2},"title":"Curiosity rover on move towards Logan Pass after passing 10 km mark","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 17, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"An update on the Curiosity rover: NASA's Curiosity Rover Making Tracks and Observations Fast Facts: \u203a Curiosity has passed the mission's 10-kilometer mark as it heads for its next science destination, called \"Logan Pass\" \u203a The rover is approaching a corrugated geological unit that overlies the layers examined by Curiosity\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Mars"","block_context":{"text":"Mars","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=78"},"img":{"alt_text":"PIA19391_ip[1]","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/PIA19391_ip1-1024x238.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5120,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5120","url_meta":{"origin":3271,"position":3},"title":"JPL lets Curiosity drive on its own during trek towards Mount Sharp","author":"TopSpacer","date":"October 30, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's an update on Curiosity's latest activities on Mars: NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Approaches 'Cooperstown' NASA's Mars rover Curiosity completed its first two-day autonomous drive Monday, bringing the mobile laboratory to a good vantage point for pictures useful in selecting the next target the rover will reach out and touch.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Mars"","block_context":{"text":"Mars","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=78"},"img":{"alt_text":"Curiosity's view of \"Cooperstown\" outcrop ","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nasa.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/673xvariable_height\/public\/pia17580-full_0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":13070,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13070","url_meta":{"origin":3271,"position":4},"title":"Explore Mars in 360-degree panorama sent from the Curiosity rover","author":"TopSpacer","date":"August 22, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is an interactive 360 degree panorama of the scenery that recently surrounded NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover: Explore this Mars panorama by moving the view with your mouse or mobile device. 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