When it comes to searching for clues about Mars’ geologic past and present, SHERLOC and WATSON are on the case! SHERLOC stands for Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman and Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals, and WATSON stands for Wide Angle Topographic Sensor for Operations and eNgineering. SHERLOC and WATSON both sit at the end of Perseverance’s robotic arm, and their names pay homa...
October 17, 2012
How a Science Camera Supports Curiosity's Scooping Efforts
How a Science Camera Supports Curiosity's Scooping Efforts
As Curiosity continues its romp through the martian sandbox - scooping up sand and sifting it into different size fractions - scientists are eagerly anticipating a new data set.
But not all instrument teams are sitting on their hands. The Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) is playing a central role in the scooping effort, serving as a key link between scientists and engineers.
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October 17, 2012
How a Science Camera Supports Curiosity's Scooping Efforts
How a Science Camera Supports Curiosity's Scooping Efforts
As Curiosity continues its romp through the martian sandbox - scooping up sand and sifting it into different size fractions - scientists are eagerly anticipating a new data set.
But not all instrument teams are sitting on their hands. The Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) is playing a central role in the scooping effort, serving as a key link between scientists and engineers.
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September 07, 2012
An insider's View of 30 Sols of Terror
An insider's View of 30 Sols of Terror
This blog post was written by: Aileen Yingst, Deputy Principal Investigator for the MAHLI camera
It's one thing to build a camera-to design it-to propose it-to make the best case you can that your concept is the one that should be funded by the American taxpayers. That it's the one that should go to another planet and acquire images of the surface. To be one of the cameras that gathers the...
September 07, 2012
An insider's View of 30 Sols of Terror
An insider's View of 30 Sols of Terror
This blog post was written by: Aileen Yingst, Deputy Principal Investigator for the MAHLI camera
It's one thing to build a camera-to design it-to propose it-to make the best case you can that your concept is the one that should be funded by the American taxpayers. That it's the one that should go to another planet and acquire images of the surface. To be one of the cameras that gathers the...
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Dates of planned test activities are subject to change due to a variety of factors related to the Martian environment, communication relays, orbiter, helicopter and/or rover status.
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Sampling Operations Deputy Lead, NASA/JPL -
Student Collaborator on Mastcam-Z, Western Washington University -
Ingenuity Operations Engineer, NASA/JPL -
Chief Engineer for the Mars Helicopter Project, NASA/JPL -
Student Collaborator, Purdue University -
Atmospheric Scientist, Aeolis Research -
Media Representative, NASA/JPL -
Co-Investigator, PIXL Instrument, Technical University of Denmark (DTU) -
Student Collaborator, University of Florida -
Ph.D. Student, Rice University -
Student Collaborator, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa -
Ph.D. Student, University of California, Los Angeles -
Student Collaborator, McGill University -
MOXIE Science Team Member, Lunar Outpost -
Mapping Specialist, NASA/JPL -
Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Chief Pilot, NASA/JPL -
Sampling Engineer, NASA/JPL -
Ingenuity Chief Engineer, NASA/JPL -
Project Manager, NASA/JPL -
Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Mechanical Engineering Lead, NASA/JPL -
Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Operations Lead, NASA/JPL -
Imaging Scientist and Mastcam-Z Deputy Principal Investigator, NASA/JPL -
Deputy Project Scientist, NASA/JPL -
Project Scientist, Caltech -
Chief Engineer for Sampling & Caching, NASA/JPL -
Student Collaborator, University of Florida -
Planetary Scientist, Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum -
Ingenuity Pilot, NASA/JPL -
Vehicle Systems Engineer, NASA/JPL -
SuperCam/ChemCam Engineer, Los Alamos National Laboratory -
Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE) Principal Investigator, Massachusetts Institute of Technology -
Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Project Manager, NASA/JPL -
Vehicle Systems Engineer Lead, NASA/JPL -
Mars 2020 Student Collaborator, University of Florida -
Systems Engineer, NASA/JPL -
Deputy Project Manager, NASA/JPL -
Principal Investigator, SuperCam / Co-Investigator, SHERLOC instrument, Purdue University -
Assistant Science Manager, NASA/JPL -
Docking Systems Engineer, NASA/JPL -
SuperCam, PhD Student, Purdue University -
Perseverance Deputy Project Manager, NASA/JPL -
Ingenuity Team Lead, NASA/JPL -
Robotic Systems Engineer, NASA/JPL -
Chief Engineer Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, NASA/JPL -
Chief Engineer for Robotic Operations, NASA/JPL -
Science Operations Systems Engineer, Staff Scientist, NASA/JPL