Sols 4509-4510: A weekend of long drives | Simple Site

Written by Abigail Fraeman, Planetary Geologist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Earth planning date: Friday, April 11, 2025 Curiosity is continuing to book it to the potential boxwork structures. The rover drove over 50 meters on Wednesday, and we plan to drive more than 50 meters again in today’s plan thanks to an unusually good […]

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Posted on April 16, 2025

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1

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1

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17

Lunar Discovery & Exploration Program

2

STS-68

1

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6

3

IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer)

13

MAF Status

1

Sunspots

4

Van Allen Probes

1

AcrimSat (Active Cavity Irradiance Monitor Satellite)

1

26

National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA)

6

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9

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1

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1

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7

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10

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1

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39

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5

Matthew Dominick

4

The Future of Commercial Space

12

William C. McCool

1

Andrew S.W. Thomas

1

Bruce McCandless

2

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35

XRISM (X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission)

5

Private Astronaut Missions

2

Globular Clusters

1

Quesst: The Team

3

Interacting Galaxies

2

SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory)

5

Careers

10

2

Grades 5 - 8 for Educators

9

Revolutionary Vertical Lift Technology

3

Sounds & Ringtones

1

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6

5

1

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6

Virgil I. Grissom

2

Aeronautics Research

6

Audio

6

Neptune

2

Perseverance (Rover)

30

Game Changing Development Program

32

Human Space Travel Research

1

3

Stephen G. Bowen

4

Coronal Mass Ejections

2

Enceladus

2

9

STS-34

1

3

Thomas P. Stafford

3

Apollo 16

1

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