Curiosity sends back weather and radiation data
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Dust devil seen from the Spirit rover (Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Texas A&M)
Changes in wind direction and air pressure indicating the presence of a dust devil (image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ CAB (CSIC-INTA))
Wind patterns in Gale Crater, with Curiosity's position marked by an X (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ESA/DLR/FU Berlin/MSSS)
Pressure plots on two Martian days or "sols" to show seasonal variations due to polar ice cap evaporating (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/CAB(CSIC-INTA)/FMI/Ashima Research)
Diagram of the Martian thermal tide (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Ashima Research/SWRI)
Five areas where Curiosity's scoop collected soil samples at Rocknest (Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech)
Radiation at Gale Crater charted over 50 Martian days (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ SwRI)
Daily changes in radiation and pressure at Gale Crater with pressure data scaled to fit in plot (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI)
The Rover Environmental Monitoring Station (REMS) instrument being installed on Curiosity (Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech)
Atmospheric pressure at Curiosity's landing site in August 2012 (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/CAB(CSIC-INTA))
Ground temperature recorded at Curiosity's landing site in August 2012 (Image: ASA/JPL-Caltech/CAB(CSIC-INTA))
The Rover Environmental Monitoring Station (REMS) instrument (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/INTA (Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aeroespacial))
Martian weather for November 14, 2012 (Image: CAB)
The Rover Environmental Monitoring Station (REMS) instrument (Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech)
Scale image of Curiosity (Image: NASA)
Article Summary
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is now sending back weather reports and radiation measurements. Using the Rover Environmental Monitoring Station (REMS) instrument built by Spain’s Centro de Astrobiologia (CAB), the nuclear-powered robot has been taking measurements of atmospheric pressure, temperature, wind speed and other factors to better understand the Martian environment in hopes of finding out whether life could still exist on the Red Planet.
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