In addition to my duties as a research scientist at UCSD, I am also a Mission Operations Specialist at Malin Space Science Systems (MSSS). MSSS built four cameras for the Mars Science Laboratory: Curiosity Rover: the descent camera (MARDI), a hand lens imager out on the turret of the arm (MAHLI), and two cameras mounted on the mast (MASTCAM). As part of my job at MSSS I monitor the health of the cameras, process the images, and uplink commands to the cameras. Currently I am the Mastcam lead within the Ops Group at MSSS.
A composite image from Mars obtained by the rover Curiosity. Click here to see all billion pixels!
Mar 20, 2015: See all of the details you could ever want to know about the mission at the MSL Curiosity Analyst's Notebook. The creation of an account is required.
Apr 28, 2014: The New York Times has a great interactive tool which explores Curiosity's time on Mars.
Aug 5, 2013: One year on Mars! See what one year on Mars looks like in two minutes!
