Yesterday’s 46 meter drive went well, and the plan for Sol1502 is to have another pretty typical remote sensing and driving sol.
Yesterday’s 46 meter drive went well, and the plan for Sol
1502 is to have another pretty typical remote sensing and driving sol. The Sol
1502 plan starts out with ChemCam observations of the bedrock target “St.
Saveur” and an interesting transition between light-toned and dark-toned
alteration called “The Tam”. Mastcam will document those two targets, and then
collect mosaics of two Murray bedrock targets “Cranberry Island” and “Otter
Cliff”. After that, Navcam and Mastcam have some observations to continue
monitoring the amount of dust in the atmosphere, and Mastcam will also add to
the Sol 1501 drive direction mosaic. After that, Curiosity has a short drive
that should put us in position on a small hill, followed by some post-drive
imaging.
Written by Ryan Anderson, Planetary Geologist at USGS Astrogeology Science Center
