It’s time to drill! The mini-drill over the weekend showedthat the Pahrump Hills outcrop is nice and stable, so the main activity in thesol 759 plan is a full drill and the associated images from Mastcam and MAHLI.
It’s time to drill! The mini-drill over the weekend showed
that the Pahrump Hills outcrop is nice and stable, so the main activity in the
sol 759 plan is a full drill and the associated images from Mastcam and MAHLI. While
the arm is out, we will also make some APXS measurements of the tailings from
the mini-drill. We won’t have an uplink tomorrow, and the rover will be low on
energy after the drilling activity, so Sol 760 will be a less eventful day,
with just standard environmental monitoring. Dates of planned rover activities described in these reports are subject to change due to a variety of factors related to the Martian environment, communication relays and rover status.
Written by Ryan Anderson, Planetary Geologist at USGS Astrogeology Science Center
