The activities planned for the Thanksgiving holiday went well, and the data received so far look good, including MAHLI images showing the brushed target "Puente."
The activities planned for the Thanksgiving holiday went well, and the data received so far look good, including MAHLI images
showing the brushed target "Puente." So we are ready to move on, and
the Sol 826 plan includes a few ChemCam and Mastcam observations before a
drive to the "Chinle" area. We were also able to squeeze another MAHLI
image of the APXS calibration target into
the plan, to look for possible changes in dust on the target caused by
the long overnight APXS integration on Sols 825-6. Planning is
"restricted" again this week because of the offset between Mars time and
Pacific Standard Time, so we are planning two sols
today. We can plan only untargeted remote sensing observations on Sol
827 because of the drive on the previous sol, as we won't know the rover
position precisely until Wednesday. I'm SOWG Chair today, and it has been a fairly easy day for me so far.
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 Ken Herkenhoff, Planetary Geologist at USGS Astrogeology Science Center