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Sol 882: Full drill of Mojave2

The mini-drill activities planned for Sol 881 went well, so we are "go" to drill and acquire a new sample on Sol 882! I helped plan the Sol 881 MAHLI images, so was particularly happy to see them this morning. One of them was taken of the intended full-drill target --it shows tailings from
the mini-drill hole, which will not interfere with more drilling. So
the Sol 882 plan starts with higher-resolution MAHLI images of the drill
target, followed immediately by drilling the
full hole. Then images of the new drill hole will be taken before the
rover sleeps overnight. by Ken Herkenhoff 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