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Sols 1080-1081: Official New Selfie!

We had another successful drive on 1079, going about 29meters this time.

We had another successful drive on 1079, going about 29
meters this time. The plan for sols 1080-1081 is pretty similar to the previous
plan: remote sensing and a drive on the first day, and untargeted science on
the second day. On sol 1080, ChemCam has observations of the targets “Red Lodge”,
“Mowry”, and “Rosebud”, with
accompanying Mastcam images. Mastcam will also take a 19-frame stereo mosaic of
a cliff dubbed “Judith River”. After the drive, we have our standard post-drive
imaging, plus an active measurement with DAN.

On sol 1081, since we won’t have the data down yet to do
targeted observations, we have a bunch of atmospheric monitoring with REMS, Navcam,
Mastcam, and ChemCam. We’re also planning a 360 degree Mastcam mosaic to take
in our new surroundings and MARDI will take a picture of the ground under the
rover. Meanwhile, here on Earth, NASA has released the “official” versions of the low-angle selfies taken by MAHLI while we were drilling at “Buckskin”. I don’t know about you, but I have a new wallpaper image! By Ryan Anderson -Ryan is a planetary scientist at the USGS Astrogeology Science Center and a member of the ChemCam team on MSL. 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

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Oct 29, 2024

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