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Sol 1436: Smooth sailing

We are making good progress with our drives (we’re alreadyapproaching our next drill site!) and the road in front of us is looking prettysmooth.

We are making good progress with our drives (we’re already
approaching our next drill site!) and the road in front of us is looking pretty
smooth. As usual we have a busy weekend planned. Sol 1436 starts off with
ChemCam and Mastcam of the layered rock targets “Conda” and “Savungo”. Mastcam
then has a mosaic of one of the buttes, and another mosaic of an interesting
feature within the Murray formation called “Chitado”. Later in the day, MAHLI
will take a look at the targets “Biula” and “Conda”. Then Curiosity will brush
the dust off of Conda and do an overnight APXS measurement. CheMin will also do
another analysis of Marimba2 overnight.

On Sol 1437, ChemCam has a passive observation of Conda and
an RMI mosaic of the target “Chicala”. Mastcam will also take a picture of
Chicala and do an atmospheric measurement. In the morning on Sol 1438, Mastcam
has a big 16×3 mosaic of the Murray Buttes, and Navcam has an atmospheric
observation. Then the rover will have a long drive (60-90 m) followed by the
usual post-drive imaging. 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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