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Our weekend drive halted a little bit early, but everything
is looking good and we will continue to drive in today’s plan. We will start
off the Sol 1439 plan with ChemCam observations of the layered rock targets "Quibala"
and "Quibaxe". Mastcam will then image Quibala, followed by a whole bunch of
mosaics documenting the stratigraphy in the nearby buttes as well as the
locations called "Quibaxe", "Quipungo" and "Quicombo". (I think the people choosing names today got a little carried away with names starting with Q...) After that the rover
will drive, and we will follow up with post-drive imaging as well as a ChemCam
AEGIS observation.
The following morning, Mastcam and Navcam have some
atmospheric observations, and then in the afternoon ChemCam will analyze its
calibration targets. 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