2 August 2016

The drilling campaign on
Marimba continues, dominating the
Sol 1419 plan. Again, the tactical operations team was able to squeeze some additional science activities into the plan:
ChemCam and
Mastcam will observe a laminated bedrock exposure called “Namibe,” and the Right
Mastcam will image the two targets autonomously observed by
ChemCam on
Sol 1417. Then the arm work resumes, with a brief interruption for a
Mastcam stereo mosaic of Murray Buttes in the afternoon. After
CHIMRA is cleaned and inspected by the cameras,
MAHLI will image the last of the previous drill sample and
APXS placed on the dump pile for an overnight integration. I’ll be
MAHLI/
MARDI uplink lead
tomorrow, so I dialed in to tactical operations meetings today to keep up to date.
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.
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