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30 January 2017
Sols 1596-1597: Approaching the dunes for round two
We’re still a few more drives away from the dunes, but looking forward to the next campaign.
29 January 2017
Sols 1593-1595: Dead River, Misery, and Boil Mountain?
Looks like the team had some fun using the less desirable names for rock targets in today’s plan! These are all named after rock formations and geologic features from Bar Harbor, Maine. Curiosity drove another 8 meters on Sol 1591, and we’ll continue to drive in the weekend plan. The three-sol plan starts with a few data management activities for Mastcam and MAHLI, and a recovery sequence to restart ChemCam …
25 January 2017
Sols 1591-1592: Early Wheel Check-Up
We are approaching the Bagnold Dunes, so in order to save time and allow more room for science activities at the dunes, today’s plan does not include a drive.
24 January 2017
Sols 1589-1590: Team Meeting
Over the weekend the rover drove ~28 meters, and the plan for Sol 1589 continues our slow ascent of Mt. Sharp. ChemCam is still marked “sick” while we sort out the error that occurred last week, so the Sol 1589 science block is heavy on Mastcam.
20 January 2017
Sol 1585: Examining "Jewell"
Later in the afternoon, Mastcam will measure the amount of dust in the atmosphere and Navcam will search again for dust devils. After the usual MARDI twilight image is taken, ChemCam will perform some calibration activities at various temperatures.
Sols 1586-1588: ChemCam sick
ChemCam had been marked “sick,” so we will not be able to use ChemCam this weekend while the problem is diagnosed. The weekend plan is still pretty full, though!
18 January 2017
Sol 1584: Touch and go at Frost Pond
On Sol 1583 Curiosity drove 16 m, which set us up for touch-and-go contact science today. I was the GKOP again, and it was a fun day of planning contact science and remote sensing.
15 January 2017
Sols 1579-1582: A 4-sol plan
We’ll use the laser to zap rock targets “Oak Bay” and “Rockport” and take Right Mastcam images of them.
Sol 1578: Investigating sedimentary structures
Today’s plan provided another opportunity for touch and go contact science, starting with MAHLI imaging of the “Megunticook” outcrop.
11 January 2017
Sol 1577: Another touch and go
After the drive and the post-drive imaging needed to plan Sol 1578 activities, Navcam will acquire a panorama and search for dust devils and clouds.
