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31 October 2016
Sol 1507: What’s lurking in Blackwoods and Witch Hole Pond?
Happy Halloween from Mars! Over the weekend Curiosity drove 51 m further to the south, and we continue to investigate the Murray formation. I was the GSTL and KOP today (what a treat!) and we had a busy morning trying to decide whether or not to do contact science or more remote sensing. We decided to forego contact science in favor of some additional ChemCam and Mastcam observations. In the …
29 October 2016
Sol 1503: Simple Plan
Today’s plan for sol 1503 is pretty straightforward: We start off with a ChemCam observation and Mastcam documentation of the target “Somesville” to study how the composition of the bedrock changes across a light-to-dark transition.
25 October 2016
Sol 1501: Welcome to Bar Harbor
Prior to landing we divided up the landing ellipse and nearby areas into square quads (1.5 km on a side), and assigned each quad a name of a town with a population of less than 100,000 people.
24 October 2016
Sol 1500: So long Sebina
Today’s plan is focused on targeted remote sensing and driving. The morning science block includes ChemCam observations on the targets “Ranaka” and “Seleka” to assess the composition of the local bedrock.
19 October 2016
Sol 1495: Full drill
The thumbnail of the Sol 1494 MAHLI image showed that the Quela dump pile had been moved by the wind again!
17 October 2016
Sols 1491-1492: Soliday at Sebina
With the weekend plan, we officially started our drill campaign on the target “Sebina,” so we will be staying in this location through the week. On Sol 1491 we dumped out the post-sieve sample from our previous drill hole at “Quela,” and did some brushing on Sebina, followed by APXS and MAHLI imaging. On Sol 1492, the rover did a lot of remote sensing, starting off with an early morning …
12 October 2016
Sols 1489-1490: 100 m of Mount Sharp!
Today’s plan is focused on bumping to our next drill location as we continue to systematically sample the Murray formation. The two-sol plan starts with a Mastcam tau and crater rim extinction observation to measure atmospheric opacity.
