On Wednesday, we were in the midst of a training class and none of us were able to post updates on the rover’s progress. However, I am excited to share with you that today’s post covers five sols of planning!
The Sol 1148 plan began with a Mastcam observation of the target McLeod and a 10×1 mosaic to patch a gap in the mosaic from Sol 1144. After that, we drove for 32 meters and conducted standard post-drive imaging.
On Sol 1149, ChemCam did some calibration observations and Navcam and Mastcam did some standard atmospheric observations. The drive on Sol 1148 put us in range of some interesting rocks, and the Sol 1150-1152 plan is focusing on analyzing our new surroundings.
On Sol 1150, Mastcam has an 8×4 mosaic of some intriguing layered rocks, followed by ChemCam and Mastcam observations of the targets “Dunkirk” and “Duperow”. After the remote sensing is done, there are three APXS observations of the targets “Exshaw”, “Ellis Canyon”, and “Ennis”.
On Sol 1151, Mastcam has an 18×2 mosaic of the “Carlile” area and a 9×2 mosaic of the “East Glacier” target. This is followed by ChemCam observations of Ennis and Exshaw and accompanying Mastcam documentation images. In the afternoon on Sol 115