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Exploring New Frontiers: An Update from Mars Rover Curiosity on Sol 1150-1152

BySamantha Jones

Apr 18, 2024
Sols 1148-1152: Exploring with Rover Drives and Contact Science

We apologize for the lack of an update on Wednesday this week. Unfortunately, Lauren and I were both in a training class, and Ken was traveling, so none of us were able to post here. However, we have some exciting news to share with you today!

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, followed by standard post-drive imaging.

On Sol 1149, ChemCam did a bunch of 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 interesting 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 the accompanying Mastcam documentation images. In the afternoon on Sol 115

By Samantha Jones

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