Apologies for the lack of an update on Wednesday this week. Lauren and I were both in a training class, while Ken was traveling, so none of us were able to post here. As a result, today’s post covers five sols of planning.
The sol 1148 plan commenced with a Mastcam observation of the target McLeod and a 10×1 mosaic to fill in a gap in the mosaic from sol 1144. Following that, we drove for 32 meters before conducting standard post-drive imaging. On Sol 1149, ChemCam performed calibration observations and Navcam and Mastcam conducted standard atmospheric observations. The drive on Sol 1148 put us within 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”. Afterward, three APXS observations of the targets “Exshaw,” “Ellis Canyon,” and “Ennis” will be carried out. On Sol 1151, Mastcam has a 18×2 mosaic of the “Carlile” area as well as a 9×2 mosaic of the “East Glacier” target. This is followed by ChemCam observations of Ennis and Exshaw along with accompanying Mastcam documentation images. In the afternoon on Sol 115
