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Evaluating a Possible Drill Location
by Staff Writers
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 09, 2022

This image was taken by Left Navigation Camera onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 3672.

The weekend drive went well and Curiosity is back on top of the marker band, investigating some intriguing rippled bedrock. We're assessing whether we want to drill at this location, based on what we see in the chemistry data.

So today's two-sol plan is devoted to collecting data from APXS and MAHLI (supplemented by ChemCam and Mastcam), to evaluate the bedrock in our workspace, as seen in the above Navcam image. The target of interest is the bright rippled bedrock slab in between the shadow from the arm and the shadow from the mast in that image.

I was on shift as LTP today, and it was fun to think about the possibility of drilling here, and what our options would be if we decide not to pursue that. The team put together a lot of great activities to characterize this block and the surrounding area. First we'll use the DRT to brush off a clean surface at a target named "Amapari." Then APXS will do a short integration to provide data down in time for planning on Wednesday. ChemCam will assess the chemistry of the darker crest of a ripple at "Trovao" and Mastcam will collect a stereo mosaic over the workspace.

Mastcam will also document the morphology of some nearby ripples, and take a multispectral observation of the DRT target "Amapari." Later in the afternoon, MAHLI will image "Amapari" and another ripple crest named "Orocaima." Then APXS will acquire two longer nighttime integrations on those targets.

The second sol includes ChemCam LIBS on "Amapari" as well as a long distance RMI to assess an inverted channel. The plan also includes several environmental monitoring activities to search for dust devils and monitor the opacity of the atmosphere. Can't wait to get the data down and hopefully plan our next drill!


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Sol 3676 Another: 'Bore-ing' Day on Mars
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 09, 2022
After yesterday's check-out, Curiosity is GO to attempt to make our 37th drill hole on Mars. The prior plan's DRT cleaned up our target Amapari beautifully - it is in the middle of the clean area in the attached MAHLI image. Today is just a one-sol plan, but it is a full one! Before drilling, we have a short amount of time for imaging. Drilling take a lot of time and power, so we had to limit what else we could fit in today. The rover will be examining a representative bedrock target named "Coimin ... read more

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