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Sols 3398-3400: The Road Ahead
by Lauren Edgar | Planetary Geologist - USGS Astrogeology
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 01, 2022

This image was taken by Right Navigation Camera onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 3397.

The drive on Sol 3397 went well and gave us some good perspective on the road ahead, as seen in the above Navcam image. Curiosity is perched at the edge of the pediment, carefully planning our route to climb fully on top of the pediment capping unit, and the team is eager to investigate these rocks!

This 3-sol plan was a typical weekend plan, with opportunities for contact science, remote sensing, and a drive. Although our workspace mostly consisted of loose sand, the team was able to plan MAHLI and APXS on some of the broken blocks right in front of the rover to investigate the grain size and composition of the local bedrock.

We also planned a lot of remote sensing observations to assess sedimentary structures and chemistry. In addition, the plan includes environmental monitoring observations to assess atmospheric opacity search for dust devils and clouds, as well as an overnight APXS atmospheric observation. Then we'll drive to a good location to get an even better view, and hopefully have some bedrock in our workspace to study next week.

I was on duty as LTP today, and the team held a science discussion to think about observation strategies as we traverse across the pediment. It's exciting to think about everything that we might learn on the road ahead of us!


Related Links
Curiosity Mars Science Laboratory
Mars News and Information at MarsDaily.com
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Sols 3396-3397: Sediment Before the Pediment
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 25, 2022
If all goes according to plan, the rover's drive on sol 3397 will position us at the edge of the rocks that cap Greenheugh Pediment. This drive was pushed back from sol 3395 in order to collect even more data on the sedimentary rocks in our current workspace before we leave this rock formation and enter into a new one. This transition is documented in the Mastcam drive direction image above, in which the rocks capping the pediment can be seen in the background. Three full hours of contact and remo ... read more

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