I apologize for the lack of an update on Wednesday this week. Due to a training class, Lauren and I were unable to post here, as was Ken who was traveling. However, we are back in action today with five sols of planning!
On Sol 1148, the rover began by observing the target McLeod using Mastcam and conducting a 10×1 mosaic to patch a gap in the mosaic from Sol 1144. The rover then drove for 32 meters before undergoing standard post-drive imaging.
On Sol 1149, ChemCam conducted calibration observations while Navcam and Mastcam performed standard atmospheric observations. The drive on Sol 1148 had placed the rover in range of some interesting rocks, and the Sol 1150-1152 plan is focused on analyzing our new surroundings.
On Sol 1150, Mastcam captured an 8×4 mosaic of layered rocks followed by ChemCam and Mastcam observations of targets “Dunkirk” and “Duperow”. After remote sensing data was collected, three APXS observations were conducted on targets “Exshaw”, “Ellis Canyon”, and “Ennis”.
On Sol 1151, Mastcam created two mosaics – one covering an area named Carlile with an 8×4 mosaic and another with a smaller size of 9×2 over East Glacier target. This was followed by ChemCam observations of Ennis and Exshaw along with accompanying Mastcam documentation images. In the afternoon on Sol 115