MISSION UPDATES | April 25, 2016

Sol 1323: A new drill hole

Written by Ken Herkenhoff, Planetary Geologist at USGS Astrogeology Science Center

So far, all of the activities planned for last weekend have completed successfully, and we have a new drill hole on Mars! The Sol 1323 plan is therefore to continue the Lubango drill
campaign, transferring the sample to CHIMRA, sieving it, and delivering
some of the



I'm SOWG Chair today, and the only significant problem I've had to deal
with is how to fit everything we'd like to do into the available power.
We were able to squeeze in all of the top-priority activities, so I'm
happy with the plan!



by Ken Herkenhoff Dates of planned rover activities described in these reports are subject to change due to a variety of factors related to the Martian environment, communication relays and rover status.