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Plan started at 6:30 this morning to allow enough time to plan 3 sols before we have to send the command sequences to the rover by 19:00 this evening. After taking lots of ChemCam and Mastcam data, the arm will be deployed to acquire MAHLI images and elemental chemical data using APXS.
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Autonomous navigation continues to work well, allowing longer drives into areas not visible from previous location. Today the view ahead is good enough that we are planning to drive over 100 meters, with the last 45 meters using AutoNav. But driving this far leaves very little time for targeted science observations, only a few minutes today.
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This week, bioluminescence has been found to have existed among animals 540 million years ago, more than doubling the previous record. In addition to being one of the most significant archaeological finds of the 20th century, the tomb of Tutankhamun also turned out to be a glorified can of worms. The entire season 3 of IFLScience's The Big Questions Podcast is available now.
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Caitlin Colleary spots a familiar face — one from which three large horns are protruding. Trudy was the first of her prehistoric pals to be moved into this new location in the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. From here, she can stand, with a menacing look, brandishing her distinctive, three-foot-long horn.
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ChemCam and Mastcam observed the sand ripple and bedrock target before the Sol 1051 drive. So another 6.4-meter drive toward the bright outcrop of interest, dubbed "Lion', was planned for Sol 1053. The rover should be recharged and ready for a busy weekend plan!
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ChemCam sPUL (science payload uplink lead) was on duty today, and it was a fun day to be on duty. Today everything was easy and I got to spend more time on the fun stuff like choosing targets and their names!
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NASA has released the 'official' versions of the low-angle selfies taken by MAHLI while drilling at "Buckskin'' Here on Earth, NASA is planning a 360 degree Mastcam mosaic to take in our new surroundings and MARDI will take a picture of the ground under the rover.
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ChemCam and Mastcam will nudge the rover closer to the target "Buckskin'', which is in the area where we have discovered rocks high in silica and hydrogen. Navcam will also search for dust devils and do some atmospheric monitoring.
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Today's plan is focused on the drilling activity, and a lot of imaging to document the hole. The plan also includes Navcam imaging of the workspace.
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Fridays are our busiest day in the geology theme group (GEO) We choose targets for contact science, with lots of back and forth between all the geochemistry, camera and engineering teams to pick the best ones.
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