Sol 882: Full drill of Mojave2

28 January 2015

The mini-drill activities planned for Sol 881 went well, so we are "go" to drill and acquire a new sample on Sol 882! I helped plan the Sol 881 MAHLI images, so was particularly happy to see them this morning.

One of them was taken of the intended full-drill target--it shows tailings from the mini-drill hole, which will not interfere with more drilling. So the Sol 882 plan starts with higher-resolution MAHLI images of the drill target, followed immediately by drilling the full hole. Then images of the new drill hole will be taken before the rover sleeps overnight.

by Ken Herkenhoff