Curiosity update: ‘High tilt’

NLB_484853221EDR_F0480000NCAM00263M_Sol 985, May 14, 2015, update from USGS scientist Ken Herkenhoff: Once again, excessive wheel slippage prevented MSL from driving as far as planned, so the tactical team decided to take a break from driving to allow various options to be studied in more detail. The rover is tilted 21 degrees, the highest tilt of the mission so far, on the flank of a small ridge. The vehicle is high enough on the ridge that the terrain to the southwest is visible in Sol 984 Navcam images, allowing more complete evaluation of a traverse in that… [More at link]

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