Curiosity update: ‘Limited downlink’

Sol 1155-56, November 4, 2015, update from USGS scientist Ryan Anderson: Today’s planning was a bit challenging because we only got a few Navcam images down to show us possible science targets, which limited our choices for ChemCam observations. We are all looking forward to Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) waking up from the intentional “safe mode” status that it has been in this week! Still, even with limited data we were able to put together a good plan. [More at link]