Curiosity update: Dumping sand samples

Sol 1251-52, February 11, 2016, update from USGS scientist Ken Herkenhoff: The short Sol 1250 drive completed successfully, placing the rover in position for contact science on the bedrock outcrop of interest.  We’re planning 2 sols today and 3 sols tomorrow to get the rover through the upcoming holiday weekend.  On Sol 1251, ChemCam will observe a bright vein called “Fiskus” and the sieved sand samples will be dumped onto the bedrock.  Mastcam will take stereo images of the dump piles, then… [More at link]