Curiosity update: More touch and go on the way to Vera Rubin Ridge

1732ML0090520020701709E01_DXXX-br2Sol 1739-40, June 26, 2017, update by MSL scientist Abigail Fraeman: This past weekend, Curiosity continued to journey east along the contact between the lower portion of Vera Rubin Ridge and the Murray formation with a drive that was a little over 20 m long. Today we worked on planning two sols, Sol 1739 and Sol 1740. On the first sol, we will take MAHLI and APXS observations of a target named “Rice Point” in our continuing quest to characterize the variability of typical Murray bedrock as we ascend Mt. Sharp. We will also take some remote sensing observations to document changes in texture and chemistry of the rocks in front of us, as well as some nearby sand. We have ChemCam LIBS observations of targets named “Hamilton Pond,” “Whalesback,” and Rice Point… [More at link]

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