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Curiosity: RMI studies Sargent Mountain

Posted on December 7, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1542, December 6, 2016. Curiosity is parked while engineers figure out why the drill feed mechanism stopped advancing the drill before it touched the rock. Meanwhile, the Remote Micro-Imager (RMI) shoots a four-frame sequence across a target dubbed Sargent … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: More drill testing

Posted on December 7, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1542, December 6, 2016, update by USGS scientist Ken Herkenhoff: While investigation of the drill anomaly continues, more diagnostic tests will be performed on Sol 1542.  Again, no mobility or other arm activities will be planned, so the science … Continue reading →

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