Sol 922, March 10, 2015, update from USGS scientist Ryan Anderson: Good news! We’re allowed to use the arm again! The engineers have done all the diagnostics needed, and so today’s plan was dominated by arm activities for science. In the morning of sol 922, there is a short science block during which ChemCam and Mastcam will analyze the target “Whitmore_2” on the “Newspaper rock” outcrop to see if it is similar to the “Whale Rock” outcrop that we studied previously. After that, the… [More at link]
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