Curiosity update: ‘Drive precluded’

Sol 1189-90, December 9, 2015, update from USGS scientist Ken Herkenhoff: Because of a problem with one of the DSN station antennas, the data needed to plan a drive today were not received, so the Sol 1189-90 plan is dominated by remote sensing observations.  Neither driving nor arm activities are possible until the necessary images are retransmitted.  On Sol 1189… [More at link]