Curiosity update: Still driving across the plateau

Sol 1285, March 17, 2016, update from USGS scientist Lauren Edgar: Curiosity is still working her way across the Naukluft Plateau.  On Sol 1284 Curiosity drove ~27 m, which brings our total traverse distance to ~12,549 m.  Today’s plan is fairly straightforward.  In the morning, Curiosity will acquire Mastcam and ChemCam on targets named “Mulden” and “Koigab” to characterize the bedrock that we’ve been driving over.  We’ll also take a Mastcam mosaic to investigate the local stratigraphy.  Then Curiosity will continue driving… [More at link]