Curiosity update: A weekend full of remote sensing

Sol 1620-22, February 24, 2017, update by USGS scientist Lauren Edgar: On Sol 1619, MAHLI experienced a fault and did not finish its planned imaging, so unfortunately the subsequent arm and mobility activities did not execute.  That means that the weekend plan is devoted to MAHLI recovery activities and a lot of remote sensing.  I was the GSTL today, and although it was a challenging start to the day, we were able to put together a very full plan.  The first sol starts by retracting the arm.  Then Curiosity will acquire several environmental monitoring observations to measure atmospheric opacity and characterize spectral properties.  ChemCam will then assess the composition of typical bedrock and veins, at targets “Chase Brook,” “Aziscohos,” and “Chandler Ridge.” [More at link]