Yesterday, we marked the second sol of our drill campaign at “Quela”, where our team engaged in various remote sensing, contact science, and wheel imaging activities. The images captured during the mission revealed fine lamination in some pebbles and monitored the health of the rover’s wheels. Today, we have planned a science block and a cross-contamination experiment to prepare for collecting a drill sample.
Our science activities for today include a Mastcam multispectral observation of a block of Stimson sandstone, ChemCam RMI images of the layering in the butte, and ChemCam LIBS to analyze the composition of the pebbles. If everything goes according to plan, we will be ready to proceed with drilling a full hole tomorrow.
