Space

Sols 4257-4258: A Little Nudge on Kings Canyon

.The Drill Sol 1 plan has pair of functions-- 1st to calculate if our aim for, Kings Gulch, fulfills the science crews standards for sampling-- for example, is it compositionally exciting? The 2nd objective is to establish if the rock as well as certain aim for, are actually secure to bore can it deal with the troops from the drill, for example. Our company phone this activity a "drill preload exam." Therefore, the major tasks in today's program are the preload exam as well as get in touch with science on Kings Canyon-- our experts will certainly to begin with clean the aim at to remove area dirt and then take close-up image resolution with our MAHLI instrument as well as compositional data with our APXS tool.