![]() ![]() In the meantime, Curiosity is exploring some fascinating relationships among distinctly different rock layers at the ridge top. ![]() The rover still cannot use its drill to acquire rock samples, but there is a nonzero possibility that by the next time I update you on the mission, we'll be able to celebrate a return to drilling activity. Nevertheless, the rover has driven about 600 meters, delivered multiple Ogunquit Beach samples to SAM and one to CheMin, and even run its first (intentional) wet chemistry experiment. Progress has occasionally been interrupted by various issues (uplink failures, arm faults, short drives, et cetera) that led some team members to joke that the ridge may be cursed. Since then, it has slowly maneuvered southish atop the ridge, encountering colorful rocks. When I last left the rover back in September, it had just climbed onto Vera Rubin Ridge. My apologies for the long delay between updates. ![]()
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