NASA's Curiosity rover resumes Nazca drilling after recharging
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NASA's Curiosity rover scheduled three "recharge" days on Mars during Sols 5060-5062 to store power for the next steps of the Nazca drilling campaign, then continued that drilling campaign. During the recharge period, Curiosity used ChemCam and the Remote Micro-Imager to conduct remote sensing observations of targets including Titicaca, Pampas and Salta, and used Mastcam to photograph calibration targets and the drilling target.
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- NASANASA Curiosity Sols 5056-5062: Recharging and continuing the Nazca drilling campaign
NASA's Curiosity has scheduled three "recharge" days on Sols 5060-5062 to build up power for the next steps of the Nazca drilling campaign. During this period, ChemCam and the Remote Micro-Imager will make remote-sensing observations of targets including Titicaca, Pampas, and Salta, and Mastcam will photograph calibration targets and the drilling target.
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