On Wednesday, there was no update on the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover’s activities due to a training class and travel issues. However, today’s post covers five sols of planning.

The Sol 1148 plan began with a Mastcam observation of the target McLeod and a 10×1 mosaic to patch a gap in the mosaic from Sol 1144. After that, the rover drove for 32 meters, followed by standard post-drive imaging.

On Sol 1149, ChemCam conducted calibration observations and Navcam and Mastcam performed some standard atmospheric observations. The drive on Sol 1148 put the rover in range of some interesting rocks, so the Sol 1150-1152 plan is focused on analyzing the new surroundings.

On Sol 1150, Mastcam has an 8×4 mosaic of some layered rocks, followed by ChemCam and Mastcam observations of targets “Dunkirk” and “Duperow”. After remote sensing is complete, there will be three APXS observations of targets “Exshaw”, “Ellis Canyon”, and “Ennis”.

On Sol 1151, Mastcam has an 18×2 mosaic of the “Carlile” area and a 9×2 mosaic of the “East Glacier” target. This is followed by ChemCam observations of Ennis and Exshaw and accompanying Mastcam documentation images. In the afternoon on Sol 1