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Plans<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit \"><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/msl\/2025\/curiosity-rover-updates\/march\/https___mars.nasa.gov_msl-raw-images_proj_msl_redops_ods_surface_sol_04472_opgs_edr_ncam_NRB_794493163EDR_S1140000NCAM00594M_.JPG?w=1024&#038;h=512&#038;%23038;fit=clip&#038;%23038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" rel=\"noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" 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Rising from the horizon is a large mesa covering most of the upper part of the frame, with a curved slope rising on the left, then the rest of the mesa extending off the right edge of the frame, its top roughly parallel to the top of the image frame.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/msl\/2025\/curiosity-rover-updates\/march\/https___mars.nasa.gov_msl-raw-images_proj_msl_redops_ods_surface_sol_04472_opgs_edr_ncam_NRB_794493163EDR_S1140000NCAM00594M_.JPG?w=1024&#038;h=512&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1024w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/msl\/2025\/curiosity-rover-updates\/march\/https___mars.nasa.gov_msl-raw-images_proj_msl_redops_ods_surface_sol_04472_opgs_edr_ncam_NRB_794493163EDR_S1140000NCAM00594M_.JPG?w=300&#038;h=150&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/msl\/2025\/curiosity-rover-updates\/march\/https___mars.nasa.gov_msl-raw-images_proj_msl_redops_ods_surface_sol_04472_opgs_edr_ncam_NRB_794493163EDR_S1140000NCAM00594M_.JPG?w=768&#038;h=384&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/msl\/2025\/curiosity-rover-updates\/march\/https___mars.nasa.gov_msl-raw-images_proj_msl_redops_ods_surface_sol_04472_opgs_edr_ncam_NRB_794493163EDR_S1140000NCAM00594M_.JPG?w=400&#038;h=200&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/msl\/2025\/curiosity-rover-updates\/march\/https___mars.nasa.gov_msl-raw-images_proj_msl_redops_ods_surface_sol_04472_opgs_edr_ncam_NRB_794493163EDR_S1140000NCAM00594M_.JPG?w=600&#038;h=300&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/missions\/msl\/2025\/curiosity-rover-updates\/march\/https___mars.nasa.gov_msl-raw-images_proj_msl_redops_ods_surface_sol_04472_opgs_edr_ncam_NRB_794493163EDR_S1140000NCAM00594M_.JPG?w=900&#038;h=450&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">NASA\u2019s Mars rover Curiosity acquired this image of \u201cGould Mesa,\u201d named for a hill near NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, using its Right Navigation Camera on March 6, 2025 \u2014 sol 4472, or Martian day 4,472 of the Mars Science Laboratory mission \u2014 at 01:37:17 UTC.<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/JPL-Caltech<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Written by Deborah Padgett, OPGS Task Lead at NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory<\/p>\n<p>Earth planning date: Friday, March 7, 2025<\/p>\n<p>In Curiosity\u2019s last plan, the team decided to drive toward a very interesting nodular rock. The rover team hoped to do a detailed study of its surface texture over the weekend. However, Curiosity did not receive its expected Friday morning downlink of images taken after its drive. The MSL team did receive a tiny bit of data confirming that Curiosity\u2019s drive finished as expected. Unfortunately, without images to determine exactly where Curiosity was located relative to its intended destination, the team was unable to do any instrument pointing at nearby objects, known as \u201ctargeted\u201d observations. However, the rover team showed its resilience by filling the weekend plan with a full slate of fascinating remote observations of the terrain and sky around Curiosity\u2019s current perch, high in the canyons of Mount Sharp. Our science and instrument teams always keep a list of backup observations close at hand \u2014 frequently those taking too much time to fit in a typical sol plan \u2014 in case they get an unexpected opportunity to use them!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0On sol 4475, Curiosity will start its first science block midday with two back-to-back dust-devil surveys with Navcam. These searches for Martian whirlwinds will be followed by a measurement of atmospheric dust with Mastcam. Mastcam will then do its first large panorama image of the plan, an 11\u00d73 mosaic starboard of the rover to document bedrock and regolith in an area with a dark band of material seen from orbit. This long observation will be followed by an AEGIS activity, using Navcam to find targets for ChemCam\u2019s laser spectrograph. Curiosity will then repeat its post-drive imaging at high quality, hopefully to be received at JPL before Monday\u2019s planning day. In the evening, APXS will do atmospheric composition studies for several hours.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The next day will be a \u201csoliday,\u201d without any observations. Early in the morning of sol 4476, Mastcam will take its second large panorama, which will be a fantastic 37\u00d74 mosaic of sunrise on the slopes of Gould Mesa (see image).\u00a0 In the afternoon, there will be a Mastcam dust measurement, ChemCam calibration observation, ChemCam passive sky, and two more dust-devil surveys. The next morning, there will be a set of Navcam cloud movies, a dust measurement, and sky phase function observations to support the Mars aphelion cloud-belt campaign. 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class=\"grid-row flex-align-center margin-bottom-3\">\n<div class=\"desktop:grid-col-8 margin-bottom-2 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n<div class=\"label color-carbon-60 margin-bottom-2\">Keep Exploring<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"heading-36 line-height-sm\">Discover More Topics From NASA<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-row grid-gap-2 hds-topic-cards-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mars\/\" class=\"mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-3 topic-card margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"hds-topic-card hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black\">\n<div class=\"skrim-overlay skrim-overlay-dark skrim-left mobile-skrim-top padding-3 display-flex flex-align-end flex-justify-start z-200\">\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"hds-topic-card-heading heading-29 color-spacesuit-white line-height-sm margin-top-0 margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Mars<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"color-nasa-red\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p class=\"margin-bottom-0 margin-top-2 color-carbon-20-important\">Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun, and the seventh largest. 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