Slippery Science Meets Boulder on Mars - NASA Exploration

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity's right middle wheel was perched on a rock, making it unsafe to do the arm activities and contact science planned. The team pivoted to taking more imaging and continued to push through the difficult terrain. The rover took a lot of imaging, including atmospheric observations, and ChemCam made a LIBS observation of the rock "Cerro Bravo." The team also planned additional targeted science and drove through challenging terrain. Mastcam monitored dust accumulation on the rover deck and made a solar tau observation to look at the sun and the dust in the atmosphere.