1532 - Core drilling a slab of bedrock on Mars
Not sure if this was successful, seeing a little sideways slip in the drill and possible break up of the upper layers of the rock. Need more of these raw HazCam tiles to get a better idea of what's going on during the entire coring process, but this is all we have so far....
More later
NASA/JPL-Caltech
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did a part of it fall off in that last frame?
I don't think so, but a better processed image and video shows a chunk of the bedrock was stuck between the drill and one of the drill stabilizer posts. See the improved video and highlight still image on this post by @65dBnoise :)
Still waiting for additional images, hopefully they'll show if the coring was successful and the condition of the drill
Link (Scroll down, the new video is in the replies)