Space

Sols 4255-4256: Only Passing Through

.Finding ourselves lower than a gauge from our confident end-of-drive on Monday, our experts began on an incredibly acquainted program: Starting with an upper arm backbone for clearing away dust and making use of APXS to explore a bedrock target named "Russell Successfully pass," placing the arm off the beaten track for image resolution, investing merely over a hr on Mastcam image resolution and ChemCam LIBS on Russell Pass, then one more arm backbone for MAHLI pictures of Russell Pass, and also ultimately a travel in the afternoon. These plans, referred to as "touch-and-go" programs, are actually typically hectic at the beginning and also reduce by the end. Our drive this moment is actually considered to go ~ 10 gauges virtually completely eastern as well as leaving our heading almost perfectly west. If on Friday, our tires are well on the Martian ground and also there is a flat-enough base surface area to put our drill, we may be sitting tight for yet another pair of full weeks while our company attempt and pick up another Gediz Vallis network sample. As well as because we drive backwards with the branch using up the rear end, we might also possess a work environment we've already steered over - hopefully exposing some internal base also before exploration.