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Sols 4255-4256: Only Travelling through

.Locating ourselves lower than a gauge from our confident end-of-drive on Monday, we started on a very acquainted program: Starting with an upper arm backbone for taking out dirt and also utilizing APXS to check out a base target named "Russell Elapsed," putting the upper arm out of the way for imaging, devoting simply over a hr on Mastcam image resolution as well as ChemCam LIBS on Russell Pass, then another arm backbone for MAHLI pictures of Russell Pass, and also lastly a ride in the afternoon. These programs, termed "touch-and-go" plans, are actually often occupied at the beginning and slow down by the end. Our ride this moment is actually planned to go ~ 10 gauges virtually completely east and leaving our heading just about completely west. If on Friday, our tires are actually sturdily on the Martian ground and also there is actually a flat-enough bedrock surface to position our practice, our company could be staying put for one more 2 full weeks while our experts make an effort and also collect an additional Gediz Vallis stations sample. As well as because our team drive backwards with the arm taking up the rear end, our experts might also possess a workspace our company have actually actually driven over - with any luck exposing some interior base also before boring.

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