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Sols 4255-4256: Just Going through

.Discovering our own selves less than a gauge from our enthusiastic end-of-drive on Monday, our team began on a really knowledgeable plan: Starting with an upper arm foundation for eliminating dirt and also making use of APXS to look into a bedrock intended called "Russell Successfully pass," putting the arm out of the way for image resolution, spending simply over a hr on Mastcam imaging and ChemCam LIBS on Russell Pass, then one more arm foundation for MAHLI pictures of Russell Pass, as well as lastly a travel in the mid-day. These plans, referred to as "touch-and-go" strategies, are actually usually active at the start as well as reduce in the end. Our drive this time is prepared to go ~ 10 meters practically perfectly eastern and also leaving our heading nearly wonderfully west. If on Friday, our steering wheels are actually solidly on the Martian ground and there is a flat-enough base surface area to place our drill, we could be remaining for an additional two full weeks while our experts make an effort and also accumulate one more Gediz Vallis network sample. And due to the fact that our experts steer back along with the arm taking up the rear, our experts might also have a work space our team have actually presently steered over - with any luck leaving open some interior base even just before boring.