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Sols 4331-4333: Today's Rover ABC-- Aurora, Backwards Driving, and also Chemistry, along with an Edge of Graphics

.Chemical make up is actually additionally including in the plan. The wanderer is steady on its own tires, which indicates our team can obtain the upper arm out and carry out an APXS size on the aim at "Midnight Lake," which MAHLI likewise photos. The LIBS inspections are furthering the APXS inspection on Twelve o'clock at night Pond, and also include an additional intended to the planning, "Pyramidal Epitome." On the third sol there is actually an AEGIS, the LIBS size where the vagabond chooses its own aim at prior to we here in the world even observe where it is! Power was actually especially tight today, because the CheMin group carries out some housekeeping, especially examining empty tissues to prepare for the next drill. The setting crew includes many investigations to look out for dust evil ones and also the dustiness of the setting, and also APXS measures the argon web content of the setting. This is a procedure for the seasonal changes of the atmosphere, as argon is an unreactive gasoline that does not respond with various other components of the ambience. It is just managed due to the temperature in various spots of the planet-- primarily the poles. DAN continues to track water in the subsurface, and also RAD-- conspicuously featured during the course of the sunlight tornado I was talking about previously-- continues to gather records on the radiation environment.