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Sols 4255-4256: Simply Passing Through

.Finding our own selves lower than a gauge coming from our hopeful end-of-drive on Monday, we started on an incredibly acquainted plan: Starting with an arm backbone for clearing away dust as well as making use of APXS to examine a bedrock target called "Russell Successfully pass," placing the upper arm out of the way for image resolution, devoting merely over a hr on Mastcam image resolution and ChemCam LIBS on Russell Pass, at that point one more arm foundation for MAHLI photos of Russell Pass, and also ultimately a travel in the afternoon. These plans, referred to as "touch-and-go" programs, are typically active at the start as well as slow at the end. Our ride this moment is actually considered to go ~ 10 gauges just about perfectly east as well as leaving our heading practically wonderfully west. If on Friday, our tires are solidly on the Martian ground and there is a flat-enough bedrock surface to place our exercise, we might be staying for an additional pair of weeks while our company try as well as collect another Gediz Vallis channel sample. As well as due to the fact that our company drive in reverse with the branch using up the back, our team may also possess a workspace our experts have actually already steered over - hopefully leaving open some interior bedrock even just before exploration.