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Sols 4255-4256: Simply Passing Through

.Discovering ourselves lower than a gauge coming from our enthusiastic end-of-drive on Monday, our company began on a very knowledgeable planning: Beginning with an upper arm foundation for eliminating dirt and also making use of APXS to check out a bedrock aim at named "Russell Elapsed," placing the upper arm off the beaten track for imaging, investing only over a hr on Mastcam image resolution and ChemCam LIBS on Russell Pass, after that one more upper arm basis for MAHLI photos of Russell Pass, and also eventually a ride in the mid-day. These programs, called "touch-and-go" programs, are actually commonly active at the start as well as reduce by the end. Our ride this time around is actually organized to go ~ 10 gauges practically perfectly eastern as well as leaving our moving almost perfectly west. If on Friday, our steering wheels are actually steadily on the Martian ground as well as there is a flat-enough bedrock surface to position our practice, our company could be sitting tight for yet another pair of weeks while we make an effort and also gather yet another Gediz Vallis stations sample. And also considering that our experts drive back with the arm using up the rear end, our experts might even have a work area our experts've currently steered over - perhaps revealing some internal bedrock also just before boring.