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Sols 4331-4333: Today's Rover ABC-- Aurora, Back Steering, and also Chemical make up, with an Edge of Graphics

.Chemical make up is actually additionally including in the strategy. The vagabond is actually steady on its steering wheels, which suggests our company may get the arm out and perform an APXS measurement on the aim at "Midnight Pond," which MAHLI additionally graphics. The LIBS inspections are actually seconding the APXS investigation on Twelve o'clock at night Lake, as well as add yet another target to the planning, "Pyramidal Peak." On the third sol there is actually an AEGIS, the LIBS measurement where the rover picks its own intended before our experts listed here on Earth even find where it is! Electrical power was actually particularly limited today, because the CheMin crew carries out some housekeeping, especially checking out vacant tissues to prepare for the upcoming practice. The environment staff includes lots of inspections to watch out for dirt devils and the dustiness of the ambience, and APXS assesses the argon information of the ambience. This is actually a measure for the seasonal modifications of the atmosphere, as argon is an inert gas that does not respond along with other components of the setting. It is only handled by the temperature level in different areas of the earth-- primarily the posts. DAN remains to keep an eye on water in the subsurface, and RAD-- plainly featured during the sunlight hurricane I was actually talking about earlier-- continues to accumulate data on the radiation atmosphere.