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Sols 4331-4333: Today's Vagabond ABC-- Aurora, In Reverse Steering, and also Chemistry, with a Side of Graphics

.Chemical make up is additionally including in the program. The rover is stable on its wheels, which implies our experts can get the arm out and also do an APXS measurement on the target "Midnight Pond," which MAHLI additionally pictures. The LIBS investigations are furthering the APXS inspection on Twelve o'clock at night Pond, as well as incorporate an additional target to the plan, "Pyramidal Epitome." On the third sol there is an AEGIS, the LIBS size where the rover chooses its very own target prior to we below in the world even see where it is actually! Energy was actually particularly strict today, due to the fact that the CheMin crew carries out some housekeeping, especially checking out unfilled tissues to prepare for the next practice. The ambience crew includes many inspections to look out for dirt devils and also the dustiness of the setting, as well as APXS assesses the argon content of the atmosphere. This is actually a step for the seasonal changes of the ambience, as argon is actually an inert fuel that does certainly not react along with various other components of the ambience. It is actually only managed due to the temperature in numerous spots of the earth-- generally the poles. DAN remains to observe water in the subsurface, and also RAD-- plainly featured in the course of the photo voltaic storm I was actually referring to earlier-- continues to collect information on the radiation environment.