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Sols 4331-4333: Today's Wanderer ABC-- Aurora, Backwards Steering, as well as Chemistry, along with an Edge of Photos

.Chemistry is additionally featuring in the plan. The wanderer is stable on its steering wheels, which implies we can get the upper arm out and also carry out an APXS dimension on the intended "Twelve o'clock at night Pond," which MAHLI likewise pictures. The LIBS investigations are actually seconding the APXS investigation on Midnight Pond, as well as incorporate another intended to the strategy, "Pyramidal Epitome." On the third sol there is an AEGIS, the LIBS dimension where the rover selects its own aim at before our experts below in the world also view where it is! Energy was particularly limited today, since the CheMin staff performs some housekeeping, specifically checking out empty tissues in preparation for the upcoming drill. The environment crew incorporates numerous examinations to look out for dust devils and the dustiness of the atmosphere, and APXS assesses the argon content of the atmosphere. This is a step for the seasonal improvements of the ambience, as argon is a passive gasoline that does certainly not react along with other components of the ambience. It is only controlled due to the temperature in several areas of the planet-- mainly the poles. DAN continues to monitor water in the subsurface, and radical-- conspicuously featured throughout the solar energy storm I was referring to previously-- remains to gather data on the radiation environment.