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

.Chemistry is also including in the planning. The vagabond is secure on its own wheels, which indicates our team can easily get the arm out and also carry out an APXS size on the target "Midnight Pond," which MAHLI likewise images. The LIBS examinations are seconding the APXS investigation on Midnight Lake, as well as incorporate one more aim at to the program, "Pyramidal Epitome." On the third sol there is an AEGIS, the LIBS measurement where the wanderer selects its very own target just before our team listed here in the world also see where it is! Electrical power was actually specifically limited today, considering that the CheMin staff performs some housekeeping, especially looking at empty cells in preparation for the following drill. The setting team incorporates several examinations to keep an eye out for dirt devils and the dustiness of the ambience, and APXS gauges the argon content of the environment. This is actually an action for the seasonal adjustments of the setting, as argon is a passive fuel that carries out certainly not react along with other components of the atmosphere. It is actually just managed due to the temp in several places of the world-- mainly the rods. DAN continues to monitor water in the subsurface, as well as RAD-- prominently featured during the course of the solar energy storm I was talking about previously-- continues to pick up information on the radiation setting.