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Sols 4331-4333: Today's Vagabond ABC-- Aurora, Backwards Driving, and Chemical make up, with a Side of Graphics

.Chemical make up is actually also featuring in the program. The wanderer is stable on its wheels, which means we can easily receive the upper arm out and also carry out an APXS measurement on the target "Twelve o'clock at night Pond," which MAHLI likewise graphics. The LIBS examinations are actually furthering the APXS inspection on Twelve o'clock at night Pond, as well as include yet another intended to the plan, "Pyramidal Epitome." On the third sol there is actually an AEGIS, the LIBS measurement where the rover picks its very own aim at before our company listed here on Earth also see where it is actually! Power was especially limited today, given that the CheMin crew carries out some housekeeping, especially taking a look at vacant mobiles to prepare for the next drill. The environment group incorporates many investigations to keep an eye out for dust adversaries as well as the dustiness of the setting, and also APXS measures the argon content of the atmosphere. This is actually a procedure for the seasonal improvements of the environment, as argon is actually an inert gas that carries out not respond with various other components of the atmosphere. It is just controlled due to the temp in numerous places of the world-- generally the posts. DAN remains to keep an eye on water in the subsurface, and RAD-- prominently featured throughout the photovoltaic tornado I was actually speaking about previously-- continues to collect data on the radiation atmosphere.

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