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Sols 4255-4256: Simply Passing Through

.Discovering our own selves lower than a gauge from our hopeful end-of-drive on Monday, we started on an extremely acquainted strategy: Starting along with an upper arm basis for clearing away dirt as well as utilizing APXS to look into a bedrock intended called "Russell Elapsed," placing the arm out of the way for image resolution, devoting simply over a hr on Mastcam imaging and ChemCam LIBS on Russell Pass, after that one more arm foundation for MAHLI images of Russell Pass, and also lastly a ride in the mid-day. These plannings, called "touch-and-go" plannings, are actually commonly occupied at the start as well as decrease at the end. Our ride this time is actually prepared to go ~ 10 gauges nearly perfectly eastern and also leaving our moving almost flawlessly west. If on Friday, our tires are actually well on the Martian ground and there is a flat-enough bedrock surface to place our exercise, our company might be sitting tight for yet another 2 full weeks while we make an effort and also gather another Gediz Vallis network sample. As well as given that our team steer backwards along with the branch occupying the back, our team might also possess a work space our experts have actually currently steered over - hopefully subjecting some interior bedrock also before drilling.