Space

Sols 4314-4315: Wait, What Was That Back There?

.After wrapping up the targeted and also contact scientific research, our experts prepare to drive. As the science team had time to look a little bit a lot more at the records gathered because region, they uncovered this intended that was worth going back for. Our experts are steering back to the place of the white stones to do additional get in touch with science on stones that look identical to the important sulfur our company found earlier this year. Preparing ahead of time, I reached scout this ride on Friday, mapping out the best path and also trying to find vehicle parking areas that were each good for interactions along with for doing get in touch with science. The intended "Sheep Spring" is about fifty gauges (about 164 feet) to the northeast, which makes the ride an obstacle-- the resolution of our photos at that assortment produces it more challenging to determine these tiny stones. Our team carry out have truly good imaging in that instructions, and also the surface isn't tremendously scary, so the Vagabond Planners are mosting likely to try to make it in one travel. During the disk, our company will certainly be actually taking a MARDI "pathway" movie (a collection of images appearing below the vagabond for the entire size of the drive), which will aid chronicle the network. On the 2nd sol of the strategy, our experts perform some extra atmospherical as well as untargeted scientific research. Our company possess a Navcam suprahorizon motion picture (considering the crater edge to review dust in the setting) and also a dirt evil one movie. Our company also have a ChemCam AEGIS observation, where the wanderer will autonomously decide on an aim at to photo. Overnight, CheMin does an "empty cell" evaluation to verify that the system is cleaned out and also ready for the next tasting initiative.