Space

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

.After completing the targeted and also contact scientific research, our team prepare to drive. As the science staff had opportunity to look a little bit even more at the data picked up because location, they uncovered this target that deserved going back for. We are steering back to the area of the white rocks to accomplish even more call scientific research on rocks that look identical to the elemental sulfur our experts found earlier this year. Preparing ahead of time, I got to hunt this ride on Friday, laying out the best course and looking for car park areas that were actually each good for interactions in addition to for performing connect with science. The target "Sheep Creek" is about fifty gauges (concerning 164 feet) to the northeast, which makes the travel a problem-- the settlement of our images at that array makes it harder to spot these small rocks. Our experts do have definitely good image resolution during that path, and also the landscapes isn't super frightening, so the Rover Planners are actually going to make an effort to make it in one drive. During the course of the disk, our experts are going to be actually taking a MARDI "sidewalk" movie (a set of photos appearing listed below the rover for the whole entire size of the disk), which will help chronicle the network. On the 2nd sol of the planning, our team carry out some extra atmospherical and untargeted scientific research. We have a Navcam suprahorizon flick (examining the sinkhole edge to analyze dirt in the atmosphere) and a dust adversary movie. Our team also possess a ChemCam AEGIS review, where the vagabond will autonomously decide on an aim at to image. Overnight, CheMin carries out an "empty cell" analysis to affirm that the device is cleaned and also all set for the next sampling initiative.