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Sols 4255-4256: Just Travelling through

.Locating ourselves less than a gauge coming from our hopeful end-of-drive on Monday, we began on an incredibly acquainted planning: Beginning along with an upper arm basis for taking out dirt as well as using APXS to explore a bedrock aim at called "Russell Pass," positioning the arm off the beaten track for imaging, investing just over an hour on Mastcam imaging as well as ChemCam LIBS on Russell Pass, after that another arm basis for MAHLI photos of Russell Pass, and lastly a ride in the afternoon. These plans, called "touch-and-go" plans, are actually normally busy at the start and slow in the end. Our drive this time is considered to go ~ 10 meters virtually flawlessly east and leaving our heading almost completely west. If on Friday, our steering wheels are sturdily on the Martian ground and also there is a flat-enough bedrock surface area to put our drill, our team could be remaining for one more two full weeks while we attempt as well as pick up yet another Gediz Vallis stations sample. And also due to the fact that our company steer back along with the arm using up the rear end, our company could even have an office our company've currently steered over - ideally revealing some interior bedrock even before boring.