.Discovering ourselves less than a gauge from our hopeful end-of-drive on Monday, our company began on a very familiar plan: Beginning with an arm foundation for getting rid of dirt and utilizing APXS to investigate a base intended named "Russell Elapsed," placing the arm out of the way for imaging, spending just over a hr on Mastcam imaging and ChemCam LIBS on Russell Pass, then another arm foundation for MAHLI photos of Russell Pass, and eventually a drive in the afternoon. These programs, dubbed "touch-and-go" strategies, are actually often hectic at the beginning and also reduce by the end. Our travel this time is actually planned to go ~ 10 gauges almost perfectly east and leaving our heading almost flawlessly west. If on Friday, our steering wheels are actually sturdily on the Martian ground as well as there is actually a flat-enough base surface area to put our practice, our team could be sitting tight for another pair of weeks while we attempt and also gather another Gediz Vallis channel sample. And considering that our team steer backwards with the arm using up the back, our team could also possess an office we've currently driven over - perhaps revealing some interior bedrock even just before exploration.