Space

Sols 4316-4317: Searching for Sulfur

.Getting through the rugged, unforgiving Martian surface is regularly a difficulty, and our latest try to reach out to the "Lamb Spring" target highlights this. We had actually tried for tiny, distant brilliant rocks, yet coming from fifty gauges away (regarding 164 feet), the limited settlement of our images made it challenging to tweak navigating. After a determined ride, the rover happened uncomfortably close-- stopping only short of these small bright stones. The rocks, along with their distinctive rounded as well as countered "surviving" design (imagined), definitely are similar to elemental sulfur blocks that our team have actually come across just before. Frustratingly, although the target rocks were right under the main wheel and clearly noticeable in our navigation cameras, they stayed contemporary of grasp of the wanderer's arm.