Saturday 21 March 2015

Curiosity Rover Arm Delivers Rock Powder Sample

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Curiosity Rover Arm Delivers Rock Powder Sample
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 16, 2015 - NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used its robotic arm Wednesday, March 11, to sieve and deliver a rock-powder sample to an onboard instrument. The sample was collected last month before the team temporarily suspended rover arm movement pending analysis of a short circuit. The Chemistry and Mineralogy (CheMin) analytical instrument inside the rover received the sample powder. This sample comes f ... more


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