Thursday, October 11, 2012

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Mars rock known as 'Jake Matijevic'

Mars Rock Touched by NASA Curiosity has Surprises

The first Martian rock NASA's Curiosity rover has reached out to touch presents a more varied composition than expected from previous missions.
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Target: Jake Matijevic Rock

NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Image

High-Resolution View of Cross-Section Through a Mars ...

NASA's Mars Science Laboratory image
This image shows the wall of a scuffmark NASA's Curiosity made in a windblown ripple of Martian sand with its wheel. The upper half of the image shows a small portion of the side wall of the scuff ...
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Too Big for the Sieve

NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Image
In this image, the scoop on NASA's Curiosity rover shows the larger soil particles that were too big to filter through a sample-processing sieve that is porous only to particles less than 0.006 ...
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Sand Filtered through Curiosity's Sieve

NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Image

Thanks for the Scrub

NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Image
This image from Curiosity's Mast Camera shows NASA's Curiosity rover just after discarding a soil sample as part of its first "decontamination" exercise. A small amount of remnant material is visible ...
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