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Rocks Rich in Silica Present Puzzles for Mars Rover Team

18/12/2015admin

In detective stories, as the plot thickens, an unexpected clue often delivers more questions than answers. In this case, the scene is a mountain on Mars. The clue: the chemical compound silica. Lots of silica. The sleuths: a savvy band of Earthbound researchers whose agent on Mars is NASA’s laser-flashing, one-armed mobile laboratory, Curiosity. This […]

Mars Science Laboratory/Curiosity

21/03/201527/12/2019admin

Goals: NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory mission set down a large, mobile laboratory – the rover Curiosity – using precision landing technology that makes many of Mars’ most intriguing regions viable destinations for the first time. During a 23 month prime mission, Curiosity will analyze dozens of samples drilled from rocks or scooped from the ground […]

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