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Tag Archives: SAM
Curiosity update: Getting ready for the SAM geochronology experiment
Sol 1963, February 12, 2018, update by MSL scientist Lauren Edgar: Over the weekend Curiosity drove ~52 m to the northeast to another patch of gray bedrock. The team is interested in characterizing the gray bedrock to determine if we … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Newmachar, Ogunquit Beach, SAM, Sample Analysis at Mars, Vera Rubin Ridge, Yesnaby
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Curiosity update: Feeding SAM some sand
Sol 1852, October 20, 2017, update by MSL scientist Ken Herkenhoff: MSL drove over 20 meters on Sol 1850, to an area with lots of bedrock exposed. We had several nice targets to choose from, but were limited in what … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Balfour, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Ogunquit Beach, Ripon, SAM, Sample Analysis at Mars, Vera Rubin Ridge
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Cosmic rays hit Mars crust, help make atmosphere
NASA’s Curiosity rover has found evidence that chemistry in the surface material on Mars contributed dynamically to the makeup of its atmosphere over time. It’s another clue that the history of the Red Planet’s atmosphere is more complex and interesting … Continue reading
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Tagged atmosphere, cosmic rays, Curiosity, Gale Crater, krypton, Mars Science Laboratory, MSL, NASA, SAM, Sample Analysis at Mars, xenon
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Curiosity sniffs out history of Mars atmosphere
NASA’s Curiosity rover is using a new experiment to better understand the history of the Martian atmosphere by analyzing xenon. While NASA’s Curiosity rover concluded its detailed examination of the rock layers of the “Pahrump Hills” in Gale Crater on … Continue reading
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Tagged argon, atmosphere, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, MSL, NASA, SAM, Sample Analysis at Mars, xenon
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Hunt for signs of Mars life might erase them
Scientists have discovered that the mineral jarosite breaks down organic compounds when it is flash-heated… Jarosite is an iron sulphate and it is one of several minerals that NASA’s Curiosity rover is searching for, as its presence could indicate ancient … Continue reading
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Tagged Curiosity, Gale Crater, iron-sulfate minerals, jarosite, Mars Science Laboratory, MSL, NASA, SAM, Sample Analysis at Mars
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