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Curiosity update: It’s a SAMple party!

Posted on June 8, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 2075, June 7, 2018, update by MSL scientist Rachel Kronyak: Today, Sol 2075, was a fairly straightforward day of planning, as most of the plan will be devoted to carrying out a methane experiment with our SAM instrument to … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: And the crowd went wild

Posted on June 7, 2018 by rburnham

Sol 2074, June 6, 2018, update by MSL scientist Scott Guzewich: Today we received the happy news that the SAM instrument received enough sample to conduct its “evolved gas” analysis of the powdered rock from our “Duluth” drill hole! This … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: A very, very, very good day on Mars

Posted on June 4, 2018 by rburnham

Sols 2070-72, June 4, 2018, update by MSL scientist Abigail Fraeman: Every single day that the Curiosity team gets to go into work and operate a one-ton rover on the surface of Mars is a good day. But last Friday … Continue reading →

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