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Portions of powdered rock collected by drilling into a sandstone target last week have been delivered to laboratory instruments inside NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover, and the rover will soon drive on toward its long-term destination on a mountain slope…. [More … Continue reading →

Leaving Windjana and Mount Remarkable behind. NASA description: This image was taken by Navcam: Right B (NAV_RIGHT_B) onboard NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 630 (2014-05-15 11:05:46 UTC). Sol 630 raw images (from all cameras), and Curiosity’s latest location map.

Curiosity’s MAHLI camera took an image (lit by white-light LEDs) of the drill hole in the Windjana target which shows dark laser shot marks in the hole. (Image at right cropped and adjusted in contrast.) NASA description: NASA’s Mars rover … Continue reading →

Two drill holes into Windjana — the closer was the preparatory test hole, while the farther went deeper and accordingly has a larger tailings pile (image has been cropped). NASA description: This image was taken by Navcam: Left B (NAV_LEFT_B) … Continue reading →

Using the 34mm wide-angle Mastcam, Curiosity imaged the turret on the end of the robotic arm. In the center facing the camera is the MAHLI (hand lens imager), while the wire bristles of the DRT (dust removal tool) are at … Continue reading →

Drilling the hole in Windjana (center) shook loose some windblown sediment that had accumulated around the outcrop. NASA description: This image was taken by Navcam: Right B (NAV_RIGHT_B) onboard NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 617 (2014-05-02 03:07:41 UTC). Sol 617 … Continue reading →

MAHLI images the test drill hole in Windjana, which produced dark tailings. The camera was about 11 centimeters (4.5 inches) from the outcrop. UPDATE: The hole is 0.63 inch (1.6 centimeters) in diameter and about 0.8 inch (2 centimeters) deep. … Continue reading →

The team operating NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover plans to proceed in coming days with the third-ever drilling into a rock on Mars to collect a sample for analysis. The rover used several tools to examine the candidate site over the … Continue reading →