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Curiosity: ‘This is awful stuff’

Posted on July 21, 2014 by rburnham

After travelling 8.5 kilometers on Mars, NASA’s Curiosity rover is now facing some of the most dangerous terrain it has ever encountered…. Winds at Gale Crater, Curiosity’s landing site, have whittled and sharpened rocks into piercing points unlike that seen … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: “Test results from the Mars Yard”

Posted on April 18, 2014 by rburnham

Sol 604, April 18, 2014: update on Curiosity from U.S. Geological Survey scientist Ken Herkenhoff: “Thursday was the last day of the MSL science team meeting, and the discussion shifted from science results to analysis of wheel wear…” [More at … Continue reading →

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