Fwd: [New post] Curiosity Rover Brushes Off a Rock For the First Time

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From: AmericaSpace <donotreply@wordpress.com>
Date: January 9, 2013 6:44:26 AM GMT-06:00
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Subject: [New post] Curiosity Rover Brushes Off a Rock For the First Time

Paul Scott Anderson posted: "[caption id="attachment_29796" align="aligncenter" width="500"] The brushed area on target rock "Ekwir_1" as imaged by the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) on Curiosity. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS[/caption] The Curiosity rover, the most complex yet" New post on AmericaSpace Curiosity Rover Brushes Off a Rock For the First Time by Paul Scott Anderson The Curiosity rover, the most complex yet of its kind, has an impressive array of instruments to assist in its investigation of the Martian terrain in Gale crater. It has been using its laser to zap rocks and analyze the resulting dust and is preparing to use its drill for the first time within the [...] Read more of this post Paul Scott Anderson | January 9, 2013 at 7:43 am | Tags: aerospace, Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer, AmericaSpace, Cape Canaveral, Curiosity, Diana Trujillo, DRT, Dust Removal Tool, Exploration, Explore, Gale Crater, Honeybee Robotics, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, JPL, Kennedy Space Center, KSC, MAHLI, Mars, Mars exploration, Mars Exploration Rovers, Mars Hand Lens Imager, mars rover, Mars Science Laboratory, Martian, MER, Mount Sharp, MSL, NASA, Opportunity, rocket, Rockets, rovers, Space, space exploration, Spirit, ULA, United Launch Alliance, Yellowknife Bay | Categories: Curiosity, Mars, Space Exploration | URL: http://wp.me/p1YCNG-7Kk Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://www.americaspace.org/?p=29780