The Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity has been exploring Mars since August 5, 2012, conducting engineering and first-time activities with its mobility system, arm, sample acquisition and processing system (SA/SPaH-CHIMRA) and science instruments. Curiosity spent 54 sols at a location named "Rocknest," collecting and processing five scoops of loose, unconsolidated materials ("soil") acquired from an aeolian bedform (Fig. 1). The Chemistry and Mineralogy (CheMin) instrument analyzed portions of scoops 3, 4, and 5, to obtain the first quantitative mineralogical analysis of Mars soil, and to provide context for Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) measurements of volatiles, isotopes and possible organic materials.


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    Title :

    Mineralogy and Elemental Composition of Wind Drift Soil at Rocknest, Gale Crater


    Contributors:
    Blake, D. F. (author) / Bish, D. L. (author) / Morris, R. V. (author) / Downs, R. T. (author) / Trieman, A. H. (author) / Morrison, S. M. (author) / Chipera, S. J. (author) / Ming, D. W. (author) / Yen, A. S. (author) / Vaniman, D. T. (author)

    Conference:

    Lunar and Planetary Science Conference ; 2013 ; The Woodlands, TX, United States


    Publication date :

    2013-01-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English


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