The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission is focused on assessing the past or present habitability of Mars, through interrogation of environment and environmental records at the Curiosity rover field site in Gale crater. The MSL team has two methods available to collect, process and deliver samples to onboard analytical laboratories, the Chemistry and Mineralogy instrument (CheMin) and the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument suite. One approach obtains samples by drilling into a rock, the other uses a scoop to collect loose regolith fines.


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    Title :

    Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) efforts and observations at the “Rocknest” Eolian sand shadow in Curiosity’s Gale Crater field site


    Contributors:
    Edgett, K. S. (author) / Yingst, R. A. (author) / Minitti, M. E. (author) / Goetz, W. (author) / Kah, L. C (author) / Kennedy, M. R. (author) / Lipkaman, L. J. (author) / Jensen, E. H. (author) / Anderson, R. C. (author) / Beegle, L. W. (author)

    Publication date :

    2013-03-18


    Type of media :

    Preprint


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English



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