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29th November 2016 Sol 1534

Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on November 29, 2016

We have started our 19th drill or scoop.  Curiosity now aims to drill at regular elevation intervals (25 m) as we progress up through the Murray formation.  This will give us a representative set of mineral and compositional analyses so that we can track any environmental changes. In this HazCam image we are using the […]

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2nd November 2016 Sol 1508

Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on November 2, 2016

We have found an iron meteorite – called Egg Rock.  Curiosity was close enough to determine that it is composed of iron, with some nickel.The textureson the urface shows regmaglypts wher the atmosphere ablated the iron. It seems to have s fresh, unweathered surface suggesting it fell relatively recently in the Mars past, long after […]

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