We have started the drilling activities at Pahrump (Mojahave outcrop). This MAHLI image shows that the initial minidrill attempt turned up some unweathered fine grained sediment. The Minidrill is the first test attempt in any drilling sequence. The hole is a few cm across.
14th January 2014 Sol 868
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This blog is a record of my experiences and work during the Mars Science Laboratory mission, from the preparation, landing on August 5th 2012 Pacific Time, and onwards... I will also post updates about our other Mars work on meteorites, ExoMars and new missions. You can also follow the planetary science activities with @LeicsPlanets Professor John Bridges, School of Physics and Astronomy
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