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Curiosity Drills Deep into First High Silica Martian Rock on Third Touchdown Anniversary
Curiosity extends robotic arm and conducts sample drilling at “Buckskin” rock target at bright toned “Lion” outcrop at the base of Mount Sharp on Mars, seen at right, during August 2015. Gale Crater eroded rim seen in the distant background at left, in this composite multisol mosaic of navcam raw images taken to Sol 1059, July 30, 2015. Navcam camera raw images stitched and colorized. Inset: MAHLI color camera up close image of full depth drill hole at “Buckskin” rock target on Sol 1060. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/Marco Di Lorenzo
NASA’s Curiosity Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover has successfully drilled into the first high silica rock target on Mars after recently discovering this new type of rock that’s unlike any found before – as she is about to mark the 3rd anniversary since the hair-raising touchdown on the Red Planet.
The SUV-sized rover bored a full depth hole into the Martian bedrock at a target dubbed “Buckskin” as commanded by the mission team over the(…)
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Post tags: Buckskin drill site, Curiosity, Curiosity Rover, Gale crater, MAHLI, Mars, Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), Mastcam, Mount Sharp, MSL, NASA, Navcam, red planet
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