Tag: JPL

Curiosity Rover Takes a Bite of the Red Planet

Curiosity Rover Takes a Bite of the Red Planet

After taking two “sample” bites, the Mars Curiosity Rover has ingested a third  bite to be studied by the Chemistry and Mineralogy  (CheMin) instrument.   CheMin, which uses X-ray diffraction, will allow scientists to make the most accurate analysis ever undertaken of minerals on Mars. Although the mission’s primary purpose is study whether or not the landing location ever offered conditions conducive […]

Posted in: Mars, NASA
Water, Water Everywhere

Water, Water Everywhere

Is the inner solar system one big swimming hole? The discovery of what is by all appearances is a dry stream bed on Mars by the Curiosity rover this week adds to a growing body of evidence that sometime in the distant past, at least portions of the Red Planet once more closely resembled our own blue marble,  somewhat inappropriately […]

Posted in: Asteroids, Mars, Moon, NASA
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