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Curiosity Drills on MarsNASA JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory Scott McCloskey drill systems engineer Mars rover Curiosity mini drill test gray tailings powder sample drilling John Klein site rock space exploration |
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Simulation of Curiosity Rover Drilling into Martian BedrockThis animation depicts NASA's Mars rover Curiosity drilling a hole to collect a rock-powder sample at a target site called 'John Klein.' |
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Curiosity Finds Calcium-Rich DepositsNASA's Curiosity rover finds calcium deposits on Mars similar to those seen on Earth when water circulates in cracks and rock fractures. |
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Curiosity Rover Gives Mars the Brush-OffNASA's Curiosity rover dusts off a rock on Mars for the first time. |
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From Mars Curiosity to Times Square: Happy New YearNew Year's Eve revelers watching giant screens in New York's Times Square saw a special Happy New Year greeting from Mars, currently 206 million miles away. |
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Curiosity's Martian HolidayCuriosity will spend the holidays at a location on Mars dubbed 'Grandma's House.' |
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Mars in a Minute: How Do Rovers Drive on Mars?Where's the driver's seat for a Mars rover? Millions of miles away, back on Earth! Learn more in this 60-second video. |
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Animation of Curiosity Rover's Arm Movements for Taking a Self-PortraitThis animation shows how the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity was positioned for taking multiple images that were combined into a self-portrait. |
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Rover Results at RocknestNASA's Curiosity Mars rover team wraps up its scientific study at Rocknest. |
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Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) suite on Mars CuriosityHow samples are delivered and then tested in the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) suite on the Mars Curiosity rover. |
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Curiosity Roves AgainAfter spending six weeks doing science investigations at Rocknest, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is on the move again to Point Lake and a place to try out the drill. |
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Animation of Curiosity Rover's First 'Touch and Go'Animation shows NASA's Mars Curiosity rover touching a rock with an instrument on its arm, then stowing the arm and driving on. |
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Wind and Radiation on MarsCuriosity monitors radiation and spots elusive dust devils on Mars. |
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SAM Sniffs Mars' AtmosphereThe Curiosity rover's Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instruments make the most sensitive measurements ever to search for methane gas on the Red Planet. |
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First CheMin ResultsNASA's Curiosity rover gets its first taste of Mars |
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Mars in a Minute: Is Mars Red Hot?What would it feel like if you could stand on Mars -- toasty warm, or downright chilly? Find out in this 60-second video. |
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Working with Curiosity's ChemCam LaserCuriosity uses its ChemCam laser to explore a tiny cluster of rocks nicknamed 'Stonehenge.' |
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Mars Soil Sample DeliveredNASA's Curiosity rover delivers its first soil sample to its chemistry and mineralogy instrument. |
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Here's the Scoop!Curiosity shakes up a scoopful of dirt, dusts off the sampling system and investigates a shiny object on the surface of Mars. |
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Curiosity's First Scoopful of MarsThis video clip shows the first Martian material collected by the scoop on the robotic arm of NASA's Mars Curiosity rover. |
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Rover Gets Set to ScoopNASA scientists and engineers prepare Mars Curiosity rover for its first scoop of soil for analysis. |
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Test Scooping for Mars Rover CuriosityThis video, presented at four times actual speed, shows a test using an engineering model of the soil scoop for NASA's Mars rover Curiosity. |
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Mars StreambedCuriosity science team member Sanjeev Gupta explains how rounded pebbles spotted by the rover are convincing evidence of an ancient streambed on Mars. |
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River Fans on Earth and MarsCuriosity science team member William Dietrich explores the relationship between river fans found in California's Death Valley on Earth and similar fans in Gale Crater on Mars. |
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First Rock Contact by Curiosity's ArmThis engineering animation depicts the moves that NASA's rover Curiosity made on Sept. 22, 2012, when the rover touched a Martian rock with its robotic arm for the first time. |
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