Scientist Jennifer Eigenbrode using a soil simulant for testing

Image of Jennifer Eigenbrode using a soil simulant
January 6, 2010
CreditNASA/JPL-Caltech
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Scientist Jennifer Eigenbrode used a soil simulant — material that closely resembles material found on the martian surface — to test the effectiveness of a sample-preparation method that was added to the Sample Analysis at Mars instrument, one of 10 flying on the Mars Science Laboratory.

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