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June 05, 2014
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How samples are delivered and then tested in the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) suite on the Mars Curiosity rover. (No audio)
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This image illustrates the principals of a technique called "laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy," which the Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument will use on Mars.
Schematic of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy
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This June 27, 2014, image from the HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows NASA's Curiosity Mars rover on the rover's landing-ellipse boundary, which is superimposed on the image.
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Curiosity got close to this outcrop on Sept. 9, 2016, which displays finely layered rocks.
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As of June 2012, the target landing area for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission is the ellipse marked on this image of Gale Crater.
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Sulfates and Clays in Columbus Crater, Mars
This view from NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover shows the downwind side of a dune about 13 feet high within the Bagnold Dunes field on Mars. The rover's Navigation Camera took the component images on De...
Slip Face on Downwind Side of 'Namib' Sand Dune on Mars
A sweeping panorama combining 33 telephoto images into one Martian vista presents details of several types of terrain visible on Mount Sharp from a location along the route of NASA's Curiosity Mars...
Diverse Terrain Types on Mount Sharp, Mars
The first stage of the Atlas V rocket for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission arrives at the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
Atlas V Arrives at Complex 41
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Patches of Martian sandstone visible in the lower-left and upper portions of this view from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover have a knobbly texture due to nodules apparently...
Knobbly Textured Sandstone on Mount Sharp, Mars (Labeled)
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Diverse Terrain Types on Mount Sharp, Mars (Unlabeled)
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Radiation Assessment Detector
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Curiosity's Arm Over 'Marimba' Target on Mount Sharp
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