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NASA’s Curiosity rover finds evidence for long-ago CO2 atmosphere on Mars
To study Mars’s chemical and mineral makeup, the Curiosity rover drills one to 1.5 inches down into the subsurface, then drops the powdered rock samples into an instrument in its belly called CheMin. The instrument, developed at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, uses X-ray diffraction to analyze rocks and soil.
NASA's Curiosity rover made a compelling find on Mars' irradiated surface. The car-sized robot's molecule-sleuthing ...
NASA's Perseverance rover is reveling in a scientific bonanza on Mars after finding a diverse array of rocks that are providing eager scientists a glimpse into the planet's ancient history.
When Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit rocket failed on its maiden launch from Cornwall in 2023, it brought Britain’s space ...
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has detected the largest organic (carbon-containing) molecules ever found on the red planet. The discovery is one of the most significant findings in the search for ...
The Cumberland rock is made from clay-rich sedimentary ... by Curiosity's Sample Analysis on Mars (SAM) suite of instruments. Using this suite, the rover drills a rock sample and scoops it into ...
Each fatty acid remnant detected by Curiosity was made with a long chain of ... a complicated symphony of missions called Mars Sample Return. Both rovers have detected a variety of organic ...
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