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The team of scientists that is engaged in the mission of the Curiosity rover, in the coming days, intends to start holding the third in a row drilling operations to collect samples for analysis. In order to conduct a preliminary study of a potential candidate for drilling, the rover used several instruments, including wire brush – the Dust Removal Tool, – to clean dust with site of breed. In honor of the gorge, which is located in Western Australia, this sandstone slab got its name – “Windjana”. “On the the area cleaned with a brush shows that the rock is fine-grained, its the true color is much grayer than the dust on the surface, and some parts of the rock are harder than others; as a result interesting lumpy texture, “says one of the team members Curiosity Scientists Melissa Rice, Associate California Institute of Technology, Pasadena. “All features convinced us of the need for drilling in this terrain – in order to better understand the chemical composition fluids that bind rock particles together. “Before Curiosity will start deep drilling to collect rock samples, powdered, experts plan to hold preparatory work on “mini-drilling.” Impact Drill Curiosity collects powdered sample material from depth rocks, and then the rover prepares and sends portions of samples to the laboratory on board. Rover twice already carried out drilling operations on Mars: these were slate plates in Yellowknife Bay, located at a distance of about 4 kilometers from Kimberley – the place where the rover is located now. As a result of the analysis of the samples, scientists received evidence that in the distant past in this area there was a lake.
Mars Mars rover Curiosity
