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Mineralogy and Elemental Composition of Wind Drift Soil at Rocknest, Gale CraterThe Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity has been exploring Mars since August 5, 2012, conducting engineering and first-time activities with its mobility system, arm, sample acquisition and processing system (SA/SPaH-CHIMRA) and science instruments. Curiosity spent 54 sols at a location named "Rocknest," collecting and processing five scoops of loose, unconsolidated materials ("soil") acquired from an aeolian bedform (Fig. 1). The Chemistry and Mineralogy (CheMin) instrument analyzed portions of scoops 3, 4, and 5, to obtain the first quantitative mineralogical analysis of Mars soil, and to provide context for Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) measurements of volatiles, isotopes and possible organic materials.
Document ID
20130010063
Acquisition Source
Johnson Space Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Blake, D. F. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Bish, D. L. (Indiana Univ. United States)
Morris, R. V. (NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Downs, R. T. (Arizona Univ. United States)
Trieman, A. H. (Lunar and Planetary Inst. Houston, TX, United States)
Morrison, S. M. (Arizona Univ. United States)
Chipera, S. J.
Ming, D. W. (NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Yen, A. S. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Vaniman, D. T.
Grotzinger, J. (California Inst. of Tech. United States)
Crisp, J. A. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Achilles, C. N. (Hamilton Sundstrand Corp. United States)
Rampe, E. B. (NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Bristow, T. F. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Sarrazin, P. C. (inXitu United States)
Farmer, J. D. (Arizona State Univ. United States)
Des Marais, D. J. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Stolper, E. M. (California Inst. of Tech. United States)
Morookian, J. M. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Wilson, M. A. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Spanovich, N. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Anderson, R. C. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 27, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2013
Subject Category
Geophysics
Report/Patent Number
JSC-CN-27908
Meeting Information
Meeting: Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
Location: The Woodlands, TX
Country: United States
Start Date: March 18, 2013
End Date: March 23, 2013
Sponsors: Lunar and Planetary Inst.
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.

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