Mars Science Laboratory
by Stocktrek Images
Title
Mars Science Laboratory
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Stocktrek Images
Medium
Digital Art - Illustration
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This artist's conception of the Mars Science Laboratory portrays use of the rover's ChemCam instrument to identify the chemical composition of a rock sample on the surface of Mars. ChemCam is innovative for planetary exploration in using a technique referred to as laser breakdown spectroscopy to determine the chemical composition of samples from distances of up to about 8 meters (25 feet) away. ChemCam is led by a team at the Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Centre d'Etude Spatiale des Rayonnements in Toulouse, France. Mars Science Laboratory, a mobile robot for investigating Mars' past or present ability to sustain microbial life, is in development at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for a launch opportunity in 2009.
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December 8th, 2011
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