Curiosity Arrives in a Salty Region of Mars. Was it Left Over From a Dying Sea? By Nancy_A, with insights from abbyfrae and images processed by kevinmgill
to reach the sought-after region that – from orbital data – appear to be enriched with salty minerals. Those minerals should be able to provide tantalizing clues as to how the Red Planet’s climate changed from being more Earth-like to the frozen desert it is today.
The hypotheses is that billions of years ago, the water in Gale Crater – in streams, ponds or even a lake — left behind the minerals as the water dried up. Now at the sulfate-bearing unit, the rover team has already used the jackhammering rotary drill at the end of its 2-meter arm to pulverize rock samples for analysis. But they had to choose the rock carefully. Worn brakes on the arm recently led the team to conclude that some harder rocks may require too much hammering to drill safely.“As we do before every drill, we brushed away the dust and then poked the top surface of Canaima with the drill.
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Space Center Houston unveils new logo, plans for Lunar Mars facilityRobert Pearlman is a space historian, journalist and the founder and editor of collectSPACE.com, an online publication and community devoted to space history with a particular focus on how and where space exploration intersects with pop culture. Pearlman is also a contributing writer for Space.com and co-author of 'Space Stations: The Art, Science, and Reality of Working in Space” published by Smithsonian Books in 2018. He previously developed online content for the National Space Society and Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin, helped establish the space tourism company Space Adventures and currently serves on the History Committee of the American Astronautical Society, the advisory committee for The Mars Generation and leadership board of For All Moonkind. In 2009, he was inducted into the U.S. Space Camp Hall of Fame in Huntsville, Alabama. In 2021, he was honored by the American Astronautical Society with the Ordway Award for Sustained Excellence in Spaceflight History.
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Curiosity Arrives in a Salty Region of Mars. Was it Left Over From a Dying Sea?The Curiosity rover has now reached its primary target on Mount Sharp on Mars, the mountain in the middle of Gale Crater the rover has been climbing since 2014. This target is not the summit, but a region over 600 meters (2,000 feet) up the mountain that planetary geologists have long anticipated reaching. Known as … Continue reading 'Curiosity Arrives in a Salty Region of Mars. Was it Left Over From a Dying Sea?'
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