Curiosity’s Work Bench
Caption:
This engineering drawing shows various components needed to support tools at the end of the arm on NASA's Curiosity rover, including: calibration targets for helping instruments set their baseline levels; spare bits for the rover's drill; a sample "playground" that gives the rover a place to drop off processed samples for observation by the APXS and MAHLI instruments; three inlet covers, which protect the SAM and CheMin instruments from atmospheric dust; and a set of five "organic check material" canisters, which provide a known chemical makeup blank that can be drilled and provided to SAM as a calibration material.
Cataloging Keywords:
Name |
Value |
Additional Values |
Target |
Mars |
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System |
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Target Type |
Planet |
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Mission |
Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) |
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Instrument Host |
Curiosity Rover |
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Host Type |
Rover |
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Instrument |
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Detector |
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Extra Keywords |
Atmosphere, Color, Dust |
Acquisition Date |
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Release Date |
2012-09-06 |
Date in Caption |
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Image Credit |
NASA/JPL-Caltech |
Source |
photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA16146 |
Identifier |
PIA16146 |