Pinch of fine sand and
dust was the first solid Martian samples placed in the biggest tool of NASA's
Mars rover Curiosity: Sample Analysis at Mars, or SAM.
Inside the rover, SAM
determine the chemical composition of samples placed inside it, special
attention is paid to the search for fragments, which could indicate the former
presence of the world traces of organic life. Curiosity robotic arm delivered
to the inlet of the tool SAM, located on the deck of the rover, a sample of
Martian soil on 9 November.
For two days the tool SAM analyzed a sample using
mass spectrometry, gas chromatography and laser spectroscopy.
Project scientists say
they are satisfied with the results, and that now they have a huge amount of
data for further analysis.
NASA's new Mars rover
Curiosity has landed on the surface of the Red Planet on August 6 this year,
the purpose of his mission is to search for traces of the existence of the
planet in the present or past life forms.
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