The "Mineral King" Drill

The "Mineral King" Drill

NASA Mars Exploration

ChemCam will fire its laser at the wall of the drill hole to look for chemical variations with depth . The resulting laser pits will be captured with a Mastcam image . This will also help us plan MAHLI and APXS deployments on the powdered sample surrounding the drilling hole next week .

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