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    Rocknest is a sand patch on the surface of Aeolis Palus, between Peace Vallis and Aeolis Mons (Mount Sharp), in Gale crater on the planet Mars. The patch...
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    October 30, 2012) "Rocknest" sand on Mars – scoffmark made by the Curiosity rover (MAHLI, October 4, 2012). "Rocknest" sand patch on Mars – Curiosity's scooper...
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    by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit (April 13, 2006) "Hottah" rock outcrop (close-up; 3D) (September 12, 2012) "Rocknest" sand on Mars – scoffmark...
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    Rocknest 3 is a rock on the surface of Aeolis Palus, between Peace Vallis and Aeolis Mons (Mount Sharp), in Gale crater on the planet Mars. The approximate...
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    Curiosity is a car-sized Mars rover exploring Gale crater and Mount Sharp on Mars as part of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission. Curiosity was...
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    scientists reported the Mars Curiosity rover detected abundant chemically-bound water (1.5 to 3 weight percent) in soil samples at the Rocknest region of Aeolis...
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    The atmosphere of Mars is the layer of gases surrounding Mars. It is primarily composed of carbon dioxide (95%), molecular nitrogen (2.85%), and argon...
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    the surface. On October 17, 2012, the Curiosity rover on the planet Mars at "Rocknest" performed the first X-ray diffraction analysis of Martian soil. The...
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    volcanism. On October 17, 2012, the Curiosity rover on the planet Mars at "Rocknest" performed the first X-ray diffraction analysis of Martian soil. The...
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    or Mars Global Simulant was developed starting in 2018 as the first mineralogically accurate Martian regolith simulant. It is based on the Rocknest soil...
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    or longer. On 17 October 2012, the Curiosity rover on the planet Mars at "Rocknest" performed the first X-ray diffraction analysis of Martian soil. The...
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    Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) is a robotic space probe mission to Mars launched by NASA on November 26, 2011, which successfully landed Curiosity, a Mars...
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  • Joanna V. Clark (category Mars Exploration Program)
    Accomplishments". "Mars Science Laboratory - Important Discoveries". "Unravelling the Mysteries of Mars". 19 June 2019. "JSC-Rocknest: A large-scale Mojave Mars Simulant...
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    including Joanna Clark, were able to replicate a Mars simulant based soil using SAM, on Earth called JSC-Rocknest which is being used for a series of tests including...
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    "Bright particles" found by the Curiosity rover at Rocknest (October, 2012) On 17 October 2012, at Rocknest, the first X-ray diffraction analysis of Martian...
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    Gale (crater) (category Impact craters on Mars)
    September 9, 2012). "Rocknest" sand patch in Gale - between "Bradbury Landing" and Glenelg (September 28, 2012) Evidence of water on Mars in the crater Gale...
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    Evidence for primary aragonite precipitation, early Proterozoic (1.9 Ga) Rocknest Dolomite, Wopmay Orogen, northwest Canada. Geology, v.11, n. 12, p. 710-713...
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    Adirondack is the nickname for Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's first target rock. Scientists chose Adirondack to be Spirit's first target rock after considering...
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    Mount Sharp, officially Aeolis Mons (/ˈiːəlɪs mɒnz/), is a mountain on Mars. It forms the central peak within Gale crater and is located around 5°05′S...
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    Home Plate is a plateau roughly 90 m across within the Columbia Hills, Mars. It is informally named for its similarity in shape to a baseball home plate...
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    ancient streambed suggesting a "vigorous flow" of water on Mars. On October 17, 2012, at Rocknest, the first X-ray diffraction analysis of Martian soil was...
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    Glenelg, Mars (or Glenelg Intrigue) is a location on Mars near the Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity rover) landing site (Bradbury Landing) in Gale Crater...
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    on Mars - Close-up (August 17, 2012). Aeolis quadrangle Bedrock Composition of Mars Geology of Mars Hottah (Mars) Link (Mars) List of rocks on Mars Rock...
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    Heat Shield Rock (category Rocks on Mars)
    Wikinews has related news: Mars Rover’s Basketball-Shaped Discovery Stirs Controversy Rover finds meteorite on Mars Heat Shield Rock is a basketball-sized...
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    includes the Sun, Earth and the Moon, the major planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, their satellites, as well as smaller...
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    Composition of Mars Geology of Mars Goulburn (Mars) Link (Mars) List of rocks on Mars Rock outcrop Timeline of Mars Science Laboratory Water on Mars Brown, Dwayne;...
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    First X-ray diffraction view of Martian soil – CheMin analysis reveals feldspar, pyroxenes, olivine and more (Curiosity rover at "Rocknest")...
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    nickname for a knobby, softball-sized rock in Gusev Crater on Mars. During an examination by the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit on June 25, 2004, hematite was...
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    Aeolis Palus (category Mars Science Laboratory)
    reported the Mars Curiosity rover detected "abundant, easily accessible" water (1.5 to 3 weight percent) in soil samples at the Rocknest region of Aeolis...
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    Oileán Ruaidh (pronounced "ill-lawn roo-ah") is a rock discovered on Mars in September 2010 by the Opportunity rover. It is a 45 centimeter wide dark rock...
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