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PIA16145: Tools at Curiosity's 'Fingertips'
This engineering drawing shows the five devices that make up the turret at the end of the arm on NASA's Curiosity rover. These include: the drill for acquiring powdered samples from interiors of rocks.
 Target Name:  Mars
 Mission:  Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) 
 Spacecraft:  Curiosity
 Product Size:  1438 x 933 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA16145.tif (4.027 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA16145.jpg (192.1 kB)  

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This engineering drawing shows the five devices that make up the turret at the end of the arm on NASA's Curiosity rover. These include: the drill for acquiring powdered samples from interiors of rocks; the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS); the sample processing subsystem named Collection and Handling for Interior Martian Rock Analysis (CHIMRA), which includes a scoop that can scoop up lose dirt from the Martian surface; the Dust Removal Tool (DRT) and the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI).

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image Addition Date:
2012-09-06