chemcam

For more information about chemcam check the Wikipedia article here

ZME Science posts about chemcam

Mars rover Curiosity blasts first rock with laser

Mon, Aug 20, 2012

0 Comments

The Curiosity rover, which successfully landed on Mars and is currently stationary has successfully tested its ChemCam laser for the first time since the descent to the Red Planet. Curiosity on Mars The most important task Curiosity will undertake is figuring out whether Mars is or ever was able to support life – and in [...]

A short guide to NASA’s Curiosity equipment and lingo

Fri, Aug 3, 2012

0 Comments

With the Mars rover Curiosity due to land this weekend, it can be a real drag following NASA’s everyday lingo, which sometimes seems to resemble Martian more than English. Processes have nicknames, parts have nicknames or acronyms, and if you want to know if MSL will nail the EDL for example, you have to learn [...]

Subscribe for FREE!

Popular This Week

Drop us a line!

Tip us on news, scientific reports and studies, scientific advances, science art, interesting phenomena or any kind of science related material. Just write to andrei@zmescience.com.