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The eye on the rover
FromMars Technica
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Length:
14 minutes
Released:
Aug 5, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Perched atop Perseverance, SuperCam is the rover's "Swiss Army knife," performing five kinds of types of analyses to study Mars' geology.Mars Technica is produced by Los Alamos National Laboratory. Cover art by Joey Montoya. Photo illustration courtesy JPL/NASA. With special thanks to Laura Mullane, Scott Faulk, Charles Poling, Arthur Bishop and Camille Dickson.LA-UR-20-25941
Released:
Aug 5, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (16)
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