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Description	English: PIA16717: Preparatory Test for First Rock Drilling by Mars Rover Curiosity http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA16717 Target Name: Mars Is a satellite of: Sol (our sun) Mission: Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Spacecraft: Curiosity Instrument: MAHLI Product Size: 1605 x 1196 pixels (width x height) Produced By: Malin Space Science Systems Full-Res TIFF: PIA16717.tif (5.761 MB) Full-Res JPEG: PIA16717.jpg (532.8 kB) Click on the image above to download a moderately sized image in JPEG format (possibly reduced in size from original) Original Caption Released with Image: The bit in the rotary-percussion drill of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity left its mark in a target patch of rock called "John Klein" during a test on the rover's 176th Martian day, or sol (Feb. 2, 2013), in preparation for the first drilling of a rock by the rover. The Sol 176 test, called the "drill on rock checkout," used only the hammering or percussive action of the drill, not rotary action. This image from the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera on the rover's arm was taken with the camera positioned about 4 inches (10 centimeters) off the ground. It shows an area of John Klein about 3 inches (7.7 centimeters) wide. The length of the gray divot cut by the drill bit is about two-thirds of an inch (1.7 centimeters). Another preparatory test, called "mini drill," will precede the full drilling. The mini drill test will use both the rotary and percussive actions of the drill to generate a ring of rock powder around a hole. This will allow evaluating the appearance of these drill tailings, to see if they are behaving as dry powder suitable for processing by the rover's sample handling mechanisms. Malin Space Science Systems, San Diego, developed, built and operates MAHLI and the MAHLI engineering model. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., manages the Mars Science Laboratory Project and the mission's Curiosity rover for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. Curiosity and the mission's Vehicle System Test Bed rover were designed and built at JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. For more about NASA's Curiosity mission, visit: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/msl, http://www.nasa.gov/mars, and http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS Image Addition Date: 2013-02-04 Polski: Przygotowawczy test pierwszego wiercenia w skale przez Mars Rover Curiosity NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. Ostrze wiertła obrotowo-udarowej wiertarki łazika Curiosity pozostawiło swój ślad na powierzchni skały o nazwie "John Klein" podczas testu w 176 dniu działalności łazika na powierzchni Marsa, lub sol 176 (02 luty 2013), w ramach przygotowań do pierwszego wiercenia w skale. Podczas testu Sol 176, nazywanego "wiertarka oparta na skale" używano udarowego działania wiertarki, bez obrotów wiertła. Zdjęcie to, wykonała kamera MAHLI która znajduje się wraz z wieżyczką rewolwerową na końcu ramienia robota łazika. W celu wykonania tego zdjęcia wieżyczka rewolwerowa wraz z kamerą MAHLI została umieszczona 10 cm nad ziemią. Zdjęcie pokazuje obszar John Klein o szerokości 7,7 cm. Długość szarego śladu po udarowym działaniu wiertła wynosi 1,7 cm. Inny przygotowawczy test, zwany "drill mini" będzie poprzedzać pełne wiercenie. Wiertarka mini testu będzie korzystać zarówno z możliwości obrotowych, jak i dynamicznych/udarowych wiertarki, aby wygenerować wokół otworu pierścień skalnego proszku. Pozwoli to na ocenę wyglądu urobku wiertniczego, aby sprawdzić, czy występują on w postaci suchego proszku o odpowiedniej strukturze do przetwarzania przez mechanizmy manipulowania próbkami.
Date	4 February 2013, 18:22:19
Source	http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA16717.jpg
Author	NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

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