Chlorinated Compounds at Rocknest
The first examinations of Martian soil by the Sample Analysis at Mars, or SAM, instrument on NASA Mars Curiosity rover show no definitive detection of Martian organic molecules at this point.
- Date
- 2012-12-03
- Photographer / author
- NASA/JPL-Caltech/GSFC
- Collection
- JPL
- Archive
- NASA Image and Video Library
- Type
- photograph
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