Space / 2009-06-30
Preparing a Test Mixture
NASA's image library records Preparing a Test Mixture.
Rover team members Kim Lichtenberg left and Mike Seibert fill a mixer with powdered clay and diatomaceous earth, a combination found to offer physical properties similar to the soil where NASA rover Spirit is embedded on Mars.
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Rover team members Kim Lichtenberg left and Mike Seibert fill a mixer with powdered clay and diatomaceous earth, a combination found to offer physical properties similar to the soil where NASA rover Spirit is embedded on Mars.
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