{"id":428,"date":"2013-02-05T06:39:23","date_gmt":"2013-02-05T06:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=428"},"modified":"2013-02-05T06:39:23","modified_gmt":"2013-02-05T06:39:23","slug":"curiosity-tests-drilling-techniques-takes-self-portrait-spotted-from-orbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=428","title":{"rendered":"Curiosity tests drilling techniques, takes self-portrait, spotted from orbit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Curiosity has been getting ready to do its first serious drilling into Mars rocks.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mars.jpl.nasa.gov\/msl\/news\/whatsnew\/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&amp;NewsID=1421\" target=\"_d\">Weekend Test on Mars Was Preparation to Drill a Rock &#8211; MSL\/NASA JPL<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mars.jpl.nasa.gov\/msl\/multimedia\/images\/?ImageID=5064\" target=\"_d\">Preparatory Test for First Rock Drilling by Mars Rover Curiosity &#8211; MSL\/NASA JPL<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This image shows the results of one test:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The bit in the rotary-percussion drill of NASA&#8217;s Mars rover Curiosity left its mark in a target patch of rock called &#8220;John Klein&#8221; during a test on the rover&#8217;s 176th Martian day, or sol (Feb. 2, 2013), in preparation for the first drilling of a rock by the rover.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mars.jpl.nasa.gov\/msl\/multimedia\/images\/?ImageID=5064\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"429\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=429\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/pia16717_MAHLI_Sol176_Divot2_10cmStandoff1-br.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,372\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"pia16717_MAHLI_Sol176_Divot2_10cmStandoff1-br\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/pia16717_MAHLI_Sol176_Divot2_10cmStandoff1-br.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-429\" alt=\"pia16717_MAHLI_Sol176_Divot2_10cmStandoff1-br\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/pia16717_MAHLI_Sol176_Divot2_10cmStandoff1-br.jpg\" width=\"495\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/pia16717_MAHLI_Sol176_Divot2_10cmStandoff1-br.jpg 500w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/pia16717_MAHLI_Sol176_Divot2_10cmStandoff1-br-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/about\/staff\/emily-lakdawalla.html\">Emily Lakdawalla<\/a> describes the drilling preps and also a new picture the rover took of itself : <a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/blogs\/emily-lakdawalla\/2013\/0204-curiosity-sol-177-new-rover-self-portrait.html\" target=\"_d\">A new rover self-portrait and a new color image of Curiosity from orbit &#8211; The Planetary Society<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And an amazing shot of Curiosity from space by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/multimedia\/space-images\/mars\/curiosity-hirise-color-sol157.html\" target=\"_d\">Color view Curiosity on Mars from HiRISE, sol 157 &#8211; The Planetary Society<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Curiosity has been getting ready to do its first serious drilling into Mars rocks. Weekend Test on Mars Was Preparation to Drill a Rock &#8211; MSL\/NASA JPL Preparatory Test for First Rock Drilling by Mars Rover Curiosity &#8211; MSL\/NASA JPL This image shows the results of one test: The bit in the rotary-percussion drill of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=428\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Curiosity tests drilling techniques, takes self-portrait, spotted from orbit<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-space-science"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-6U","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9676,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9676","url_meta":{"origin":428,"position":0},"title":"Curiosity rover update: Drilling of &#8216;Mojave&#8221; crystal-rich rock","author":"TopSpacer","date":"January 18, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"NASA JPL reports on what the Curiosity rover will be up to next: Crystal-Rich Rock 'Mojave' is Next Mars Drill Target A rock target where NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is using its sample-collection drill this week may have a salty story to tell. 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