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Searching for ‘ground truth’ on Mars with NASA’s Curiosity Rover

Posted by Author on Source on March 23, 2022

Mount Sharp on Mars

Even before he joined NAU’s Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science in 2016, Christopher Edwards was already a participating scientist on the MSL team, funded through a grant of $470,000. In addition to funding his research, the grant enabled him to build the Mars Rover Operations and Analysis Laboratory on NAU’s Flagstaff campus, where faculty researchers and students use sophisticated equipment to help command the day-to-day activities of the rover.

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