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Curiosity Drill After Drilling at Telegraph Peak

NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS2015-03-06

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This view from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows the rover's drill just after finishing a drilling operation at a target rock called "Telegraph Peak" on Feb. 24, 2015, the 908th Martian day, or sol, of the rover's work on Mars. Three sols later, a fault-protection action by the rover halted a process of transferring sample powder that was collected during this drilling.

The image is in raw color, as recorded directly by the camera, and has not been white-balanced.

The fault-protection event, triggered by an irregularity in electrical current, led to engineering tests in subsequent days to diagnose the underlying cause.

http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA19145

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  • Title: Curiosity Drill After Drilling at Telegraph Peak
  • Creator: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
  • Date Created: 2015-03-06
  • Rights: JPL
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