Portrait of APXS on Mars

NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS2012-09-12

NASA
Washington, DC, United States

This image shows the Alpha Particle X-Ray Spectrometer APXS on NASA Curiosity rover, with the Martian landscape in the background. This image let researchers know that the APXS instrument had not become caked with dust during Curiosity landing.

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Title: Portrait of APXS on Mars
Creator: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Date Created: 2012-09-12
Rights: JPL

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