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to get the latest

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updates on the rovers we are joined by

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perseverance

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surface mission manager jessica samuels

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and

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curiosity deputy project scientist

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abigail freeman

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now jessica perseverance has spent the

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last month supporting

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ingenuity helicopter operations but now

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it's moving into

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a new phase can you tell us about that

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right so with this recent fifth

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helicopter

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flight we're transitioning from the

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technology demonstration phase

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to more of an operations demonstration

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phase as we now turn our attention

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more towards the robotic arm

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science-based portion of the mission

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and as we prepare for the sample

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acquisition phase of the project

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this past week we completed our first

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close-up robotic arm science target

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observation

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by the sherlock instrument and as you

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can see here

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the watson side of that instrument was

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placed at

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different positions getting closer and

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closer and closer to the surface

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and finishing at a mere 3.7 millimeters

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from the surface and perseverance is

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preparing to collect samples

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from mars to bring back to earth

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how are those preparations going

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right well in order to ensure that we

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first one of a kind leg of collecting

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samples and preparing them

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to bring them back to earth we need to

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ensure that we can

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safely place and load the robotic arm on

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the surface of mars

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so we first did this by loading the core

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drill and pushing against the rover

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itself as you can see here in this image

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the next day we successfully

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demonstrated the capability of placing

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the corer on the surface of mars and

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perseverance

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has been on the move how far has the

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rover driven

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perseverance has driven 345 meters so

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far

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over the next couple weeks we hope to

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continue to check out more of our

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autonomous navigation capabilities

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and are excited about the hundreds and

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hundreds

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of meters ahead thank you for that

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update jessica

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now we'll turn to abigail perseverance

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is the new rover in town but curiosity

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is still doing science

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in gale crater what are some of the big

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stories coming from curiosity

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and your team well curiosity we're

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continuing to climb mount

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sharp we just wrapped up our exploration

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of the glen torridan region

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and we're now on the hunt for the zone

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where we know the rocks will transition

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from being these clay-rich rocks that

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formed in ancient lakes

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to salty rocks filled with a mineral

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called sulfate

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we began our hunt for this clay sulfate

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transition

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at a region we informally named

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and we parked at the base of uh montmore

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where erosion has cut away and made this

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big 20 foot high

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cliff and so we drilled at the base of

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this cliff

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we took a selfie and we took

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many images of the hundreds of fine

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layers that we

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see exposed in the side of the cliff and

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by analyzing these layers

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we're going to understand more about the

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geologic processes that have shaped the

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area

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what is next for curiosity

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well after doing a bunch of science at

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the base of monmoku we

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turned around and we ascended to the top

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where we took

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an absolutely spectacular 360 degree

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color panorama of our view and

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i love this image because if you look

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off to one side you can see the floor of

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gale crater

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where curiosity landed we've since

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climbed over 1300 feet

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to get to where we are now on the side

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of the mound and

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if you look off to the other side you

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can see the terrain further ahead

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those are the hills where we know the

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sulfate minerals will be from our

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orbital data

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and so that is where we're headed thanks

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for the update abigail

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and take a deeper dive on the mission

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websites

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mars.nasa.gov perseverance and visit

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mars.nasa.gov msl

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for the curiosity rover and follow at