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Pentland, Sol 2171
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Cairntoul, Sol 2157
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Figure 9. The Body Unit houses the LIBS spectrometers, power buffer, and DPU. Credit: ChemCam/LANL
Figure 8. The ChemCam Mast Unit housing. Credit: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Figure 5. Engineering model of the ChemCam instrument. Engineering models
of spacecraft instruments are nearly identical to their flight model counterparts. Credit: ChemCam/LANL/IRAP/CNES
Figure 4. LIBS spark on a sample of iron pyrite in the Mars sample chamber
at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory
Figure 3. ChemCam instrument. The telescope is located on the right side. Credit: ChemCam/LANL/IRAP/CNES
Figure 2. Different elements, such as aluminum and copper, and rock types like basalt,
give off their own color of light when zapped by a laser. Credit: Sirven et al., JAAS
