Subj : [PS] Curiosity update, sols 2093-2162: Three tries to successful drill
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Date : Thu Sep 06 2018 03:00 pm

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Curiosity update, sols 2093-2162: Three tries to successful drill atop Vera  
Rubin Ridge

Posted: 06 Sep 2018 03:07 PM PDT
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2018/0906-curiosity-update-sols
-2093-2162.html

Heedless of the (now-dissipating) dust storm, Curiosity has achieved its  
first successful drill into rocks that form the Vera Rubin ridge, and is  
hopefully on the way to a second. It took three attempts for Curiosity to  
find a soft enough spot, with Voyageurs and Ailsa Craig being too tough,  
but Stoer proved obligingly soft on sol 2136.

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Orion's third flight will haul two pieces of a space station to lunar orbit

Posted: 06 Sep 2018 04:00 AM PDT
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/jason-davis/orion-em-3-gateway.html

NASA is planning for a 30-day mission to lunar orbit in 2024.

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