Perseverance's PIXL Opens its Dust Cover
The Planetary Instrument for X-ray Lithochemistry (PIXL) opens its cover during testing at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Located on the turret at the end of the rover's robotic arm, the X-ray spectrometer is one of seven instruments aboard Perseverance and will help search for signs of ancient microbial life in rocks. https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA24093
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September 22, 2020
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