Ken Edgett

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Name: Ken Edgett

First reported Jan 26 2013 - Updated Jan 26 2013 - 1 reports

'Curiosity' Night PHOTOS: Mars Rover's First Images Of Martian Surface In Darkness

The little rover that could has been working the graveyard shift. NASA's Curiosity rover has taken its first pics of Mars at night . The ultraviolet and white-light images--snapped by the rover's Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) on Jan. 22--spotlight ... [Published The Huffington Post | Full News Feed - Jan 26 2013]

Entities: Ken Edgett, NASA, Malin Space Science Systems, Mars Hand Lens Imager

First reported Jan 24 2013 - Updated Jan 25 2013 - 2 reports

NASA

Mars Rover Curiosity Takes Nighttime Photos

Get the WebProNews Newsletter:NASA announced today that Mars rover Curiosity has used the camera on its arm to take pictures at night. The photos were of a rock named “Sayunei,” which Curiosity had purposely scuffed with its left-front wheel to uncover ... [Published WebProNews - Jan 24 2013]

Entities: Yellowknife (Canada), NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

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"the purpose of acquiring observations under ultraviolet illumination was to look for fluorescent minerals" MAHLI principal investigator Ken Edgett, of Malin Space Science Systems in San Diego, said in a written statement...

'Curiosity' Night PHOTOS: Mars Rover's First Images Of Martian Surface In Darkness [Published The Huffington Post | Full News Feed - Jan 26 2013]

...called Rocknest served up the first soil sample, its dirt largely made of iron minerals typical of the fine Martian dust coating the Red Planet. "it's finer than sugar, but coarser than flour" said mission imaging scientist Ken Edgett of Malin Space Systems in San Diego

New findings from Mars rover [Published Reporter - Dec 03 2012]

"Active drifts on Mars look darker on the surface," said MAHLI Principal Investigator Ken Edgett, of Malin Space Science Systems in San Diego. "this is an older drift that has had time to be inactive, letting the crust form and dust accumulate on it."

NASA Mars Rover Fully Analyzes First Martian Soil Samples [Published SpaceRef - Dec 03 2012]

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