Ocean Optics’ spectrometers discover Earth-like environment on ancient Mars
NASA’s Curiosity Rover uses spectroscopy to find signs that Mars’ Gale Crater could have supported microbial life. Image: NASA/JPL-CALTECH/MSSS
The ChemCam instrument fitted to NASA’s Curiosity rover has used Ocean Optics HR2000 spectrometers to find manganese in lakebed rocks, indicating there were once habitable conditions on the red planet’s Gale Crater.
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