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  • [PS] Curiosity update, sols 2093-2162: Three tries to successful drill

    From The Planetary Society via sci.space@1:396/4 to Planetary Society Blog on Thu Sep 6 15:00:07 2018
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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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