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Stardust was commanded to take more than 70 high-resolution pictures, and the dust analysis instruments investigated the environment around the comet.
BBC: Stardust probe finds 'subdued' comet crater
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These tools include the Xcode IDE and the Instruments analysis tool, among many others.
ENGADGET: Apple seeds iOS 6 beta 4 to developers: here's the changelog
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It gathered samples of the atmosphere to be measured by its Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instruments, which allow sophisticated analysis of the Martian atmosphere from the rover.
FORBES: Curiosity Sniffs The Martian Atmosphere But Finds No Sign Of Life
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Confirming that these candidates are actually planets can be a tricky and laborious process, requiring follow-up observations by ground-based instruments or further analysis of Kepler's data.
MSN: Kepler telescope adds 41 planets to its list - Technology & science - Space - Space.com | NBC News
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That is why the next wave of environmental policymaking will need to employ commonsense tools such as cost-benefit analysis, and make greater use of flexible, market-based instruments such as emissions-trading, rather than the tired command-and-control approach favoured by most greens.
ECONOMIST: Energy and the environment
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The samples were then tested on the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) and Chemistry and Mineralogy (CheMin) instruments.
FORBES: Curiosity Finds That Ancient Mars May Have Been Habitable
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From CHIMRA, the samples will be sieved and delivered to two different instruments: the Chemistry and Mineralogy ( CheMin) instrument and the Sample Analysis at Mars ( SAM) instrument.
FORBES: Curiosity Drills A Hole On Mars
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Well, after scooping up some loose sand, Curiosity's Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) suite and the Chemistry and Mineralogy (CheMin) instruments found a menagerie of chemicals, including sulfur, chlorine, and traces of carbon-based materials.
ENGADGET: NASA Curiosity rover digs Mars, finds sulfur, chlorine and organic traces of unknown origin