In addition, the Curiosity team has also been testing its instruments to be able to check the Martian weather.

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Concerns also emerged last year about the accuracy of nuclear reactor monitoring instruments during testing.

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He fondled a few Martin acoustic guitars, testing their sound against similar instruments in his collection of about 200.

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The Mars rover will spend the next few days continuing its testing of the many complex instruments on board.

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In fact, just like science labs on Earth, it has a number of complex instruments capable of testing the properties of solids, liquids and gases.

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Still in the early days of beta-testing , the LEV-96 is a far cry from the classic analog instruments we've come to associate with Moog.

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