Preparing a Test Mixture

Rover team members Kim Lichtenberg left and Mike Seibert fill a mixer with powdered clay and diatomaceous earth, a combination found to offer physical properties similar to the soil where NASA rover Spirit is embedded on Mars.

Rover team members Kim Lichtenberg left and Mike Seibert fill a mixer with powdered clay and diatomaceous earth, a combination found to offer physical properties similar to the soil where NASA rover Spirit is embedded on Mars.