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Not sure if this was successful, seeing a little sideways slip in the drill and possible break up of the upper layers of the rock. Need more of these raw HazCam tiles to get a better idea of what's going on during the entire coring process, but this is all we have so far....

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NASA/JPL-Caltech

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[โ€“] eli_shitney@hilariouschaos.com 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

did a part of it fall off in that last frame?

[โ€“] paulhammond5155@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I don't think so, but a better processed image and video shows a chunk of the bedrock was stuck between the drill and one of the drill stabilizer posts. See the improved video and highlight still image on this post by @65dBnoise :)

Still waiting for additional images, hopefully they'll show if the coring was successful and the condition of the drill

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