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Scott McCloskey
Researcher at California Institute of Technology
Publications - 4
Citations - 942
Scott McCloskey is an academic researcher from California Institute of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mars Exploration Program & Martian surface. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 4 publications receiving 777 citations.
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A habitable fluvio-lacustrine environment at Yellowknife Bay, Gale crater, Mars.
John P. Grotzinger,Dawn Y. Sumner,Linda C. Kah,K. M. Stack,Sanjeev Gupta,Lauren A. Edgar,David M. Rubin,Kevin W. Lewis,Juergen Schieber,Nicolas Mangold,Ralph E. Milliken,Pamela G. Conrad,David J. DesMarais,Jack D. Farmer,Kirsten L. Siebach,Fred Calef,Joel A. Hurowitz,Scott M. McLennan,Douglas W. Ming,David T. Vaniman,Joy A. Crisp,Ashwin R. Vasavada,Kenneth S. Edgett,Michael C. Malin,David F. Blake,Ralf Gellert,Paul R. Mahaffy,Roger C. Wiens,Sylvestre Maurice,John A. Grant,Sharon A. Wilson,Robert C. Anderson,Luther W. Beegle,Raymond E. Arvidson,Bernard Hallet,R. S. Sletten,Melissa S. Rice,James F. Bell,J. L. Griffes,Bethany L. Ehlmann,Ryan B. Anderson,Thomas F. Bristow,William E. Dietrich,Gilles Dromart,Jennifer L. Eigenbrode,Abigail A. Fraeman,Craig Hardgrove,K. E. Herkenhoff,Louise Jandura,Gary Kocurek,Seungwon Lee,Laurie A. Leshin,Richard Leveille,Daniel Limonadi,Justin N. Maki,Scott McCloskey,M. A. Meyer,Michelle E. Minitti,Horton E. Newsom,Dorothy Z. Oehler,Avi Okon,Marisa C. Palucis,T. J. Parker,Scott K. Rowland,Mariek E. Schmidt,S. W. Squyres,Andrew Steele,Edward M. Stolper,Roger E. Summons,Allan H. Treiman,Rebecca M. E. Williams,A. Yingst +71 more
TL;DR: The Curiosity rover discovered fine-grained sedimentary rocks, which are inferred to represent an ancient lake and preserve evidence of an environment that would have been suited to support a martian biosphere founded on chemolithoautotrophy.
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Collecting Samples in Gale Crater, Mars; an Overview of the Mars Science Laboratory Sample Acquisition, Sample Processing and Handling System
Robert C. Anderson,Louise Jandura,Avi Okon,Dan Sunshine,Chris Roumeliotis,Luther W. Beegle,Joel A. Hurowitz,Brett Kennedy,Daniel Limonadi,Scott McCloskey,M. Robinson,Calina Seybold,K. Brown +12 more
TL;DR: The Mars Science Laboratory Mission (MSL) Sample Acquisition, Processing, and Handling (SA/SPaH) subsystem as mentioned in this paper is the first in-situ system designed to acquire interior rock and soil samples from Martian surface materials.
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A look back: The drilling campaign of the Curiosity rover during the Mars Science Laboratory's Prime Mission
William Abbey,Robert S. Anderson,Luther W. Beegle,Joel A. Hurowitz,Kenneth H. Williford,Gregory H. Peters,John Michael Morookian,Curtis Collins,J. Feldman,Ryan Kinnett,Louise Jandura,Daniel Limonadi,C. Logan,Scott McCloskey,Joseph Melko,Avi Okon,M. Robinson,Chris Roumeliotis,Calina Seybold,Jaime Singer,Noah Warner +20 more
TL;DR: The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover, Curiosity, completed its first Martian year, 669 sols (687 Earth days), of operation on June 24, 2014 as discussed by the authors. During that time the rover successfully drilled three full depth drill holes into the Martian surface and analyzed the recovered material using onboard instruments, giving us new insights into the potential habitability of ancient Mars.
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Mars Science Laboratory Algorithms and Flight Software for Autonomously Drilling Rocks
TL;DR: The algorithms and software used to control the drill are described, which is the component of the sample collection and delivery system that directly interacts with rocks to create and acquire powderized samples from their interior.