article_snippet: the rover the rover's armhad been transferring rock powder into a sample analysis container . '
article_snippet: We are running tests on the vehicle in the vehicle present configuration before We move the rover's arm or drive,' said Curiosity Project Manager Jim Erickson, of Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. '
article_snippet: Curiosity is the rover.
article_snippet: rock powder collected by its drill on the arm to laboratory instruments on the rover was taken from a rocket target called Telegraph Peak.
article_snippet: Curiosity has successfully analysed five samples from drilling targets before in 2013 and 2014, but this is the first time this problem has arisen.
article_snippet: rock powder collected by its drill on the arm to laboratory instruments on the rover was taken from a rocket target called Telegraph Peak.
article_snippet: This raw-color view from Curiosity's Mastcam shows the rover's drill just after finishing a drilling operation at Telegraph Peak on 24 February 2015.
article_snippet: When you graph the ratios of silica to magnesium and silica to aluminium, 'Telegraph Peak is toward the end of the range we've seen,' said Curiosity co-investigator Doug Ming, from the Nasa Johnson Space Centre in the US. '
article_snippet: Curiosity co-investigator Doug Ming, from the Nasa Johnson Space Centre in the US want to see what minerals are present where Curiosity co-investigator Doug Ming, from the Nasa Johnson Space Centre in the US found this chemistry.'
article_snippet: Curiosity is now continuing to climb Mount Sharp, at the Nasa Johnson Space Centre, to look back into the geological history of Mars - and analyse soils at different altitudes.
article_snippet: the rover had been transferring material to the Sample Analysis at Mars (Sam) instrument, seen here in a previous image taken by Curiosity.