Unlimbering Viking's scoop

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Oct 1976

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1976ieees..13...92s&link_type=abstract

IEEE Spectrum, vol. 13, Oct. 1976, p. 92, 93.

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Booms (Equipment), Operational Problems, Samplers, System Failures, Viking Lander 1, Mars Surface, Mass Spectrometers, Soils

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A number of difficulties which were encountered in deploying the Viking 1 lander's surface-sampler arm are discussed. When the surface sampler jammed during its initial operation, the problem was studied with the aid of tests on a full-scale lander mock-up. It was found that the difficulty was caused by a boom latch pin which had failed to fall clear. The surface-sampler arm could subsequently be freed by modifying the original command sequence. Another difficulty could be overcome by a similar approach.

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