Curiosity (rover) Ontario, NASA, the University of California, San Diego and Cornell University. The APXS instrument takes advantage of particle-induced X-ray emission (PIXE) and X-ray fluorescence, previously exploited by the Mars Pathfinder and the Mars Exploration Rovers. CheMin is the Chemistry and Mineralogy X-ray powder diffraction and fluorescence instrument. CheMin is one of four spectrometers. It can identify and quantify the abundance of the minerals on Mars. It was developed by David Blake at NASA Ames Research Center and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and won the 2013 NASA Government Invention of the year award. The rover can drill samples from rocks and
Stuck On Planet Earth on January 31, 2014. Subsequently, "Fast Forward" was also featured on the 'Plays of the Week' segment on the NHL Network (Canada) on November 25, 2013. In February 2014 Vice (magazine) profiled the band as a new and emerging act to watch out for. In September 2015, Stuck was added to Riot Fest in Toronto, alongside Weezer, Motörhead, Alexisonfire, Eagles of Death Metal, and Against Me!. Subsequently, after their Riot Fest debut, Stuck On Planet Earth's single "Use Me" premiered on CFNY-FM 102.1 The Edge. In May 2015 Stuck On Planet Earth opened for Scott Weiland and the Wildabouts at