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 the Mod Club Theatre in Toronto for Canadian Music Week. 2015 would prove to be a successful year as Stuck On Planet Earth opened for Finger Eleven, Gob (band), and SWMRS. Over the course of 2016 Stuck On Planet Earth played SXSW and toured North America extensively. On December, 6th, 2016 Stuck On Planet Earth's music video for their song, "Forgot My Name", premiered on Aux (TV channel). In April 2018, the band signed an exclusive record deal with Anthem Records. Stuck On Planet Earth Stuck On Planet Earth is a three piece, Canadian, Alternative rock band from Vaughan, Ontario