Mars soil sample delivered for analysis inside rover

Friday, October 19, 2012 - 11:01 in Astronomy & Space

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has ingested its first solid sample into an analytical instrument inside the rover, a capability at the core of the two-year mission.

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