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NASA Mars rover targets unusual rock enroute to first destination

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has driven up to a football-size rock that will be the first for the rover's arm to examine. Curiosity is about 8 feet (2.5 meters) from the rock. It lies about halfway from the rover's landing site, Bradbury Landing, to a location called Glenelg. In coming days, the team plans to touch the rock with a spectrometer to determine its elemental composition and use an arm-mounted camera to take close-up photographs.
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NASA's Mars rover Curiosity drills second rock target

Academics / Astronomy : TG Daily - Space (7 hours ago)

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has used the drill on its robotic arm to collect a powdered sample from the interior of a rock called "Cumberland." read more Read Post

Mars' Curiosity to Examine Odd Rock en Route to Mount Sharp

Academics / General Science : The Daily Galaxy (8 months ago)

Curiosity is about 8 feet (2.5 meters) from an unusual rock. It lies about halfway from the rover's landing site, Bradbury Landing, to a location called Glenelg. In coming days, the team plans to touch the rock with a spectrometer..... Read Post

NASA Mars rover Curiosity drills second rock target

Academics / General Science : Science Daily (8 hours ago)

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has used the drill on its robotic arm to collect a powdered sample from the interior of a rock called "Cumberland." Plans call for delivering portions of the sample in coming days to laboratory instrument... Read Post


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