Mars Soil Sample Delivered for Analysis Inside Rover

Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 19, 2012
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. The rover's Chemistry and Mineralogy (CheMin) instrument is analyzing this sample to determine what minerals it contains. "We are crossing a significant threshold for this mission by using CheMin on its first sample," said C

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