Waspie_Dwarf Posted April 17, 2014 #1 Share Posted April 17, 2014 NASA Mars Orbiter Spies Rover Near Martian Butte Scientists using NASA's Curiosity Mars rover are eyeing a rock layer surrounding the base of a small butte, called "Mount Remarkable," as a target for investigating with tools on the rover's robotic arm.The rover works near this butte in an image taken on April 11 by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Read more... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted April 17, 2014 Author #2 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Curiosity Ready to Drill for Gold at the KimberleyBlack gold, that is: organic material, which could be a biomarker (sign of past life), the holy grail of Mars exploration. (Audio by Tre Gibbs. Enhanced color images are 1 km across.) http://www.uahirise.org/releases/msl-kimberley.phpCredit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona Source: University of Arizona, HiRISE site - HiClips 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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