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Rover Gets First Taste From Mars Mountain


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NASA Rover Drill Pulls First Taste From Mars Mountain

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has collected its first taste of the layered mountain whose scientific allure drew the mission to choose this part of Mars as a landing site.

Late Wednesday, Sept. 24, the rover's hammering drill chewed about 2.6 inches (6.7 centimeters) deep into a basal-layer outcrop on Mount Sharp and collected a powdered-rock sample. Data and images received early Thursday at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, confirmed success of this operation. The powder collected by the drilling is temporarily held within the sample-handling mechanism on the rover's arm.

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Curiosity Rover Report: A Taste of Mount Sharp

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has collected its first sample from the base of Mount Sharp.

Credit: NASA/JPL

Source: NASA/JPL - Videos

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