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NASA Rover Confirms First Drilled Mars Rock Sample
February 20, 2013 — NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has relayed new images that confirm it has successfully obtained the first sample ever collected from the interior of a rock on another planet. No rover has ever drilled ... > full story -
NASA Curiosity Rover Collects First Martian Bedrock Sample
February 9, 2013 — NASA's Curiosity rover has, for the first time, used a drill carried at the end of its robotic arm to bore into a flat, veiny rock on Mars and collect a sample from its interior. This is the first ... > full story -
Preparatory Drill Test Performed on Mars
February 7, 2013 — The drill on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity used both percussion and rotation to bore about 0.8 inch (2 centimeters) into a rock on Mars and generate cuttings for evaluation in advance of the rover's ... > full story -
Scientists Discover How the World's Saltiest Pond Gets Its Salt
February 7, 2013 — Antarctica's Don Juan Pond exists only because its high salinity -- the highest of any body of water on the planet -- keeps it from freezing. New researcher finds that water sucked out of the air by ... > full story -
Weekend Test on Mars Was Preparation to Drill a Rock
February 4, 2013 — The bit of the rock-sampling drill on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity left its mark on a Martian rock this weekend during brief testing of the tool's percussive ... > full story -
Fossilized Conduits Suggest Water Flowed Beneath Martian Surface
January 29, 2013 — Networks of narrow ridges found in impact craters on Mars appear to be the fossilized remnants of underground cracks through which water once flowed, according to a new analysis. The study bolsters ... > full story -
Mars Rover Curiosity Maneuver Prepares for Drilling
January 28, 2013 — NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has placed its drill onto a series of four locations on a Martian rock and pressed down on it with the rover's arm, in preparation for using the drill in coming ... > full story -
Thawing 'Dry Ice' Drives Groovy Action on Mars
January 25, 2013 — Researchers using NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter see seasonal changes on far-northern Martian sand dunes caused by warming of a winter blanket of frozen carbon ... > full story -
Mars Rover Curiosity Uses Arm Camera at Night
January 24, 2013 — NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has for the first time used the camera on its arm to take photos at night, illuminated by white lights and ultraviolet lights on the ... > full story -
NASA's Veteran Mars Rover Ready to Start 10th Year
January 22, 2013 — NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, one of the twin rovers that bounced to airbag-cushioned safe landings on Mars nine years ago this week, is currently examining veined rocks on the rim of an ... > full story
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