Mars Curiosity Rover Samples a Rock of a Different Color

Tuesday, May 6, 2014 - 20:20 in Astronomy & Space

NASA's Curiosity rover has collected samples from deep inside a rock on Mars for the third time ever.The 1-ton Curiosity rover bored into a slab of Red Planet sandstone dubbed Windjana on Monday evening, creating a hole measuring 0.63 inches (1.6 centimeters) wide and 2.6 inches (6.

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