Curiosity Thrusters Began Excavating Mars | Video

Thursday, August 9, 2012 - 13:30 in Astronomy & Space

Rockets on the sky crane that lowered the Mars Science Laboratory rover to the floor of Gale Crater kicked up some dust and dug some trenches. This exposed bedrock, a scientific target.

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