Curiosity Rover Resumes Science Operations With Second Drilling

Wired | Tue, 21 May 2013 11:53:48 -0700

After being stuck behind the sun for most of April, Curiosity's science adventures on Mars have resumed, with another drilling operation: On May 20, the rover drilled into a rock named Cumberland, creating a hole measuring a bit more than half an inch ...

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NASA Curiosity Rover Drills At Second Site, Extracts Sample

TechnoBuffalo | Mon, 20 May 2013 22:32:13 -0700

When NASA analyzed Curiosity's first sample, results concluded that the planet could have potentially supported microbial life. The purpose of the rover's most recent drilling is to confirm those earlier results; the sample is expected to be analyzed ...

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Mars Curiosity Rover Drills Into Second Rock

The Inquisitr | Mon, 20 May 2013 20:26:06 -0700

NASA's Mars Curiosity rover drilled into its second rock on Sunday in its first major activity since emerging from a month-long hibernation. The latest Mars rover bored 2.6 inches into a rock, named Cumberland, to retrieve a powdered sample, which will ...

Curiosity rover bores into Mars for second time

SlashGear | Mon, 20 May 2013 14:12:17 -0700

It's been a few months since NASA's Curiosity rover drilled into Mars' rocky surface for the first time, but the little rover that could has bored into the red planet for the second time, collecting a healthy amount of Mars dirt along the way to be ...

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