Having earlier tested its drilling capabilities, NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has successfully used its drill to recover the first sample ever collected from the interior of a rock on another planet. The sample, taken from bedrock on Mars, will now be analysed by the In-Situ Martian Rock Analysis (CHIMRA) device in conjuction with the Chemistry and Mineralogy (CheMin) instrument and Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument.
Mars Curiosity Rover uses drill to get rock interior sample
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