Curiosity's ChemCam passes first tests with flying colors

NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has already fired its laser over 500 times as it studies its surroundings as engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) calibrate its sensors. In a classic example of “waste not, want not” Curiosity concentrated its activity on a patch of rocks that were uncovered by the rocket backwash of thesky crane that delivered the unmanned explorer to the Martian surface on August 6... Continue ReadingCuriosity's ChemCam passes first tests with flying colors