NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has sniffed the Martian air and now its Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument has taken its first taste of soil. The microwave-size internal laboratory of the nuclear-powered rover received its first sample on November 9 and spent the next two days analyzing it. Taken at the Rocknest area of Gale Crater, the purpose of the sampling is to study soil composition with a special emphasis on seeking organic molecules... Continue Reading Curiosity's SAM lab gets down and dirty with first soil sample
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Tags: Curiosity Rover, Mars, Mars Science Laboratory, NASA, Space
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