Curiosity scheduled to conduct first test drill on Mars

Curiosity scheduled to conduct first test drill on Mars:

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is scheduled to carry out the first drilling ever conducted on the Red Planet. At a press conference, NASA officials said that the unmanned explorer would test its drill on a target rock within the next two weeks. The target selected is the “John Klein” area of Glen Crater where the rover will take rock samples as part of Curiosity’s two-year mission to find places on the Red Planet where life could have or still might exist... Continue Reading Curiosity scheduled to conduct first test drill on Mars

Section: Science and Education

Tags: Mars, Mars Science Laboratory, NASA, Space

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