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Curiosity: NASA confirms first sampling of the interior of a Martian rock

Pasadena, USA - "It is incredibly gratifying: many of us have been working toward this day for years"

NASA, the American space agency, confirmed that its Mars rover Curiosity has relayed new images that confirm it has successfully obtained the first sample ever collected from the interior of a rock on another planet. Transfer of the powdered-rock sample into an open scoop was visible for the first time in images received Wednesday 20 at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California. The...

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Rome, Italy, 02/21/2013 12:34
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