Curiosity Rover Collects First Martian Bedrock Sample

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Submitted by littlesparkvt on Saturday February 09, 2013 @01:47PM

littlesparkvt writes "NASA’s Curiosity rover has, for the first time, used a drill carried at the end of its robotic arm to bore into a flat, veiny rock on Mars and collect a sample from its interior. This is the first time any robot has drilled into a rock to collect a sample on Mars.
Space Industry News (http://s.tt/1zA1q)"
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