News | NASAs Curiosity Mars Rover Finds Mineral Match Reddish rock powder from the first hole drilled into a Martian mountain by NASAs Curiosity rover has yielded the missions first confirmation of a mineral mapped from orbit. This connects us with the mineral identifications from orbit, which can now help guide our investigations as we climb the slope and test hypotheses derived from the orbital mapping, said Curiosity Project Scientist John Grotzinger, of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. 1.usa.gov/1xcfeRB
Posted on: Thu, 06 Nov 2014 01:00:47 +0000