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Nasa Mars Rover Curiosity Drills Second Rock Target

By Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA
May 20, 2013
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Curiosity drill hole, Mars — NASA's Mars rover Curiosity drilled into this rock target, "Cumberland," during the 279th Martian day, or sol, of the rover's work on Mars (May 19, 2013) and collected a powdered sample of material from the rock's interior. Analysis of the Cumberland samp

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has used the drill on its robotic arm to collect a powdered sample from the interior of a rock called "Cumberland."

From Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA
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