NASA Mars Rover Confirms First Drilled Martian Rock Sample
02/20/2013 12:00 AM EST
NASA's 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. No rover has ever has drilled into a rock beyond Earth and collected a sample from its interior.
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