curiosity rover

Universe Today reports

The Curiosity Mars rover has found some strange-looking little things on Mars – you’ve likely heard of the Mars ‘flower,’ the piece of benign plastic from the rover itself, and other bright flecks of granules in the Martian soil.

Now the rover has imaged a small metallic-looking protuberance on a rock.   Read more »

Curiosity drills a hole that is 16mm across (5/8inch).

BBC Reports

Nasa’s Mars rover Curiosity has turned its drill in rock for the first time.

The big rover had previously used just the hammer action on the tool, but it has now progressed to operating the device in a rotary mode as well.

New pictures sent back from the robot show a small, shallow, rounded hole that is surrounded by fine tailings.   Read more »