Curiosity suspends sampling, may have dropped a bit of itself

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NASA’s unmanned Mars rover Curiosity took a pause in its activities after spotting a bright object. As yet unidentified, it was spotted while Curiosity was collecting its first soil samples. Fearing that the object might be a part of Curiosity itself that fell off, mission control at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California has suspended Curiosity’s exploration until the object is identified... Continue Reading Curiosity suspends sampling, may have dropped a bit of itself

Section: Science and Education

Tags: Curiosity Rover, Mars, Mars Science Laboratory, NASA

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