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In the summer and fall of 2017, the team operating NASA's Curiosity Mars rover conducted tests in the "Mars Yard" at...
This photo taken in the "Mars Yard" at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, on Aug. 1, 2017,...
The Bonanza King rock on Mars, pictured here, was tapped by the drill belonging to NASA Mars rover Curiosity. The...
In an activity called the mini drill test, NASA Mars rover Curiosity used its drill to generate this ring of...
In this video, the robotic arm on NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover uses its percussive drill on a rocky outcrop near...
The bit in the rotary-percussion drill of NASA Mars rover Curiosity left its mark in a target patch of rock called...
This frame from an animation from NASA Mars rover Curiosity shows the rover drilling into rock target Cumberland....
This frame from a video clip shows moments during a demonstration of drilling into a rock at NASA JPL, Pasadena,...
A blink pair of images taken before and after NASA Curiosity performed a mini drill test on a Martian rock shows...
Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory performed tests on rocks such as this one to understand why the first...
This image shows the first holes drilled by NASA Mars rover Curiosity at Mount Sharp. The loose material near the...
This image from NASA Curiosity rover shows a sample of powdered rock extracted by the rover drill from the...
This image shows the first holes into rock drilled by NASA Mars rover Curiosity, with drill tailings around the...
A day after NASA Mars rover Curiosity drilled the first sample-collection hole into a rock on Mars, the rover...
This view NASA Curiosity Mars Rover shows the rover drill in position for a mini-drill test to assess whether a rock...
NASA Curiosity rover shows the first sample of powdered rock extracted by the rover drill. The image was taken after...
The hole that NASA Curiosity Mars rover drilled into target rock John Klein provided a view into the interior of the...
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has collected 42 powderized rock samples with the drill on the end of its robotic arm....
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used its Mast Camera, or Mastcam, to capture this image of its 36th successful drill...
This hole, with a diameter slightly smaller than a U.S. dime, was drilled by NASA Curiosity Mars rover into a rock...
This map shows the location of Cumberland, the second rock-drilling target for NASA Mars rover Curiosity, in...
The rover is positioned at a patch of flat outcrop called John Klein, which was selected as the site for the first...
This Jan. 13, 2015, view from NASA Curiosity Mars rover shows outcomes of a mini-drill test to assess whether the...
After an activity called the mini drill test by NASA Mars rover Curiosity, the rover MAHLI camera recorded this view...