NASA’s Curiosity Rover Finds ‘Coral’ on Mars planetaryscience space science
on NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has imaged a flower-like rock artifact in the Gale crater on Mars.
Curiosity, the fourth rover the United States has sent to Mars, launched November 26, 2011 and landed on the planet on August 5, 2012. Curiosity explores the 154-km- wide Gale crater and acquires rock, soil, and air samples for onboard analysis. This MAHLI image shows a tighter view of the flower-like rock artifact. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / MSSS.
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