Aerospace & Defense

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Rover Drills for First Sample Inside Rock on Mars

Scott McCloskey, a drill systems engineer on the Mars Science Laboratory, gives an update on the Curiosity Rover, which has successfully drilled for the first sample from inside a rock on Mars. After a successful test drill of two centimeters, the team drilled six and a half centimeters down into the rock.