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Mars rover's laser instrument hits first martian rock

Mars rover's laser instrument hits first martian rock

Rediff.com20 Aug 2012

NASA's Mars rover 'Curiosity' has fired its laser for the first time on the red planet, using the beam from a science instrument to interrogate a fist-size rock.

Mars used to be like Earth, but...

Mars used to be like Earth, but...

Rediff.com28 Jun 2016

NASA's Mars Curiosity rover has discovered high levels of manganese oxides in Martian rocks, which may indicate that the red planet was once more Earth-like than previously believed.