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Curiosity finds bright object on Mars: sampling suspended

Houston, USA - It could be a part of the rover itself

Curiosity, the rover sent on Mars by NASA (the American space agency) has spotted an object described as "Bright": the robot was performing sampling of the soil of the Red Planet, in a sandy area called "Rocknest", but the members of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) have decided to suspend every activity in order to analyze the object. "The rover team decided to refrain from using the rover's...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1146193
Rome, Italy, 10/09/2012 16:48
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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