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Rover Curiosity completes initial experiments on Martian soil: "It's similar to Hawaii's"
Pasadena, USA - "Roughly half the soil is non-crystalline material"
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has completed initial experiments showing the mineralogy of Martian soil is similar to weathered basaltic soils of volcanic origin in Hawaii. The minerals were identified in the first sample of Martian soil ingested recently by the rover. Curiosity used its Chemistry and Mineralogy instrument (CheMin) to obtain the results, which are filling gaps and adding confidence...
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1146902
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency