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The ten instruments that Mars Rover Curiosity will use to investigate the red planet: A rock-analyzing laser, a neutron bombarder, and more

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Mars Rover Curiosity is the latest in a robotic chain of explorers created by scientists and engineers, with each new iteration building on past Mars rovers’ successes and failures. Mars Rover Curiosity is similar to rovers that have gone before. But it’s the most advanced rover ever, and the instruments it carries to analyze Mars will give us more insight than we’ve ever had.
via Popular Science

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