Today on Mars: Curiosity visits the Snake River

by Laura Domela

Mars Rover Curiosity is back on the move. After a brief holiday break during which the immobile rover simply imaged its surroundings it resumed rolling on January 3 and is now within a robotic-arm-length of a strange rock feature now dubbed “Snake River” within a small depression known as “Yellowknife Bay.” And now on it’s 147th Martian day, the geologist in Curiosity is getting restless–according to NASA scientists the rover is scouting potential targets for the first use of its hammering drill.
via Popular Science

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Today on Mars: Curiosity visits the Snake River

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