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Archive Home > 2012 > October > 06 > Rover to scoop up Martian soil, but first it must rinse and spit

Rover to scoop up Martian soil, but first it must rinse and spit

By Amy Hubbard / The Bulletin
October 6, 2012

LOS ANGELES — For the Mars Curiosity rover, it’s one “first-ever" after another.

The 1,982-pound explorer is now at a spot in Mars’ Gale Crater called Rocknest, ready to use its robotic scoop for soil samples.

Scientists hope the samples will provide information crucial to the project’s....

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