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  • Mars Rover, Gale Crater, curiosity burns a hole in martian rock, Martian rock

    Curiosity burns a hole in Martian rock 21 August 2012

    After a few days of its successful make or break landing, Curiosity had transmitted color images of the surrounding in a 360 degree panoramic video showing the terrain on the Gale Crater. Now, recently the mars rover had zapped a...

    Keywords: laser, Curiosity, Mount Sharp, Mars Rover

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    Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission, California Institute of Technology (Caltech), rock dating on mars surface, Martian rock

    Rock dating on Mars surface 13 December 2013

    First time in the history of mankind, researchers have predicted the age of a Martian rock successfully. The experiments are being performed on the Mars surface by a team of scientists led by geochemist Ken Farley of California Institute of...

    Keywords: geochemist Ken Farley, Sample Analysis on Mars (SAM), California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Planet Mars

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