LOS ANGELES (AP) - Mars rover curiosity hit the road.
Tuesday toward the east, driving 52 feet toward one place, it will use its mechanical arm in the first time to drill to the bedrock. This will require weeks of six NASA the rover was to arrive at the scene that greer about a quarter mile journey.
Task manager Arthur, horse dore said: "that's nice to see some Martian soil in our wheel," in a statement Wednesday.
The driver is the third time, the longest a car but also because the size of the rover landed in an ancient crater on August 5, to the studies of the environment is conducive to life. Early drive has been deliberately short, curiosity, and identify any dangerous road, so that the engineer can get the practice of the topography on driving.
The scientists said that they eventually hopes to lunar rover running about a the length of a football field day.
Curiosity spent in the new language environment, and taking photos of a distant mountains, this is its final destination. Intriguing rock mass has been found in the base two years most of the task will be used for research in the lower slope.
Since landing, curiosity have been busy inspection instrument, it's not finished yet. Next week, it will make a longer stop along the way, to greer continue to health inspection.




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