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This Aug. 15, 2014, composite image released by NASA and made by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, shows a view looking back toward part of the west rim of Endeavour Crater that the rover drove along, heading southward, during the summer of 2014. (AP)
CAPE CANAVERAL: NASA's Curiosity rover is about to conduct some serious scientific drilling at Mars.
The space agency announced Thursday that the rover has reached the base of Mount Sharp, its destination since landing two years ago. Officials say drilling could begin as early as next week at an outcrop of rocks called Pahrump Hills.
Mount Sharp, located in ancient Gale Crater, rises nearly 3½ miles (6 kilometers).
A scientific review panel has criticized the Curiosity team for an extended mission that involves too much driving and too little sampling. On Thursday, project scientist John Grotzinger of the California Institute of Technology promised "we are going to do a lot more drilling" now that the six-wheel Curiosity is at Mount Sharp.
This Aug. 15, 2014, composite image released by NASA and made by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, shows a view looking back toward part of the west rim of Endeavour Crater that the rover drove along, heading southward, during the summer of 2014. (AP)CAPE CANAVERAL: NASA's Curiosity rover is about to conduct some serious scientific drilling at Mars.
The space agency announced Thursday that the rover has reached the base of Mount Sharp, its destination since landing two years ago. Officials say drilling could begin as early as next week at an outcrop of rocks called Pahrump Hills.
Mount Sharp, located in ancient Gale Crater, rises nearly 3½ miles (6 kilometers).
A scientific review panel has criticized the Curiosity team for an extended mission that involves too much driving and too little sampling. On Thursday, project scientist John Grotzinger of the California Institute of Technology promised "we are going to do a lot more drilling" now that the six-wheel Curiosity is at Mount Sharp.
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