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Saturday, September 3, 2011

NEW DIGS FOR OLD MARS ROVER

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Opportunity, NASA’s long-lived Martian robotic workhorse, has started a new round of studies at a place unlike anything seen before on Mars, scientists said this week.

Poised on the rim of a large crater called "Endeavour," Opportunity has been examining a rock with an unusually high concentration of zinc, among other targets. On Earth, such rocks usually mean they’ve spent time in water, typically warm water.

Read More: http://news.discovery.com/space/new-digs-for-old-mars-rover-110902.html

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