PASADENA, Calif., Nov. 13 (UPI) -- NASA says analysis is under way on the first solid martian soil sample deposited into the biggest instrument on the space agency's Mars rover Curiosity.
Analysis is ongoing of a pinch of fine sand and dust delivered to an inlet port of the Sample Analysis at Mars instrument Nov. 9, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., reported Tuesday.