Curiosity Rover Finds and Examines a Meteorite on Mars

2 November 2016

The dark, smooth-surfaced object at the center of this Oct. 30, 2016, image from the Mast Camera Mastcam on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover was examined with laser pulses and confirmed to be an iron-nickel meteorite.

Mars Science Laboratory MSLChemCamMastcam

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