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Martian mountain soil sample analysis performed in place!

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Martian mountain soil sample analysis performed in place!
04
March

NASA's Curiosity Mars team has recently obtained a second soil sample from an outcrop of the Murray formation, the geological unit of Mount Sharp on Mars. Through analysis of the soil samples, scientists hope to understand the formation of the mountain and investigate its mineralogical structure. 


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