NASA’s Curiosity Rover drills into Martian mountain

(This image from the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera on Curiosity shows the first sample-collection hole drilled in Mount Sharp – Photo Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS)

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has collected its first sample from Mount Sharp: a layered mountain that is the science destination of the rover’s Martian mission. 

After a two year trek, Curiosity finally arrives at Mount Sharp: its long-term science destination

(Photo Credit: NASA)

After 2 years and nearly 9 kilometers of driving, NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover has reached its long-term destination: Mount Sharp, a mountain at the centre of the vast Gale Crater.