NASA ships find gray stones on the surface of Mars

NASA announced on February 20 that its Curiosity probe had obtained a sample of Martian rock and discovered that powdered soil just below the planet's red surface was actually light gray.

'What makes our team of scientists especially excited is that the specimens from the exploratory drilling don't have the typical red-orange rust that we still associate with almost everything on Mars ,' Joel Hurowitz. , a scientist for Curiosity's sampling system, said at a press conference of NASA's Jet Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California.

Exploration drill holes on the Martian surface are made by Curiosity.

NASA this month announced Curiosity's success in collecting the first mineral sample from within a block of rock on another planet, which scientists at JPL have praised as a "historic" breakthrough .

'Most of us worked hard to get it today. Receiving the final confirmation of successful sampling drilling is very special. With our sampling team, this is also worth celebrating as the device landed and successfully operated with the landing team , " said Scott McCloskey, Curiosity system engineer at JPL.

NASA scientists say the color of Mars rock, once the specimen is further studied, may reveal important clues about the history and structure of the nearest neighbor to Earth. The specimen was obtained after Curiosity's robotic arm dug a hole 6.4 cm deep on the surface of Mars on February 8.

Mineral samples are found by Curiosity device and
transfer images to Earth. (Source: NASA / AFP)

The Curiosity operating team expects to re-screen the specimen and analyze it by means of right on Curiosity. The specimen was taken from a sedimentary rock formed by John Klein, according to NASA's Mars Project Deputy Director, died in 2011.

The rock was chosen to drill the first sample because it could hold proof of the presence of water in Mars long ago. The Curiosity mission, worth $ 2.5 billion, is expected to last for at least two years, aimed at studying the Mars environment and finding evidence that every country has water there as well as preparing people to lift people. here in the future.

US President Barack Obama has set a target to bring people to the red planet by 2030.