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Curiosity's soil scoop, ready for action (sol 51)

Filed under mission status, spacecraft, Mars, Curiosity (Mars Science Laboratory)

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Curiosity's soil scoop, ready for action (sol 51) Curiosity took this photo on sol 51 (September 27, 2012). The soil scoop is still pristinely clean, before the first attempt at sampling.

NASA / JPL / MSSS

Original image data dated on or about September 27, 2012

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