A 29-pound Mars rock held NASA's Curiosity rover hostage for 6 days
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Mars has intense radiation, furious dust storms, and temperatures that plunge as low as -200 degrees Fahrenheit (-129 degrees Celsius) — and NASA's Mars rovers usually handle them all with aplomb. …
Mars has intense radiation, furious dust storms, and temperatures that plunge as low as -200 degrees Fahrenheit (-129 degrees Celsius) — and NASA's Mars rovers usually handle them all with aplomb. But Curiosity had a little hiccup last month. As to what slowed the rover down, though? Well, a rock that just wouldn't let go. On April 25, the Curiosity rover drilled into a Mars rock nicknamed "Atacama" and accidentally yanked the entire thing out of the ground. …
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