Voice of America: Mars Rover Preparing for First Major Drive

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Mars Rover Preparing for First Major Drive Sep 13th 2012, 11:19 The Mars rover Curiosity will undergo a final round of mechanical checks Thursday before making its first lengthy drive across the surface of the Red Planet. Engineers with the U.S. space agency NASA have kept Curiosity parked in one spot for the past week while testing its sophisticated instruments, including a high-resolution camera and a tool designed to analyze a Martian rock's chemical makeup.  Tests have also been run on Curiosity's 2.1-meter-long arm, which will scoop up ... Media files: 3AC8BBC8-AB84-46C6-B010-1797CA4A1F7B_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg?nocache=1 (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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