Curiosity Zaps First Martian Rock

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NASA Science News for August 19, 2012

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has fired its laser for the first time on Mars, using the beam to study a fist-size rock called "Coronation."

FULL STORY: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2012/19aug_curiosity3/