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10.18.2012 First Sample Placed on Curiosity's Observation Tray The robotic arm on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity delivered a sample of Martian soil to the rover's observation tray for the first time during the mission's 70th Martian day, or sol (Oct. 16, 2012). This image taken later that same sol by the rover's left Mast Camera shows the sample on the tray. The tray is 3 inches (7.8 centimeters) in diameter. The sample came from the third scoopful of material collected at the "Rocknest" patch of windblown dust and sand.

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Description	10.18.2012 First Sample Placed on Curiosity's Observation Tray The robotic arm on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity delivered a sample of Martian soil to the rover's observation tray for the first time during the mission's 70th Martian day, or sol (Oct. 16, 2012). This image taken later that same sol by the rover's left Mast Camera shows the sample on the tray. The tray is 3 inches (7.8 centimeters) in diameter. The sample came from the third scoopful of material collected at the "Rocknest" patch of windblown dust and sand.
Date	18 October 2012, 21:30:36
Source	http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA16232.jpg
Author	NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Other versions	http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA16232

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