Mars Rover Surprises Continue: Spirit, Too, Finds Hematite.

Ascribe Higher Education News Service | June 25, 2004 | Copyright

Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory

PASADENA, Calif., June 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- On challenging slopes that NASA's Mars rovers began exploring this month, both Spirit and Opportunity have found new surprises for the folks back home.

Spirit rolled up to a knobby rock just past where the "Columbia Hills" start to rise from the surrounding plain. It touched the rock with a mineral-identifying instrument at the tip of its robotic arm and detected hematite. Hematite, a material identified from orbit, was NASA's key reason for choosing Opportunity's landing site ...

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