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A rock called "John Klein" is where the rover conducted its first sample drilling on Mars on February 8, 2013, Curiosity's 182nd Martian day of operations.

The drill hole is 0.63 inch in diameter and 2.5 inches deep, and the site of the first samples ever collected from the interior of another planet. To the right is a mini test drill hole with same 0.63 inch diameter, but with a depth of just 0.8 inches.

February 20, 2013 4:47 PM PST

Photo by: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

| Caption by: James Martin

 

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