Curiosity Mars Rover Eats 1st Sample of Gray Rocky Powder

NASA's Curiosity rover has eaten the 1st ever samples of gray rocky powder cored from the interior of a Martian rock. The robotic arm delivered aspirin sized samples of the pulverized powder to the rover's Chemistry and Mineralogy (CheMin) and Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instruments this past weekend on Feb. 22 and 23, or