Curiosity Fires the First-Ever Laser for Interplanetary Exploration
NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab reported late Sunday that Mars rover Curiosity successfully fired its laser for the first time, to "interrogate" a small rock called "Coronation." The Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument fired 30 pulses during a 10-second interval, Los Alamos Principal Investigator Roger Wiens reported.
