NASA's Mars rover extended its arms for the first time...
NASA Updates : Mars Rover Curiosity
Mars Rover Curiosity
NASA's Mars Rover Curiosity had extended its robotic arm last August 20, 2012, the first time after it landed on the Mars's surface.
The 7-foot long steel arm maneuvers some tools which includes a camera, a drill, a scoop, a spectometer and other mechanisms for taking samples of rocks and soil on the other planet.
"We have had to sit tight for the first two weeks since landing, while other parts of the rover were checked out, so to see the arm extended in these images is a huge moment for us," - the engineer said on an interview.
The arm is how we are going to get samples into the laboratory instruments and how we place other instruments onto surface targets." - Robinson added.
So far, in regards to the rover, everything looks nice as no problem had been encountered yet by the NASA team.
"It worked just as we planned," - sample system chief engineer for Curiosity, Louise Jandura said. "From telemetry and from the images received this morning, we can confirm that the arm went to the positions we commanded it to go to." - he added.
The robotic arm has a mass of thirty kilograms and has a diameter of two feet.
Curiosity successfully landed on planet Mars two weeks ago for a two-year mission to assess whether a chosen spot inside Gale Crater has offered environmental condition that can support microbial life.
NASA's Curiosity rover was packed with ten instruments.
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