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Watch NASA’s Curiosity Rover Struggle to Break Loose From a Rock on Mars - Gizmodo

By Passant Rabie

The rover spent five days with the rock attached to its arm before finally shaking it off.

It’s tough being a robot trekking along the dry, arid terrain of another planet with no humans around. NASA’s Curiosity rover has spent the past 13 years drilling through samples on Mars, and one roc… [+2295 chars]

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