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How the Mars Rover Grabs Soil Samples (Video)

Curiosity will be a rolling geology lab on Mars. Check out how engineers take a soil sample using her stunt double.

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See how engineers working on the Mars rover Curiosity test its sampling system with this scoop test. All they need is a sample the size of an aspirin. 

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