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Technologylanded 6 August 2012

Curiosity (Mars Science Laboratory)

NASA's car-sized Mars rover, operating in Gale Crater since 2012, whose Tunable Laser Spectrometer has repeatedly measured methane spikes in the Martian atmosphere.

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