Curiosity tastes first sample in `clay-bearing unit`
(PHYSorg.com Space & Earth)

Scientists working with NASA`s Curiosity Mars rover have been excited to explore a region called `the clay-bearing unit` since before the spacecraft launched. Now, the rover has finally tasted its first sample from this part of Mount Sharp. Curiosity drilled a piece of bedrock nicknamed `Aberlady` on Saturday, April 6 (the 2,370th Martian day, or sol, of the mission), and delivered the sample to its internal mineralogy lab on Wednesday, April 10 (Sol 2374).