Model of a drill system for the European Space Agency's ExoMars lander spacecraft photographed at the 2012 International Astronautical Congress exhibi

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Model of a drill system for the European Space Agency's ExoMars lander spacecraft photographed at the 2012 International Astronautical Congress exhibition in Naples, Italy. The drill is designed to collect subsoil samples to a depth of 2m and deliver them to a suite of instruments on the lander.

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Photo credit: © MARK WILLIAMSON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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