ICY SCIENCE MAGAZINE WINTER 2014 Vol 2 | Page 86

86 As the rover traverses the many craters on Mars and stops and analyzes each area, she has made many discoveries. A major discovery at the landing site, as stated by NASA scientists, is that the area was at one time soaked with water. This was determined by the vast number of spherules found at the site that were later determined to be hematite. The spherules were nicknamed “blueberries” due to their shape and dist &