AGL 40.00 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
AIRLINK 127.04 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
BOP 6.67 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
CNERGY 4.51 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
DCL 8.55 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
DFML 41.44 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
DGKC 86.85 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
FCCL 32.28 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
FFBL 64.80 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
FFL 10.25 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
HUBC 109.57 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
HUMNL 14.68 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
KEL 5.05 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
KOSM 7.46 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
MLCF 41.38 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
NBP 60.41 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
OGDC 190.10 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
PAEL 27.83 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
PIBTL 7.83 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
PPL 150.06 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
PRL 26.88 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
PTC 16.07 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
SEARL 86.00 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
TELE 7.71 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
TOMCL 35.41 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
TPLP 8.12 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
TREET 16.41 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
TRG 53.29 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
UNITY 26.16 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
WTL 1.26 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
BR100 10,010 Increased By 126.5 (1.28%)
BR30 31,023 Increased By 422.5 (1.38%)
KSE100 94,192 Increased By 836.5 (0.9%)
KSE30 29,201 Increased By 270.2 (0.93%)

The Mars rover Opportunity will soon for the first time use its drill to pierce a Martian rock near an area dubbed El Capitan, NASA said Friday.
Opportunity travelled 15 meters (49 feet) - its longest trip since landing on Mars in January - toward El Capitan, the mission's team said in a statement from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
NASA scientists are intrigued by the El Capitan area because of its "varying textures and layers of dirt and rock," the team said.
"After a short siesta in the early afternoon, Opportunity will drive 30 centimetres (12 inches) to sneak a bit closer to the rocks in 'El Capitan' to get ready for the rock abrasion tool to do its work," NASA said.
Meanwhile, on the other side of Mars, Opportunity's twin rover, Spirit, has used its left front wheel to dig a seven-centimetre (3-inch) deep trench in an aread called Laguna Hollow.
"The soil at this location is more cohesive than the material where Opportunity dug its first trench at Meridiani," NASA said.
Spirit beat its own distance record Monday by travelling 27.5 meters (90 feet) in one day across Martian soil.
Both rovers are seeking signs there was once water on Mars, which would be a sign that life once existed on the red planet.

Copyright Agence France-Presse, 2004

Comments

Comments are closed.