In some places the water content exceeds 4%, experts of the Institute of Space Research at the Russian Academy of Sciences told journalists on Tuesday.

The scientists hope that after analyzing all the data they would be able to determine all details of the Gale Crater evolution for the whole period of its existence and find out if the crater’s natural environment could have been favourable for primitive forms of extraterrestrial life.

The DAN neutron detector is an entirely Russian product and part of the Curiosity rover’s equipment.

Voice of Russia, TASS