NASA studying ‘UNIQUE’ Mars meteorite found on Earth that could UNLOCK Red Planet secrets

“So in that regard ARL is helping a much bigger picture of advancing science.

“With the x-ray CT scan we can non-destructively identify voids and defects, so just cracks, within the material prior to testing.”

Referring to the first time she saw the martian meteorites, Dr Sietens said: “We met in a conference room and they took it out, and we were all able to put on gloves and hold it so that was really neat.

“It’s just amazing that this came from another planet and we can hold it in our hand.”