The Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer For Mars aka CRISM is being used to select a landing site for the next Mars Rover. NASA is using the CRISM so they can find the perfect landing site with the minerals they want. The CRISM is checking the martian soil for the right soil that would have been cove rd by water long ago. Nasa figures that if they land the next rover (Mars Science Laboratory) in soil that would be easy to sustain life it will increase their chances of finding life. The CRISM took 125 pictures that will be used in selecting a landing site.
http://crism.jhuapl.edu/newscenter/articles/101907.php
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