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NASA Mars Rover Opportunity Reveals Geological Mystery
09.14.12 - NASA's long-lived rover Opportunity has returned an image of the Martian surface that is puzzling researchers.
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Mars Rover Curiosity Arm Tests Nearly Complete
09.12.12 - NASA's Mars Curiosity team has almost finished robotic arm tests in preparation for the rover to touch and examine its first Martian rock.
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JPL to Stream Mars Curiosity Telecon and Lecture
09.11.12 - NASA will host a media teleconference at 11 a.m. PDT (2 p.m. EDT) tomorrow (Wednesday, Sept. 12), to provide a status update on the Curiosity rover's mission to Mars' Gale Crater.
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NASA Observations Point to 'Dry Ice' Snowfall on Mars
09.11.12 - NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter data have given scientists the clearest evidence yet of carbon-dioxide snowfalls on Mars.
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Next Mars Mission Enters Final Phase Before Launch
09.11.12 - NASA's Mars Atmosphere And Volatile EvolutioN mission is officially authorized to transition into the next phase of the mission, system delivery, integration and test, and launch.
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NASA Mars Exploration Rover Team to be Honored
09.07.12 - The mission team for NASA's long-lived Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity will be awarded the Haley Space Flight Award.
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NASA Mars Rover Curiosity Begins Arm-Work Phase
09.06.12 - After driving more than a football field's length since landing, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is spending several days preparing for full use of the tools on its arm.
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NASA to Host Telecon About Curiosity Rover Progress
09.05.12 - NASA will host a media teleconference at 10 a.m. PDT (1 p.m. EDT) on Thursday, Sept. 6, to provide a status update on the Curiosity rover's mission to Mars' Gale Crater.
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NASA Curiosity Rover Begins Eastbound Trek on Martian Surface
08.29.12 - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has set off from its landing vicinity on a trek to a science destination about a quarter mile (400 meters) away, where it may begin using its drill.
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Rover Leaves Tracks in Morse Code
08.29.12 - A Morse code pattern imprinted in the track marks of NASA's Curiosity will help the rover drive more accurately.
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Curiosity Rover Plays First Song Transmitted From Another Planet
08.28.12 - For the first time in history, a recorded song has been beamed back to Earth from another planet.
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NASA Rover Returns Voice, Telephoto Views From Mars
08.27.12 - NASA's Mars Curiosity has debuted the first recorded human voice that traveled from Earth to another planet and back.
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First Recorded Voice from Mars
08.27.12 - The following statement by NASA Administrator Charles Bolden was returned to Earth via the Mars Curiosity rover.
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NASA Announces Aug. 27 Mars News Conference
08.24.12 - NASA will hold a televised news conference at 2 p.m. PDT (5 p.m.EDT), Monday, Aug. 27, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., about the activities of its Curiosity rover mission on Mars.
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Curiosity Broadcasts Images to Times Square
08.22.12 - The Toshiba Vision screen in New York City's Times Square is giving visitors to New York City the opportunity to see photos from NASA’s Curiosity rover on Mars.
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First Words of Safe Landing on Mars
08.21.12 - The entry, descent and landing of NASA’s new Mars rover was full of unknowns – including when was the right time to declare Curiosity safe and sound on the surface.
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NASA's Curiosity Studies Mars Surroundings, Nears Drive
08.21.12 - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has been investigating the Martian weather around it and the soil beneath it, as its controllers prepare for the car-size vehicle's first drive on Mars.
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Rover's Laser Instrument Zaps First Martian Rock
08.19.12 - Today, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity fired its laser for the first time on Mars, using the beam from a science instrument to interrogate a fist-size rock called "Coronation."
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NASA Mars Rover Begins Driving at Bradbury Landing
08.22.12 - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has begun driving from its landing site, which scientists announced today they have named for the late author Ray Bradbury.
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NASA to Hold Curiosity Rover Media Briefing Aug. 22
08.21.12 - NASA will hold a televised news conference at 11:30 a.m. PDT (2:30 p.m. EDT) on Wednesday, Aug. 22, at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory to update media on the progress of its Curiosity rover.