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Experience Robotic Space Travel With NASA 3-D App
07.11.12 - A NASA-created application that brings some of the agency's robotic spacecraft to life in 3-D now is available for free on the iPhone and iPad.
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NASA News Conference to Preview August Mars Landing
07.11.12 - NASA will hold a news conference at 1 p.m. EDT Monday, July 16, to discuss the August landing of the most advanced robot ever sent to Mars.
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Fireworks Over Mars - The Spirit of 76 Pyrotechnics
07.02.12 - Seventy-six pyrotechnic devices must fire on time during the descent of Mars Science Laboratory to the Martian surface on August 5.
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Curiosity Rover on Track for Early August Landing
06.26.12 - A maneuver on Tuesday adjusted the flight path of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft for delivering the rover Curiosity to a landing target beside a Martian mountain.
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NASA Mars Rover Team Targets Closer to Science Site
06.11.12 - NASA has narrowed the target for its most advanced Mars rover, Curiosity, which will land on the Red Planet in August.
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NASA Hosts Teleconference About Rover en Route to Mars Landing
06.07.12 - NASA will host a media teleconference at 9 a.m. PDT (noon EDT) on June 11, to provide a status update on the Aug. 5, 2012, landing of the most advanced rover ever to be sent to Mars.
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NASA Invites Social Media Fans to Mars Landing Event
06.05.12 - NASA will host a NASA Social for 25 of its social media fans Aug. 3-5 at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., in anticipation of the Curiosity rover's landing on Mars.
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Mojave Desert Tests Prepare for NASA Mars Roving
05.11.12 - Engineers ran rover-mobility tests on California sand dunes in preparation for operating NASA's Curiosity rover after it lands in Mars' Gale Crater.
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100 Days and Counting to NASA's Curiosity Rover Landing
04.27.12 - At 1:31 p.m. EDT, April 27, NASA's Mars Science Laboratory, carrying the one-ton Curiosity rover, became 100 days from its appointment with Mars.
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'Mount Sharp' On Mars Links Geology's Past and Future
03.28.12 - One particular mountain on Mars has been beckoning would-be explorers since it was first sighted from orbit in the 1970s.
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Mars-Bound NASA Craft Adjusts Path, Tests Instruments
03.26.12 - NASA's Mars Science Laboratory, halfway to Mars, adjusted its flight path for delivery of the one-ton rover Curiosity in August.
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Curiosity, The Stunt Double
02.24.12 - Curiosity, the mini-Cooper-sized rover, is playing the role of stunt double for NASA astronauts, as it monitors radiation levels on its journey to Mars.
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Spacecraft Computer Issue Resolved
02.09.12 - Engineers find the cause of a computer reset on NASA's Mars Science Laboratory and determine how to correct it.
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Mars-Bound NASA Rover Carries Coin for Camera Checkup
02.07.12 - At least one object in photos NASA's Curiosity rover will transmit from Mars later this year will look familiar to all Americans: a Lincoln penny sent as a camera reference.
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Mars-Bound Instrument Detects Solar Burst's Effects
01.27.12 - This week's solar storm is giving a NASA Mars-bound spacecraft a chance to gauge how such events would affect radiation exposure of future astronauts flying to Mars.
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Spacecraft Completes Biggest Maneuver
01.11.12 - NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft successfully refined its flight path Wednesday with the biggest maneuver planned for the mission's journey between Earth and Mars.
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Mars Science Lab Maneuver Begins
01.06.12 - NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft has begun firing thruster engines for the first and largest flight-path adjustment of the trip from Earth to Mars.
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NASA Mars-Bound Rover Begins Research in Space
12.13.11 - NASA's car-sized Curiosity rover has begun monitoring space radiation during its 8-month trip from Earth to Mars.
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Course Excellent, Adjustment Postponed
12.01.11 - Excellent launch precision for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission has forestalled the need for an early trajectory correction maneuver, now not required for a month or more.
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NASA Launches Most Capable and Robust Rover to Mars
11.26.11 - NASA began a historic voyage to Mars with the Nov. 26 launch of the Mars Science Laboratory, which carries a car-sized rover named Curiosity.