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These Are The Conditions A Human Would Face On Mars
NASA's Curiosity rover has only just begun its two-year search for evidence of life on Mars. But eventually, humans will also be sent to explore the fourth planet from the Sun. We already have an idea...
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The First Color 360-Degree Panorama Of Gale Crater On Mars
New pictures of Mars from NASA's Curiosity rover keep rolling in. Here's the first 360-degree panorama in color of Gale Crater, the 96-mile-wide landing site of Curiosity. The panorama is based on a...
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New Mars Image Shows Curiosity's Sky Crane Crash On Camera
New images beamed down from the NASA Curiosity rover's HazCams show the dust plume from the rover's descent stage. For those who are fuzzy on what all these different parts are: The descent stage is...
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Meet NASA's Mohawk Guy Who Stole The Show From Curiosity
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity landed on the surface of the red planet on Sunday night, but we were a little distracted by the mohawked engineer shown on the right. Click through to find out who this...
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Top Viral Videos Of The Week: Curiosity Captured Our Hearts And Imaginations
NASA's Curiosity rover successfully landed on Mars early Monday morning. It was a great moment for space enthusiasts everywhere as NASA landed the rover without a hitch while shedding more light on...
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Curiosity Rover's Latest Images Show Sandy Dunes And Hills On Mars
A week after NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory landed the Curiosity rover on Mars we've already seen some amazing images. As a testament to the great team of scientists and engineers on the...
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New Mars Research Suggests That 'Marsquakes' Are Possible
The surface of Mars has been shaped by plate tectonics in the recent past, a new study suggests, making the Red Planet perhaps a better candidate to host life than scientists had thought. Mars may...
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The Mars Rover Can 'Dream'
For the next two years, Mars rover Curiosity will spend her days roaming around the Red Planet trying to determine if Mars ever was, or is, able to support microbial life. In many ways, the...
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India Wants To Send A Probe To Mars By 2013
India is hoping to send its first spacecraft to Mars by next year in new $82 million plan, according to Bloomberg. The timing is key — every 26 months, Mars reaches a point in its orbit which brings...
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Meet 'Hippy NASA Guy' In This Mars Team Group Shot
The group of engineers and scientists who helped put NASA's six-wheeled rover Curiosity on Mars on Aug. 5 is answering all your questions about the mission on Reddit right now. Here's the list of...
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Curiosity Team Reveals Their Mars Wakeup Song Playlist
Every Mars morning, NASA researchers play a song to wake up Miss Curiosity. Today, during their Reddit AMA, they revealed their most recent choices. Her playlist so far, according to "EMB" aka Eric...
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Roving Mars Is Slow Going: Curiosity Will Cover About A Football Field A Day
In a Reddit AMA, one of the rover team members said: Curiosity's top speed is about 4 cm/s or about 0.09 miles/hr. On a day when we drive, we expect to go about 100m. It's slow going because we want...
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'Mohawk Guy' Gets Personal About His Hair, NASA Superstitions, And Landing A...
When NASA's Mars rover Curiosity pulled off its daring Red Planet landing on Aug. 5, the 1-ton robot became an international star — and so did Bobak Ferdowsi. As a flight director for Curiosity's...
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Curiosity Is Going To Burn This Mars Rock With A Laser
Curiosity has set her sights on her first laser target: Rock N165. The rock is located about seven feet from the rover and is about three inches long. In a few days, the chemcam will shoot 30 laser...
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Mars Rover Zap Its First Rock With A Laser
Two weeks after landing on Mars, NASA's Curiosity rover has zapped its first Martian rock using a powerful laser fired by the machine's ChemChem instrument. The goal is to analyze the atomic elements...
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Meet The Family Who Lives On Mars Time: Breakfast At 3 P.M., Lunch At 8 P.M.,...
A Martian day, called a Sol, is about 39 minutes and 35 seconds longer than a 24-hour Earth day. This is because Mars has a slower rotation than Earth does. For the engineers, scientists, drivers and...
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The Next Robot To Land On Mars Will Drill Deep Into The Planet's Core
Just two weeks after landing one-ton roving laboratory Curiosity on Mars, NASA is already preparing for its next big project on the Red Planet: To land a robot on Mars that will delve deep into the...
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Curiosity Passes Arm-Stretching Test With Flying Colors
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity flexed its long robotic arm for the first time on the Red Planet Monday (Aug. 20), passing a critical health check with flying colors, mission managers say. The rover...
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Mars Update: Curiosity Gets Ready To Rove And More
Two weeks after landing on the surface of Mars, the Curiosity rover will take its first road trip tomorrow, the JPL team announced. The rover will inch forward about three meters (one rover length),...
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Curiosity Made Its Move And Saw Its Tracks
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity took its first halting steps on the Red Planet today (Aug. 22), snapping photos of its tracks to commemorate the test drive milestone. The 1-ton Curiosity rover was slated...
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