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Layered rocks on the floor of McLaughlin Crater

Martian Crater May Once Have Held Groundwater-Fed Lake

A NASA spacecraft is providing new evidence of a wet underground environment on Mars that adds to an increasingly complex picture of the Red Planet's ...

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Orbiter Spies Where Rover's Cruise Stage Hit Mars

Pictures from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show scars on the surface of the Red Planet where discarded pieces of the Mars Science Laboratory ...

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Regional dust storm weakening, Nov. 25, 2012

Regional Dust Storm Dissipating

A regional dust storm on Mars, tracked from orbit since Nov. 10, appears to be abating rather than going global.

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Location of Curiosity and Opportunity rovers on Mars

Spacecraft Monitoring Martian Dust Storm

A Martian dust storm that NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has been tracking since last week has also produced atmospheric changes detectable by ...

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Observations by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have detected carbon-dioxide snow clouds on Mars

NASA Observations Point to 'Dry Ice' Snowfall on Mars

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter data have given scientists the clearest evidence yet of carbon-dioxide snowfalls on Mars.

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Mission News

NASA Spacecraft Detects Changes in Martian Sand Dunes

MRO has revealed that movement in Mars' sand dune fields occurs on a surprisingly large scale, about the same as in dune fields on Earth.
12-Mile-High Martian Dust Devil Caught in Act

A Martian dust devil roughly 12 miles high (20 kilometers) was captured whirling its way along the Amazonis Planitia region of Northern Mars on March 14.

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Media Resources

+ Audio clips from Mar. 8, 2006, briefing

+ Audio clips from Feb. 24, 2006, briefing

+ Arrival press kit (961Kb - PDF)

+ Launch press kit (531 KB - PDF)

+ Fact Sheet (190 KB - PDF)

Media Contacts

Members of the media, please contact:

Dwayne Brown
NASA Headquarters
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Guy Webster
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
(818) 354-6278
guy.w.webster@jpl.nasa.gov

George Diller
Kennedy Space Center
Launch Operations
(321) 867-2468
George.H.Diller@nasa.gov