News From Mars
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NASA and Microsoft Allow Earthlings to Become Martians
NASA and Microsoft Corp. of Redmond, Wash., have collaborated to create a Web site where Internet users can have fun while advancing their knowledge of Mars.
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NASA to Begin Attempts to Free Sand-Trapped Mars Rover
NASA will begin transmitting commands to its Mars exploration rover Spirit on Monday as part of an escape plan to free the venerable robot from its Martian sand trap.
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Free Spirit: Tests Prepare to Extract Rover
Engineers using test rovers on Earth to prepare for extracting the sand-trapped Spirit rover on Mars have added a new challenge to their preparations.
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New Set of High-Resolution Mars Images Online
Thousands of image products from 233 recent telescopic observations by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show a diversity of surface shapes and textures on Mars.
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The Mars Hoax Goes Viral
For the sixth year in a row, a message about the Red Planet is infecting worldwide email boxes.
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Testing the Parachute for Mars Science Laboratory
The parachute for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory passed flight-qualification testing in March and April 2009 inside the world's largest wind tunnel, at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
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Mars, Then and Now: Google Mars Update
NASA and Google announce an update to Mars in Google Earth, a 3D Mapping tool for the Red Planet.