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NASA Mars Rover Approaches Long-Term Goal
08.08.11 - NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity may reach the rim of Endeavour crater in coming days.
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NASA Spacecraft Data Suggest Water Flowing on Mars
08.04.11 - Observations from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have revealed possible flowing water during the warmest months on Mars.
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NASA Announces News Briefing on Mars Orbiter Science Finding
08.03.11 - NASA will host a news briefing on Thursday, Aug. 4, at 11 a.m. PDT (2 p.m. EDT) about a significant new Mars science finding.
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NASA's Next Mars Rover to Land at Gale Crater
07.22.11 - NASA's next Mars rover will land at the foot of a layered mountain inside the planet's Gale Crater.
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NASA to Announce Landing Site for new Mars Rover
07.18.11 - NASA and the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum will host a news conference at 10 a.m. EDT, Friday, July 22 to announce the selected landing site for the agency's latest Mars rover.
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New Animation Depicts Next Mars Rover in Action
06.24.11 - A new, high-definition animation of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission combines real scenes of Mars with spacecraft events such as landing on Mars and drilling into rocks.
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NASA Mars Rover Arrives in Florida
06.23.11 - NASA's next Mars rover has completed the journey from its California birthplace to Florida in preparation for launch this fall.
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Radar for Mars Gets Flight Tests at NASA Dryden
06.21.11 - In a series of diving flights, an F/A-18 aircraft at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in California is carrying a test model of the radar for the next landing on Mars.
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JPL-Developed Clean Energy Technology Moves Forward
05.26.11 - A JPL-USC technology to generate grid-independent electricity from methanol has been licensed to a private company.
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NASA's Curiosity Continues Mobility Checkouts
06.13.11 - America's next Mars rover, Curiosity, has been driving and moving its arm during its final weeks at its California birthplace.
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Opportunity Heads Toward 'Spirit Point'
06.08.11 - NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is driving toward a destination informally named "Spirit Point" in honor of the rover's twin.
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Opportunity Passes Small Crater and Big Milestone
06.02.11 - After a recent encounter with a young crater, NASA Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity surpassed 30 kilometers (18.64 miles) in total driving yesterday (June 1).
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Camera Duo on Mars Rover Mast Will Shoot Color Views
05.31.11 - The main science imaging instrument on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity combines telephoto and wider-angle full-color cameras to see surroundings in detail and in motion.
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Hardware Lifting Incident
05.24.11 - During processing of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., an incident occurred on Friday, May 20, involving the spacecraft's back shell.
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NASA's Spirit Rover Completes Mission on Mars
05.25.11 - NASA's Mars rover Spirit, which overcame many obstacles during a prolonged lifetime to achieve discoveries about water and environments on ancient Mars, has finished its work.
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NASA Concludes Attempts to Contact Mars Rover Spirit
05.24.11 - NASA is ending attempts to regain contact with the long-lived Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, which last communicated on March 22, 2010.
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Mars Rover Driving Leaves Distinctive Tracks
05.18.11 - A dance-step pattern visible in wheel tracks imprinted recently by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity results from use of an autonomous hazard-checking technique.
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Mars Mission Components Delivered to Florida
05.13.11 - The aeroshell and cruise stage for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., Thursday night from California and Colorado.
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Mars Tribute Marks Memories of Shepard's Flight
05.04.11 - A relatively young crater on Mars informally bears the name of the Freedom 7 spacecraft that astronaut Alan Shepard piloted in America's first human spaceflight 50 years ago.
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Mars Rover's 'Gagarin' Moment Applauded Exploration
04.11.11 - Approaching the 50th anniversary of the first human spaceflight, Mars rover team members are remembering a Martian rock informally named for Yuri Gagarin.