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Newest NASA Mars Mission Connects Past and Future
08.02.12 - NASA's newest Mars mission, landing in three days, will draw on support from missions sent to Mars years ago and will contribute to missions envisioned for future decades.
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NASA Hosts Social Media Events
08.02.12 - NASA's social media followers at seven field centers around the nation will virtually come together at a NASA Social on Friday, Aug. 3, to preview the landing of the Mars Science Laboratory's (MSL) Curiosity rover on Aug. 5 PDT (Aug. 6 EDT).
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NASA Announces News Activities for Mars Landing
07.30.12 - The public is invited to tune in for a series of news briefings from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., for the upcoming landing of NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars.
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Five Things About NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover
09.16.10 - Mars Science Laboratory, aka Curiosity, is part of NASA's Mars Exploration Program, a long-term program of robotic exploration of the Red Planet.
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Curiosity Rover on Track for Early August Landing
07.28.12 - Eight days before reaching Mars, NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft performed a flight-path adjustment scheduled more than nine months ago.
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Mars Orbiter Repositioned to Phone Home Mars Landing
07.24.12 - NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft has successfully adjusted its orbital location to be in a better position to provide prompt confirmation of the August landing of the Curiosity rover.
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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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Follow Your Curiosity: Some New Ways to Explore Mars
07.16.12 - A "virtual rover experience" and a body-action video game are among the options for public participation in NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission.
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NASA's Car-Sized Rover Nears Daring Landing on Mars
07.16.12 - NASA's most advanced planetary rover is on course for an early August landing beside a Martian mountain to begin two years of unprecedented scientific detective work.
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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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Orbiter Enters, Then Exits, Standby Safe Mode
07.13.12 - NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter experienced about 21 hours in a reduced-activity precautionary status ending at about 10 a.m. PDT (1 p.m. EDT) on Thursday, July 12.
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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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Dark Shadows on Mars: Scene from Durable NASA Rover
05.22.12 - Late-afternoon shadows add punch to a false-color vista of Endeavour Crater on Mars from NASA's Opportunity rover.
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Mars Panorama - Next Best Thing to Being There
07.05.12 - A 360-degree view combining 817 separate images displays features that surrounded NASA's Mars rover Opportunity during a four-month winter work campaign.
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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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Longest-Lived Mars Orbiter is Back in Service
06.27.12 - NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter has resumed its science observations and its role as a Mars rover's relay, thanks to a spare part that had been waiting 11 years to be put to use.
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Orbiter Out of Precautionary 'Safe Mode'
06.19.12 - NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter has been taken out of a protective status called safe mode.
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Test of Spare Wheel Puts Orbiter on Path to Recovery
06.14.12 - In a step toward returning NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter to full service, mission controllers have tested a spare reaction wheel on the spacecraft for potential use with two other reaction wheels in adjusting and maintaining the spacecraft's orientation.
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Join the Conversation About the Exploration of Mars →
06.12.12 - NASA is busy replanning the future Mars Exploration Program - and we want to hear from you!
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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.