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NASA to Host Telecon About Curiosity Rover Progress
NASA will host a media teleconference at 10 a.m. PDT (1 p.m. EDT) on Thursday, Sept. 6, to provide a status update on the Curiosity rover's mission to Mars' Gale Crater.
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NASA Curiosity Rover Begins Eastbound Trek on Martian Surface
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has set off from its landing vicinity on a trek to a science destination about a quarter mile (400 meters) away, where it may begin using its drill.
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Rover Leaves Tracks in Morse Code
A Morse code pattern imprinted in the track marks of NASA's Curiosity will help the rover drive more accurately.
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Curiosity Rover Plays First Song Transmitted From Another Planet
For the first time in history, a recorded song has been beamed back to Earth from another planet.
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NASA Rover Returns Voice, Telephoto Views From Mars
NASA's Mars Curiosity has debuted the first recorded human voice that traveled from Earth to another planet and back.
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First Recorded Voice from Mars
The following statement by NASA Administrator Charles Bolden was returned to Earth via the Mars Curiosity rover.
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NASA Announces Aug. 27 Mars News Conference
NASA will hold a televised news conference at 2 p.m. PDT (5 p.m.EDT), Monday, Aug. 27, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., about the activities of its Curiosity rover mission on Mars.
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Curiosity Broadcasts Images to Times Square
The Toshiba Vision screen in New York City's Times Square is giving visitors to New York City the opportunity to see photos from NASA’s Curiosity rover on Mars.
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First Words of Safe Landing on Mars
The entry, descent and landing of NASA’s new Mars rover was full of unknowns – including when was the right time to declare Curiosity safe and sound on the surface.
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NASA's Curiosity Studies Mars Surroundings, Nears Drive
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has been investigating the Martian weather around it and the soil beneath it, as its controllers prepare for the car-size vehicle's first drive on Mars.
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Rover's Laser Instrument Zaps First Martian Rock
Today, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity fired its laser for the first time on Mars, using the beam from a science instrument to interrogate a fist-size rock called "Coronation."
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NASA Mars Rover Begins Driving at Bradbury Landing
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has begun driving from its landing site, which scientists announced today they have named for the late author Ray Bradbury.
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NASA to Hold Curiosity Rover Media Briefing Aug. 22
NASA will hold a televised news conference at 11:30 a.m. PDT (2:30 p.m. EDT) on Wednesday, Aug. 22, at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory to update media on the progress of its Curiosity rover.
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Curiosity Sends High-Resolution Color Images
Curiosity rover has returned high-resolution color images of its surroundings on Mars that reveal a landscape not unlike portions of the southwestern United States.
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New Insight on Mars Expected From new NASA Mission
On Aug. 20, NASA announced the selection of InSight, a new Discovery-class mission that will probe Mars at new depths by looking into the deep interior of Mars.
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New NASA Mission to Take First Look Deep Inside Mars
NASA has selected a new mission, set to launch in 2016, that will take the first look into the deep interior of Mars to see why the Red Planet evolved so differently from Earth as one of our solar system's rocky planets.
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Curiosity Stretches its Arm
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity flexed its robotic arm today for the first time since before launch in November 2011.
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NASA's New Mars Rover Sends Higher-Resolution Image
About two hours after landing on Mars and beaming back its first image, NASA's Curiosity rover transmitted a higher-resolution image of its new Martian home, Gale Crater.
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NASA Announces Curiosity Rover Media Events Schedule
NASA will host several media teleconferences and/or news conferences to provide Curiosity rover mission updates in the coming weeks.
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NASA to Host Curiosity Rover Teleconference Aug. 17
Curiosity rover has returned high-resolution color images of its surroundings on Mars that reveal a landscape not unlike portions of the southwestern United States.