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One Year After Launch, Curiosity Rover Busy on Mars
11.26.12 - NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Mission launched a year ago today, putting the rover Curiosity on its way to Gale Crater, where it has been working for 16 weeks.
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Spacecraft Monitoring Martian Dust Storm
11.21.12 - A Martian dust storm that NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has been tracking since last week has also produced atmospheric changes detectable by rovers on Mars.
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Curiosity Rover Preparing for Thanksgiving Activities
11.20.12 - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity completed a touch-and-go inspection of one rock on Sunday, Nov. 18, then pivoted and, on the same day, drove toward a Thanksgiving overlook location.
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NASA Rover Providing New Weather and Radiation Data
11.15.12 - Observations of wind patterns and natural radiation patterns on Mars by NASA's Curiosity rover are helping scientists better understand the environment on the Red Planet's surface.
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NASA Hosts Nov. 15 Telecon About Mars Rover Progress
11.13.12 - NASA will host a media teleconference at 11 a.m. PST (2 p.m. EST) on Thursday, Nov. 15, to provide an update about the Curiosity rover's mission to Mars' Gale Crater.
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Rover's 'SAM' Lab Instrument Suite Tastes Soil
11.13.12 - A pinch of fine sand and dust became the first solid Martian sample deposited into the biggest instrument on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity: the Sample Analysis at Mars, or SAM.
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Curiosity Team Switches Back to Earth Time
11.06.12 - After three months working on "Mars time," the team operating NASA Mars rover Curiosity has switched to more regular hours, as planned.
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NASA Rover Finds Clues to Changes in Mars' Atmosphere
11.02.12 - NASA's car-sized rover, Curiosity, has taken significant steps toward understanding how Mars may have lost much of its original atmosphere.
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NASA Hosts Nov. 2 Teleconference About Mars Rover Progress
10.31.12 - NASA will host a media teleconference at 10 a.m. PDT (1 p.m. EDT) on Friday, Nov. 2, to provide an update on Curiosity's studies of the Martian atmosphere.
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Curiosity Analyzes First Taste of Martian Soil
10.30.12 - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has completed initial experiments showing the mineralogy of Martian soil is similar to weathered basaltic soils of volcanic origin in Hawaii.
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Continuing Work With Scoops at 'Rocknest'
10.29.12 - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has ingested its first solid sample into an analytical instrument inside the rover, a capability at the core of the two-year mission.
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NASA Oct. 30 Telecon About Mars Curiosity Progress
10.26.12 - NASA will host a media teleconference at 11:30 a.m. PDT (2:30 p.m. EDT) on Tuesday, Oct. 30, to provide an update about the Curiosity rover's mission to Mars' Gale Crater.
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Assessing Drop-Off to Mars Rover's Observation Tray
10.25.12 - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity used its Mast Camera (Mastcam) during the mission's 78th sol (Oct. 24, 2012) to view soil material on the rover's observation tray.
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Curiosity Rover Collects Fourth Scoop of Martian Soil
10.22.12 - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity shook a scoopful of dusty sand inside its sample-handling mechanism on Sol 75 (Oct. 21, 2012) as the third scrubbing of interior surfaces of the mechanism.
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Curiosity: From Mars to Scotland
10.20.12 - On Saturday, October 20, Mars Exploration Program Director Doug McCuistion participated on a virtual "Google+ Hangout" live link to celebrate NASA's Mars activities with Glenelg, Scotland residents.
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Mars Soil Sample Delivered for Analysis Inside Rover
10.18.12 - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has ingested its first solid sample into an analytical instrument inside the rover, a capability at the core of the two-year mission.
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NASA to Host Mars Curiosity Rover Teleconference Oct. 18
10.16.12 - NASA will host a media teleconference at noon PDT (3 p.m. EDT) on Thursday, Oct. 18, about the latest status of the Curiosity rover's mission to Mars.
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Rover's Second Scoop Discarded, Third Scoop Commanded
10.15.12 - Commands will be sent to Curiosity today instructing the rover to collect a third scoop of soil from the "Rocknest" site of windblown Martian sand and dust.
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Curiosity Preparing for Second Scoop
10.12.12 - On Sol 65 (Oct. 11, 2012) of the Mars Science Laboratory mission, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity completed several activities in preparation for collecting its second scoop of soil.
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Mars Rock Touched by NASA Curiosity has Surprises
10.11.12 - The first Martian rock NASA's Curiosity rover has reached out to touch presents a more varied composition than expected from previous missions.