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NASA Hosts 150 Twitter Followers at Mars Rover Launch
11.16.11 - NASA has invited 150 followers of the agency's Twitter account to a two-day launch Tweetup on Nov. 23 and 25 at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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Launch Team Focuses on Unique Needs of Curiosity
11.15.11 - The Mars Science Laboratory will demand a lot of power, too much for solar panels. So NASA is using a differrent source of fuel.
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NASA Sets Mars Science Laboratory Launch Coverage
11.10.11 - NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft with the Curiosity rover is set to launch to the planet Mars aboard an Atlas V rocket on Nov. 25, 2011 from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
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NASA Ready for November Launch of Car-Size Mars Rover
11.10.11 - NASA will hold a news conference at 10 a.m. PST (1 p.m. EST), Thursday, Nov. 10, to discuss the upcoming launch of the Mars Science Laboratory, with the largest and most capable rover going to another planet.
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NASA to Hold Media Briefing About Mars Rover Launch
11.08.11 - NASA will hold a news conference at 10 a.m. PST (1 p.m. EST), Thursday, Nov. 10, to discuss the upcoming launch of the Mars Science Laboratory, with the largest and most capable rover going to another planet.
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Mars Rover Carries Device for Underground Scouting
10.20.11 - Russia has provided a neutron-shooting instrument called DAN that will enable NASA's next Mars rover to detect water-bearing minerals buried underneath the rover.
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Mars Science Laboratory Meets its Match in Florida
10.05.11 - In a "match made for Mars," major components of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory have been connected at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, several weeks before launch.
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NASA Announces Tweetup for Mars Rover Launch
09.28.11 - NASA will host a two-day launch Tweetup for 150 of its Twitter followers on Nov. 23 and 25 at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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Launch Preparations Report
08.31.11 - NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Project continues to press ahead with launch preparation activities, planning to use additional time before encapsulating the rover in the launch vehicle's nose cone.
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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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Mars Rover Site Selection Down to Two Finalists
07.06.11 - NASA has narrowed to two sites the selection of where the Mars Science Laboratory rover will land in August 2012.
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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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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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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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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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NASA's Next Mars Rover Nears Completion
04.06.11 - New images show Curiosity, the rover for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, looking similar to how it will appear after it lands on Mars in August 2012.