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NASA Curiosity Rover Checks in on Mars With Foursquare
10.03.12 - NASA's Curiosity Mars rover checked in on Mars Wednesday using the mobile application Foursquare.
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NASA Hosts Teleconference About Mars Rover Progress
10.02.12 - NASA will host a media teleconference at 11 a.m. PDT (2 p.m. EDT) on Thursday, Oct. 4, to provide a status update on the Curiosity rover's mission to Mars' Gale Crater.
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Mars Rover Opportunity Working at 'Matijevic Hill'
09.28.12 - The mission team for NASA's long-lived Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity will be awarded the Haley Space Flight Award.
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CME Causes Colorful Aurora
10.01.12 - The CME launched by the sun on Sept. 27 resulted in aurora dipping into the continental U.S. as far south as Maryland and Ohio on Sept. 30, 2012.
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NASA Rover Finds Old Streambed on Martian Surface
09.27.12 - NASA's Curiosity rover mission has found evidence a stream once ran vigorously across the area on Mars where the rover is driving.
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NASA to Televise Curiosity Rover Science Update Sept. 27
09.26.12 - NASA will host a news conference at 11 a.m. PDT (2 p.m. EDT) Thursday, Sept. 27, to present science findings from the Curiosity rover's mission to Mars' Gale Crater.
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Giant Asteroid's Troughs Suggest Stunted Planet
09.26.12 - Data from NASA's Dawn spacecraft suggest troughs sculpted around Vesta's middle are likely dropped blocks of terrain bounded by faults.
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LRO Explores the Moon in 3-D
09.25.12 - The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is acquiring stereo images of the moon that can be used to generate 3-D views of the moon's surface.
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Dawn - Vesta Got Special Delivery of Hydrated Minerals
09.26.12 - Observations by NASA’s Dawn mission suggest that hydrated minerals were delivered to Vesta in a radically different way than how they were deposited on the moon.
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Curiosity Finishes Close Inspection of Rock Target
09.24.12 - NASA's rover Curiosity touched a Martian rock with its robotic arm for the first time on Sept. 22, assessing what chemical elements are in the rock called "Jake Matijevic."