NASA scientists eyeing regional dust storm on Mars
NASA is tracking a regional dust storm on Mars, but says it has not affected the operations of its two rovers on the surface.
Nov 21, 2012
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Curiosity rover preparing for Thanksgiving activities
(Phys.org)—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.
Nov 21, 2012
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Has Curiosity made an 'Earth-shaking' discovery?
The Mars Science Laboratory team has hinted that they might have some big news to share soon. But like good scientists, they are waiting until they verify their results before saying anything definitive. ...
Nov 21, 2012
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Can humans live on Mars?
Metallic robots constructed by ingenious humans can survive on Mars. But what about future human astronauts?
Nov 19, 2012
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'Spiders' on Mars
Eek, spiders! All right, so it's not actually little green arachnids we're talking about here, but they are definitely spidery features. Called araneiform terrain, these clusters of radially-branching cracks ...
Nov 19, 2012
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Instrument delivered for NASA's upcoming Mars mission
(Phys.org)—A remote sensing instrument that will peer into the ultraviolet to offer clues to how Mars might have lost its atmosphere has arrived at Lockheed Martin for integration into NASA's Mars Atmosphere ...
Nov 19, 2012
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Melt water on Mars could sustain life
Near surface water has shaped the landscape of Mars. Areas of the planet's northern and southern hemispheres have alternately thawed and frozen in recent geologic history and comprise striking similarities ...
Nov 16, 2012
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Mars rover Curiosity set to hit the road again (Update)
After playing in the sand, the Curiosity rover is poised to trek across the Martian landscape in search of a rock to drill into, scientists reported Thursday.
Nov 15, 2012
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Curiosity providing new weather and radiation data about Mars
(Phys.org)—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.
Nov 15, 2012
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Meteorites reveal warm water existed on Mars
New research by the University of Leicester and The Open University into evidence of water on Mars, sufficiently warm enough to support life, has been published this week in the journal Earth and Planetary Sc ...
Nov 15, 2012
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Rover's 'SAM' lab instrument suite tastes soil
(Phys.org)— 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.
Nov 14, 2012
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Curiosity rover update: Sniffing Mars' atmosphere
What has Curiosity been up to lately? The rover's Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instruments makes up more than half the science payload on board MSL, and it is now searching for compounds of the element carbon—including ...
Nov 13, 2012
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Long-lived Mars Odyssey orbiter resumes work with fresh equipment
(Phys.org)—The NASA Mars Odyssey orbiter has resumed duty after switching to a set of redundant equipment, including a main computer, that had not be used since before the spacecraft's 2001 launch.
Nov 13, 2012
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Students get rover-building experience at NASA Marshall
More than 40 community college students from across the United States recently accepted quite a challenge—and have the prototype rovers to prove it.
Nov 12, 2012
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Curiosity team switches back to Earth time
(Phys.org)—After three months working on "Mars time," the team operating NASA Mars rover Curiosity has switched to more regular hours, as planned.
Nov 07, 2012
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