Curiosity rover makes first use of its brush
(Phys.org)—NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has completed first-time use of a brush it carries to sweep dust off rocks.
Space Exploration
Jan 8, 2013
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Life on Mars? Scientists hope to find it by decoding Martian DNA
Apparently, there just aren't enough genomes for Craig Venter to sequence here on Earth, so he's making plans to send a DNA sequencer to Mars.
Space Exploration
Oct 19, 2012
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Moroccan desert meteorite delivers Martian secrets
(Phys.org)—A meteorite that landed in the Moroccan desert 14 months ago is providing more information about Mars, the planet where it originated. University of Alberta researcher Chris Herd helped in the study of the Tissint ...
Space Exploration
Oct 11, 2012
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Bright object on Mars is likely plastic from rover
NASA says a small bright object detected on Mars is likely a piece of plastic from the Curiosity rover.
Space Exploration
Oct 10, 2012
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Curiosity rover takes first short spin around Mars (Update 3)
Curiosity took its first test drive around the gravel-strewn Martian terrain Wednesday, preparation for the ultimate road trip to find out if the red planet's environment could have supported life.
Space Exploration
Aug 22, 2012
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Curiosity's search for organics
Soon the rover Curiosity will land on Mars. By design it won't involve life-detection, but it was assembled to look for the carbon-based building blocks of Martian life and to explore the possible habitats where life might ...
Space Exploration
Aug 3, 2012
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NASA braces for 'terror' in Mars landing
The biggest, baddest space rover ever built for exploring an alien planet is nearing its August 6 landing on Mars, and the US space agency is anxious for success despite huge risks.
Space Exploration
Aug 2, 2012
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NASA's Mars rover two weeks from landing
(Phys.org) -- NASA's most advanced planetary rover is on a precise course for an early August landing beside a Martian mountain to begin two years of unprecedented scientific detective work. However, getting the Curiosity ...
Space Exploration
Jul 17, 2012
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Mars goal: nail the landing
Three weeks from Sunday night, an amiable, whip-smart engineer named Ray Baker will be staring into his computer screen at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, hopeful and helpless - or, as he puts it, "sweating blood."
Space Exploration
Jul 16, 2012
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Life's molecules could lie within reach of Mars Curiosity rover
Stick a shovel in the ground and scoop. That's about how deep scientists need to go in order to find evidence for ancient life on Mars, if there is any to be found, a new study suggests. That's within reach of Curiosity, ...
Space Exploration
Jul 5, 2012
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