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1. Curiosity Rover Takes First Test Drive

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   Even though there were no wheelies or skid marks, it was an exciting day for the teams working on the next Mars rover. The Mars Curiosity rover (or the Mars Science Laboratory) took its first short ... Sunday, 25 July 2010

2. Best Reality TV Ever: Camera Will Take Video of Next Mars Rover Landing

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   This graphic portrays the sequence of key events in August 2012 from the time the NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft, with its rover Curiosity, enters the Martian atmosphere to a moment after it ... Monday, 19 July 2010

3. Wind Gust Gives Opportunity Rover a Power Boost

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   The Opportunity rover's solar panels got a cleaning sometime between Sol 2274 and 2299. Credit: NASA/JPL, collage and annotation by Stu Atkinson. Either some little Martians came by and gave the Opportunity ... Thursday, 15 July 2010

4. For the Gamers Out There: Moonbase Alpha

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   Since I can't even master Mario Kart, I'll probably stay clear of NASA's new online game, Moonbase Alpha, out of fear of crashing the Moon rovers and destroying the lunar colony. But for ... Wednesday, 07 July 2010

5. A Place in History

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   NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity used its navigation camera to take the images combined into this full 360-degree view of the rover's surroundings after a drive on the 2,220th Martian day, or ... Tuesday, 06 July 2010

6. Curiosity Gets Her Wheels

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   She's a rover with places to go and things to do, so one of the main components of NASA's next Mars rover, the Mars Science Lab (named Curiosity) is wheels. Last week, the wheels and a suspension ... Tuesday, 06 July 2010

7. A Rover Gets Its Wheels

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   Mars rover Curiosity, the centerpiece of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, is coming together for extensive testing prior to its late 2011 launch. This image taken June 29, 2010, shows the rover ... Wednesday, 30 June 2010

8. Opportunity Rover Able to See More Detail of Endeavour Crater

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   Since the summer of 2008, when NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity finished two years of studying Victoria Crater, the rover's long-term destination has been the much larger Endeavour Crater to the ... Tuesday, 29 June 2010

9. NASA Day on the Hill

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   ... the Hill in the Rayburn Foyer, Rayburn House Office Building, on June 23, 2010. Pictured is Scarab, a new generation lunar rover designed to assist astronauts take rock and mineral samples and explore ... Tuesday, 22 June 2010

10. Life-size Wooden Spacecraft Sculptures

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    ...  Hennessey says he wanted to "reverse the virtualization of physical things" by creating life-size reproductions of the spacecraft such as the Voyager space probe, Apollo Lunar Rover, the Hubble ... Thursday, 10 June 2010

11. ASU Instrument Helps Identify Rare Rock On Mars

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    ... minerals in the Columbia Hills of Gusev Crater on Mars, according to a report published online June 3 in the journal Science. The instrument is onboard NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit. What makes ... Thursday, 03 June 2010

12. Old Moon Rover Beams Surprising Laser Flashes To Earth

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    Huntsville AL (SPX) Jun 04, 2010 - A Soviet robot lost on the dusty plains of the Moon for the past 40 years has been found again, and it is returning surprisingly strong laser pulses to Earth. "We ... Thursday, 03 June 2010

13. Spirit Rover Still Providing New Evidence for Past Water on Mars

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    ... in hydrothermal water rich in carbonate minerals. False-color Pancam image. Credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell University Even though the Mars Rover Spirit is asleep, a new look at old data from one of her instruments ... Thursday, 03 June 2010

14. NASA plans 'Summer of Innovation'

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    ... as launching paper rockets and building comets from Styrofoam and ribbon. They also will see NASA robotics in action and meet the next Mars rover, Curiosity, which is being assembled at JPL and scheduled ... Wednesday, 02 June 2010

15. Designing The Next Rover To Explore Mars

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    Raleigh NC (SPX) Jun 03, 2010 - The concept of a wind-powered vehicle that can be used to explore the surface of Mars - a so-called "tumbleweed rover" that would roll over the surface of Mars like a ... Wednesday, 02 June 2010

16. Detecting Clues For Alien Existence

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    ... development model of the Mars Rover, called Bridget, was on display at the University providing invited schoolchildren as well as staff and students with an exciting glimpse into the shape of things to ... Wednesday, 02 June 2010

17. Spirit Still In Deep Sleep

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    Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 02, 2010 - Spirit remains silent at her location called "Troy" on the west side of Home Plate. No communication has been received from the rover since Sol 2210 (March 22, 2010). It ... Tuesday, 01 June 2010

18. Opportunity's Solar Panels Get Minor Cleaning

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    ... for the rover. With the passing of the winter solstice, temperatures should be improving, as well. On Sol 2247 (May 20, 2010), Opportunity completed another successful checkout of the autonomous exploration ... Monday, 31 May 2010

19. Japan Shoots for Robotic Moon Base by 2020

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    ... but for robots, and built by robots, too. A panel authorized by Japan's prime minister has drawn up preliminary plans of how humanoid and rover robots will begin surveying the moon by 2015, and then ... Thursday, 27 May 2010

20. New INL Invention Could Aid Mars Probes' Search For Life

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    Idaho Falls ID (SPX) May 27, 2010 - The next generation of Mars rovers could have smaller, cheaper, more robust and more sensitive life-detecting instruments, thanks to a new invention by scientists ... Wednesday, 26 May 2010