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1. Wind Gust Gives Opportunity Rover a Power Boost

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   ... keep on truckin'. Mars rover driver Scott Maxwell reported on Twitter this week that Opportunity is 40% of the way from Victoria Crater to Endeavour. And what's the latest news about Spirit – ... Thursday, 15 July 2010

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. MSU Robot Digs Most Moon Dirt

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   ... Friday evening (May 28) in Florida. Besides the dirt digging competition, other categories included team spirit, robot design, video and project presentations. Montana Mule will be displayed in MSU's ... Sunday, 30 May 2010

6. Russia unhappy with US missiles in Poland

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   ... in no way fit the current logic, the current spirit of the Russian-Polish relations which have a real chance of normalization." The move "significantly undermines the climate of trust which seems to ... Thursday, 27 May 2010

7. Spirit Is Past Winter Solstice

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   Pasadena CA (JPL) May 25, 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 ... Monday, 24 May 2010

8. New Image Shows Damage On Silent Phoenix Mars Lander

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   ... by supporting the twin Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity. The Phoenix mission was led by Smith at the University of Arizona, with project management at JPL and development partnership at Lockheed Martin ... Monday, 24 May 2010

9. Mars Rovers Set Surface Longevity Record

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   ... rover, Spirit, began working on Mars three weeks before Opportunity. However, Spirit has been out of communication since March 22. If it awakens from hibernation and resumes communication, that rover will ... Wednesday, 19 May 2010

10. Mars Image Takes Earth Photo Event To A New World

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    ... we hope that our entry is consistent with the spirit of the rules, making this a truly interplanetary event." ... Saturday, 15 May 2010

11. How Captain Kirk Changed The World

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    ... U.S and its partner countries. It's a mission of humankind - something that represents all of us who share a spirit of adventure and curiosity, a passion for exploration. It's an extension of ourselves ... Wednesday, 05 May 2010

12. NASA Outlines Big Plans For Humanoid Robot

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    ... limits we give it. We'll send it scripts - sequences of commands." That's how, for example, the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity are controlled. But there's a difference. "Our robot can 'see,' ... Sunday, 02 May 2010

13. Quest for space life a focus of NASA's future: researcher

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    ... relevant to looking for life," he explained. Among other objects of interest: a three-stage Martian mission that would bring Martian soil samples back to Earth, said Squyres, who worked on the Spirit ... Thursday, 29 April 2010

14. Winter Solstice Just Three Weeks Away For Spirit

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    Pasadena CA (SPX) Apr 28, 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, 27 April 2010

15. GE Satellite Selected By NASA To Provide Ku Capacity For Historical Mission

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    ... and environmental research, illustrates the spirit of innovation embodied by both organizations, as well as the contribution satellite communications provides to science and technology. The mission ... Tuesday, 27 April 2010

16. 13 Things That Saved Apollo 13, Part 7: The Apollo 1 Fire

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    ... with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat." – Theodore Roosevelt It's hard to chronicle any of the ... Sunday, 18 April 2010

17. HiRISE Captures Amazing Close-Up of Spirit Rover

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    Spirit rover, as seen by HiRISE on Feb. 15, 2010. Crop and colorization by Stuart Atkinson, image credit: NASA/JPL, U of AZ. Click for larger version. The HiRISE team released some new images on Wednesday ... Thursday, 08 April 2010

18. This Week In Space, Episode 13

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    Discovery gets ready for launch and the STS0131 astronauts prepare for a resupply mission to the space station. The Expedition 23 crew blasts off – and breaks into song, Spirit takes a nap, NASA ... Sunday, 04 April 2010

19. Silent Spirit … Long Winter Ahead

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    Mosaic of the area adjacent to ‘Home Plate’ where Spirit remains stuck as 4th Martain winter experienced by Spirit approaches. Spirit has entered hibernation as of March 30, 2010 due to tripping a low ... Friday, 02 April 2010

20. A Sleeping Spirit May Yet Awaken In The Spring

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    Pasadena CA (SPX) Apr 1, 2010 - NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit skipped a planned communication session on March 30 and, as anticipated from recent power-supply projections, has probably entered ... Wednesday, 31 March 2010