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read the article 'Next NASA Mars Mission Rescheduled For 2011'
December 4, 2008
Source: Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Next NASA Mars Mission Rescheduled For 2011
NASA's Mars Science Laboratory will launch two years later than previously planned, in the fall of 2011. The mission will send a next-generation rover with unprecedented research tools to study the early environmental history of Mars.
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Press Release
read the article 'Site List Narrows For NASA's Next Mars Landing'
November 19, 2008
Source: Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Site List Narrows For NASA's Next Mars Landing
Four intriguing places on Mars have risen to the final round as NASA selects a landing site for its next Mars mission, the Mars Science Laboratory.
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Press Release
read the article 'NASA Invites Students to Name New Mars Rover'
November 18, 2008
Source: Jet Propulsion Laboratory

NASA Invites Students to Name New Mars Rover
NASA is looking for the right stuff, or in this case, the right name for the next Mars rover.
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read the article 'Mars Rovers Sharpen Questions About Livable Conditions'
February 15, 2008
Source: Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab

Mars Rovers Sharpen Questions About Livable Conditions
Like salt used as a preservative, high concentrations of dissolved minerals in the wet, early-Mars environment known from discoveries by NASA's Opportunity rover may have thwarted any microbes from developing or surviving.
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Key Dates

Launched:
7:02 a.m. PST, Nov. 26, 2011
(10:02 a.m. EST)

Landed:
10:32 p.m. PDT, Aug. 5, 2012
(1:32 a.m. EDT, Aug. 6, 2012)

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