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read the article 'NASA and Microsoft Allow Earthlings to Become Martians'
November 17, 2009
Source: Jet Propulsion Laboratory

NASA and Microsoft Allow Earthlings to Become Martians
NASA and Microsoft Corp. of Redmond, Wash., have collaborated to create a Web site where Internet users can have fun while advancing their knowledge of Mars.
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read the article 'Heat Shield Readied for Next Mars Rover'
July 10, 2009
Source: Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Heat Shield Readied for Next Mars Rover
Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, has finished building and testing the heat shield for protecting the Curiosity rover of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory project. This heat shield is even larger than the ones used for protecting Apollo astronauts as they returned to Earth.
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Press Release
read the article 'NASA Selects Student's Entry as New Mars Rover Name'
May 27, 2009
Source: Jet Propulsion Laboratory

NASA Selects Student's Entry as New Mars Rover Name
NASA's Mars Science Laboratory rover, scheduled for launch in 2011, has a new name, thanks to a sixth-grade student from Kansas. Twelve-year-old Clara Ma from the Sunflower Elementary school in Lenexa submitted the winning entry, "Curiosity."
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read the article 'NASA Releases Interactive 3-D Views of Space Station, New Mars Rover'
May 7, 2009
Source: Jet Propulsion Laboratory

NASA Releases Interactive 3-D Views of Space Station, New Mars Rover
NASA released an interactive, 3-D photographic collection of internal and external views of the International Space Station and a model of the next Mars rover on Thursday, May 7.

View the Photosynth
Panorama Rovers in the JPL Mars Yard
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Press Release
read the article 'Online Poll For NASA's Mars Rover Naming Contest Opens March 23'
March 19, 2009
Source: Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Online Poll For NASA's Mars Rover Naming Contest Opens March 23
NASA will post online nine names that are finalists for the agency's Mars Science Laboratory mission and invite the public to vote for its favorite.
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Press Release
read the article 'Deadline Nears For Student Contest to Name NASA's Next Mars Rover'
January 16, 2009
Source: Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Deadline Nears For Student Contest to Name NASA's Next Mars Rover
NASA is issuing a last call to the nation's youth for entries in a contest to name the agency's next Mars rover.
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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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