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read the article 'Alignment on December 24, 2007'
December 20, 2007

Alignment on December 24, 2007
This is a special day that happens only every 26 months when Earth is exactly between the Sun and Mars. Find out more about opposition and experiment with Mars and Earth in their orbits.
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read the article 'Mars Science Laboratory Project Changes Respond to Cost Increases, Keep Mars Program On Track'
September 17, 2007

Mars Science Laboratory Project Changes Respond to Cost Increases, Keep Mars Program On Track
In early June 2007, the Mars Science Laboratory project completed its project-wide Critical Design Review (CDR), which marks the completion of the project's design phase and transition into the build up of flight hardware.
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read the article 'Shutterbugs Shoot 'Scarecrow''
June 27, 2007

Shutterbugs Shoot 'Scarecrow'
On June 19, 2007, media visited JPL's newly expanded outdoor Mars Yard where rovers train for future planetary missions. Visitors were treated to a test drive of the "Scarecrow" rover.
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read the article 'Mars Science Laboratory - Less Than a Year from Assembly and Testing Phase'
May 10, 2007

Mars Science Laboratory - Less Than a Year from Assembly and Testing Phase
The 2009 Mars Science Laboratory, the mammoth grandchild of the 1997 Sojourner rover, is less than one year from the assembly, test and launch operations phase (ATLO).
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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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