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November 26, 2011
Source: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA began a historic voyage to Mars with the Nov. 26 launch of the Mars Science Laboratory, which carries a car-sized rover named Curiosity. Liftoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard an Atlas V rocket occurred at 10:02 a.m. EST (7:02 a.m. PST).
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November 21, 2011
Source: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA has updated information about the news conferences and other events for the agency's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover launch. Liftoff is scheduled at 7:02 a.m. PST (10:02 a.m. EST) on Saturday, Nov. 26 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
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November 16, 2011
Source: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA has invited 150 followers of the agency's Twitter account to a two-day launch Tweetup on Nov. 23 and 25 at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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November 10, 2011
Source: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft with the Curiosity rover is set to launch to the planet Mars aboard an Atlas V rocket on Nov. 26, 2011 from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
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November 10, 2011
Source: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA's most advanced mobile robotic laboratory, which will examine one of the most intriguing areas on Mars, is in final preparations for a launch from Florida's Space Coast at 10:02 a.m. EST (7:02 a.m. PST) on Nov. 26.
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November 8, 2011
Source: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA will hold a news conference at 10 a.m. PST (1 p.m. EST), Thursday, Nov. 10, to discuss the upcoming launch of the Mars Science Laboratory, with the largest and most capable rover going to another planet.
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September 28, 2011
Source: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA will host a two-day launch Tweetup for 150 of its Twitter followers on Nov. 23 and 25 at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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July 22, 2011
Source: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA's next Mars rover will land at the foot of a layered mountain inside the planet's Gale Crater.
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July 18, 2011
Source: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA and the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum will host a news conference at 10 a.m. EDT, Friday, July 22 to announce the selected landing site for the agency's latest Mars rover.
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June 23, 2011
Source: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA's next Mars rover has completed the journey from its California birthplace to Florida in preparation for launch this fall.
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April 6, 2011
Source: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
New images show Curiosity, the rover for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, looking similar to how it will appear after it lands on Mars in August 2012.
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March 25, 2011
Source: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The main camera instrument for the next rover to Mars will use a pair of cameras with different focal lengths, already installed and tested, rather than twin zoom cameras.
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