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read the article 'Mojave Desert Tests Prepare for NASA Mars Roving'
May 11, 2012
Source: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Engineers ran rover-mobility tests on California sand dunes this week in preparation for operating NASA's Curiosity rover after it lands in Mars' Gale Crater.
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Status Report
read the article 'Opportunity Rolling Again After Fifth Mars Winter'
May 9, 2012

With its daily supply of solar energy increasing, NASA's durable Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has driven off the sunward-tilted outcrop, called Greeley Haven, where it worked during its fifth Martian winter.
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Press Release
read the article 'NASA Spacecraft Detects Changes in Martian Sand Dunes'
May 9, 2012
Source: Jet Propulsion Laboratory

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has revealed that movement in sand dune fields on the Red Planet occurs on a surprisingly large scale, about the same as in dune fields on Earth.
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Press Release
read the article 'Paydirt At 8-Year-Old Mars Rover's 'New Landing Site''
May 3, 2012
Source: Jet Propulsion Laboratory

A crater NASA's Mars rover Opportunity drove for years to reach is paying off with evidence about wet environments older than any recorded at sites the rover has seen before.
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Spotlight
read the article 'Peekaboo!  Curiosity's Hand Lens Camera Snaps Picture'
May 3, 2012

What's it like inside Curiosity's cruise vehicle? Well, it's a bit dark but the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera on the rover arm has a built-in LED light or flashlight, used to light up the dark space inside the cruise vehicle and aeroshell to take this full-color test image.
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Spotlight
read the article 'Field Trip!'
May 1, 2012

A group of journalists take part in a field trip to learn about clues hidden in the rock layers with Curiosity Project Scientist, John Grotzinger.
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Feature
read the article '100 Days and Counting to NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Landing'
April 27, 2012

At 10:31 p.m. PDT today, April 27, (1:31 p.m. EDT), NASA's Mars Science Laboratory, carrying the one-ton Curiosity rover, will be within 100 days from its appointment with the Martian surface.
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Feature
read the article '12-Mile-High Martian Dust Devil Caught in Act'
April 4, 2012

A Martian dust devil roughly 12 miles high (20 kilometers) was captured whirling its way along the Amazonis Planitia region of Northern Mars on March 14.
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Feature
read the article ''Mount Sharp' On Mars Links Geology's Past And Future'
March 28, 2012

A stack of geological chapters in the history book of Mars has attracted NASA's big new rover and takes an informal name from a geologist with early Mars missions.
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Status Report
read the article 'Mars-Bound NASA Craft Adjusts Path, Tests Instruments'
March 26, 2012

NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft, halfway to Mars, adjusted its flight path today for delivery of the one-ton rover Curiosity to the surface of Mars in August.
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Feature
read the article 'NASA Mars Orbiter Catches Twister In Action'
March 7, 2012

A towering dust devil casts a serpentine shadow over the Martian surface in a new image from the high-resolution camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
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Press Release
read the article 'Camera On NASA Mars Odyssey Tops Decade Of Discovery'
February 29, 2012
Source: Jet Propulsion Laboratory

NASA's Mars Odyssey, the longest-working spacecraft ever sent to Mars, has now been sending home images for 10 years.
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Feature
read the article 'Curiosity, The Stunt Double'
February 24, 2012

With a pair of bug-eyes swiveling on a stalk nearly 8 feet off the ground, the 6-wheeled, 1800-lb Mars rover Curiosity doesn't look much like a human being. Yet, right now, the mini-Cooper-sized rover is playing the role of stunt double for NASA astronauts.
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Spotlight
read the article 'Dusty Mars Rover's Self-Portrait'
February 17, 2012

This self-portait from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows dust accumulation on the rover's solar panels as the mission approached its fifth Martian winter. The dust reduces the rover's power supply, and the rover's mobility is limited until the winter is over or wind cleans the panels.
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Status Report
read the article 'Spacecraft Computer Issue Resolved'
February 9, 2012

Engineers have found the root cause of a computer reset that occurred two months ago on NASA's Mars Science Laboratory and have determined how to correct it.
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Press Release
read the article 'New Views Show Old NASA Mars Landers'
February 8, 2012
Source: Jet Propulsion Laboratory

New color images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show the agency's 2008 Phoenix Mars Lander and the lander that carried its rover Spirit to Mars in 2004.
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Press Release
read the article 'Mars-Bound NASA Rover Carries Coin For Camera Checkup'
February 7, 2012
Source: Jet Propulsion Laboratory

At least one object in photos NASA's Curiosity rover will transmit from Mars later this year will look familiar to all Americans: a Lincoln penny sent as a camera reference.
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Feature
read the article 'Mars-Bound Instrument Detects Solar Burst's Effects'
January 27, 2012

This week's solar storm is giving a NASA Mars-bound spacecraft a chance to gauge how such events would affect radiation exposure of future astronauts flying to Mars.
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Feature
read the article 'Photo from NASA Mars Orbiter Shows Wind's Handiwork'
January 25, 2012

Martian dunes and sand ripples of mixed shapes and sizes form a striking pattern in a recent image from the high-resolution camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
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Feature
read the article 'Durable NASA Rover Beginning Ninth Year of Mars Work'
January 24, 2012

On the eighth anniversary of starting to explore Mars, NASA's rover Opportunity remains busy with new investigations.
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Press Release
read the article 'Mars Science Laboratory Mission Status Report'
January 11, 2012
Source: Jet Propulsion Laboratory

NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft successfully refined its flight path Wednesday with the biggest maneuver planned for the mission's journey between Earth and Mars.
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Press Release
read the article 'Mars Science Laboratory Mission Status Report'
January 6, 2012
Source: Jet Propulsion Laboratory

An engine firing on Jan. 11 will be the biggest maneuver that NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft will perform on its flight between Earth and Mars.
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Press Release
read the article ''Greeley Haven' Is Winter Workplace for Mars Rover'
January 5, 2012
Source: Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Researchers plan to keep NASA's Opportunity rover busy through Martian winter at a sun-facing site, "Greeley Haven," where a study of the planet's core has begun.
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