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Mars-Bound NASA Rover Carries Coin for Camera Checkup
The camera at the end of the
robotic arm on NASA's Mars
rover Curiosity has its own
calibration target, a
smartphone-size plaque that
looks like an eye chart
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New Views Show Old NASA Mars Landers
The High Resolution Imaging
Science Experiment (HiRISE)
camera on NASA's Mars
Reconnaissance Orbiter
recorded a scene on Jan. 29,
2012, that includes the
first color image from orbit
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Mars Express Radar Yields Strong Evidence of Ocean That Once Covered Part of Red Planet
ESA's Mars Express has
returned strong evidence for
an ocean once covering part
of Mars. Using radar, it has
detected sediments
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Surface of Mars an Unlikely Place for Life After 600-Million-Year Drought, Say Scientists
Mars may have been arid for
more than 600 million years,
making it too hostile for
any life to survive on the
planet’s surface,
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Mars Science Laboratory 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 ... > full story -
Mars-Bound Instrument Detects Solar Burst's Effects: RAD Measures Radiation from Solar Storm
January 27, 2012 — The largest solar particle event since 2005 hit Earth, Mars and the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft traveling in-between, allowing the onboard Radiation Assessment Detector to measure the ... > full story -
Photo from NASA Mars Orbiter Shows Wind's Handiwork
January 25, 2012 — Some images of stark Martian landscapes provide visual appeal beyond their science value, including a recent scene of wind-sculpted features from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment ... > full story -
Durable NASA Rover Beginning Ninth Year of Mars Work
January 25, 2012 — Eight years after landing on Mars for what was planned as a three-month mission, NASA's enduring Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is working on what essentially became a new mission five months ... > full story -
Mars Science Laboratory Spacecraft Completes Biggest Maneuver
January 11, 2012 — 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 ... > full story -
'Greeley Haven' Is Winter Workplace for Mars Rover
January 9, 2012 — NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity will spend the next several months at a site informally named "Greeley Haven." The name is a tribute to planetary geologist Ronald Greeley (1939-2011), who ... > full story -
Mars Rover to Spend Winter at 'Greeley Haven'
January 6, 2012 — NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity will spend the next few months during the coldest part of Martian winter at Greeley Haven, an outcrop of rock on Mars recently named informally to honor ... > full story -
Meteorite Shockwaves Trigger Dust Avalanches on Mars
December 16, 2011 — Dust avalanches around impact craters on Mars appear to be the result of the shock wave preceding the actual impact, according to a new study. Small impacts might therefore be more important in ... > full story -
Scientists Find Microbes in Lava Tube Living in Conditions Like Those on Mars
December 15, 2011 — A team of scientists from Oregon has collected microbes from ice within a lava tube in the Cascade Mountains and found that they thrive in cold, Mars-like conditions. They have characteristics that ... > full story -
Preparing for Future Human Exploration, RAD Measures Radiation on Journey to Mars
December 13, 2011 — The Radiation Assessment Detector, the first instrument on NASA's next rover mission to Mars to begin science operations, was powered up and began collecting data Dec. 6, almost 2 weeks ahead of ... > full story
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