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  Mars Tugging on Approaching NASA Rover Curiosity

  August 4, 2012 — The gravitational tug of Mars is now pulling NASA's car-size geochemistry laboratory, Curiosity, in for a suspenseful landing in less than 40 ... > full story
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  Hitchhiking Sensors Capture Curiosity's Entry

  August 3, 2012 — Screaming through the thin Martian atmosphere at hypersonic speed, the Mars Science Laboratory is about to experience heat and pressure up to three times more intense than when a space shuttle ... > full story
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  Newest NASA Mars Mission Connects Past and Future

  August 3, 2012 — NASA's newest Mars mission, landing in three days, will draw on support from missions sent to Mars years ago and will contribute to missions envisioned for future ... > full story
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  NASA's Curiosity Rover Faces Its Moment of Truth

  August 2, 2012 — The Mars Science Laboratory is set to reach its destination the evening of Aug. 5 Pacific time, when its Curiosity rover will begin its complex descent to the planet. It will represent a moment of ... > full story
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  Curiosity Rover on Track for Early August Landing on Mars

  July 31, 2012 — Eight days before reaching Mars, NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft performed a flight-path adjustment scheduled more than nine months ago. The trajectory correction maneuver completed late ... > full story
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  Martian Polygons and Deep-Sea Polygons on Earth: More Evidence for Ancient Martian Oceans?

  July 27, 2012 — Debate over the origin of large-scale polygons (hundreds of meters to kilometers in diameter) on Mars remains active even after several decades of detailed observations. Similarity in geometric ... > full story
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  Dramatic Landing on Mars Planned

  July 25, 2012 — NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) is set to deliver the largest planetary rover ever flown onto the Red Planet’s surface early in the morning of 6 ... > full story
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  Mars Orbiter Repositioned to Phone Home Mars Landing

  July 25, 2012 — NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft has successfully adjusted its orbital location to be in a better position to provide prompt confirmation of the August landing of the Curiosity ... > full story
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  Solar Events Blocking Martian Satellite Signal Pinpointed

  July 24, 2012 — In August of 2005, the Mars Express spacecraft was dutifully sending back data on the stratigraphy of the upper regions of the Martian crust when its signal kept getting interrupted. Scientists ... > full story
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  NASA's Car-Sized Rover Nears Daring Landing on Mars

  July 16, 2012 — NASA's most advanced planetary rover is on a precise course for an early August landing beside a Martian mountain to begin two years of unprecedented scientific detective work. However, getting the ... > full story

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