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  Mars Rover's 'SAM' Lab Instrument Suite Tastes Soil

  November 13, 2012 — A pinch of fine sand and dust became the first solid Martian sample deposited into the biggest instrument on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity: the Sample Analysis at Mars, or ... > full story
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  Long-Lived Mars Odyssey Orbiter Resumes Work With Fresh Equipment

  November 13, 2012 — The NASA Mars Odyssey orbiter has resumed duty after switching to a set of redundant equipment, including a main computer, that had not been used since before the spacecraft's 2001 ... > full story
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  Curiosity Team Switches Back to Earth Time

  November 7, 2012 — After three months working on "Mars time," the team operating NASA Mars rover Curiosity has switched to more regular hours, as ... > full story
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  NASA Rover Finds Clues to Changes in Mars' Atmosphere

  November 2, 2012 — NASA's car-sized rover, Curiosity, has taken significant steps toward understanding how Mars may have lost much of its original atmosphere. Learning what happened to the Martian atmosphere will help ... > full story
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  Mars Longevity Champ Switching Computers

  November 2, 2012 — NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter, already the longest-working spacecraft ever sent to Mars, will switch to some fresh, redundant equipment next week that has not been used since before launch in ... > full story
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  Nereidum Montes Helps Unlock Mars' Glacial Past

  November 1, 2012 — The European Space Agency's Mars Express revisited the Argyre basin aiming cameras at Nereidum Montes, some 380 km northeast of Hooke crater. The stunning rugged terrain of Nereidum Montes marks the ... > full story
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  Mars Like Hawaii? NASA Rover's First Soil Studies Help Fingerprint Martian Minerals

  October 30, 2012 — NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has completed initial experiments showing the mineralogy of Martian soil is similar to weathered basaltic soils of volcanic origin in Hawaii. The minerals were identified ... > full story
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  'Curiosity' on Mars Sits on Rocks Similar to Those Found in Marshes in Mexico

  October 29, 2012 — Millions of years ago fire and water forged the gypsum rocks locked in at Cuatro Ciénegas, a Mexican valley similar to the Martian crater where NASA's Rover Curiosity roams. A team of ... > full story
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  Assessing Drop-Off to Mars Rover's Observation Tray

  October 26, 2012 — NASA's Mars rover Curiosity used its Mast Camera (Mastcam) during the mission's 78th sol (Oct. 24, 2012) to view soil material on the rover's observation tray. The observations will help assess ... > full story
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  Curiosity Rover Collects Fourth Scoop of Martian Soil

  October 22, 2012 — NASA's Mars rover Curiosity shook a scoopful of dusty sand inside its sample-handling mechanism on Sol 75 (Oct. 21, 2012) as the third scrubbing of interior surfaces of the mechanism. The rover team ... > full story

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