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  Water Could Flow on Mars, Model Suggests; Scientists Look at Melting and Evaporation of Frozen Brines

  October 22, 2012 — Researchers have created a model that might explain how water could produce the flow patterns seen by a spacecraft orbiting ... > full story
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  Potential Lunar and Martian Bases

  October 22, 2012 — Researchers in the UK have presented plans for an extraplanetary laboratory that will determine whether it will be possible to establish a base on the Moon, or potentially ... > full story
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  Mars Soil Sample Delivered for Analysis Inside Rover

  October 19, 2012 — NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has ingested its first solid sample into an analytical instrument inside the rover, a capability at the core of the two-year ... > full story
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  Curiosity Rover's Second Scoop Discarded, Third Scoop of Martian Soil Commanded

  October 15, 2012 — Commands will be sent to Curiosity today instructing the rover to collect a third scoop of soil from the "Rocknest" site of windblown Martian sand and dust. Pending evaluation of this Sol 69 (Oct. ... > full story
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  Scientists Provide Window on Space Radiation Hazards

  October 15, 2012 — Astrophysicists have created the first online system for predicting and forecasting the radiation environment in near-Earth, lunar, and Martian space environments. The near real-time tool will ... > full story
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  Mars Rover Curiosity Preparing for Second Scoop

  October 12, 2012 — On Sol 65 (Oct. 11, 2012) of the Mars Science Laboratory mission, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity completed several activities in preparation for collecting its second scoop of soil. Like the first ... > full story
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  Mars Rock Touched by NASA Curiosity Has Surprises

  October 12, 2012 — The first Martian rock NASA's Curiosity rover has reached out to touch presents a more varied composition than expected from previous missions. The rock also resembles some unusual rocks from Earth's ... > full story
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  Meteorite Delivers Martian Secrets

  October 11, 2012 — A meteorite that landed in the Moroccan desert 14 months ago is providing more information about Mars, the planet where it ... > full story
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  NASA's Mars Rover Curiosity: Work Resumes With First Scooped Sample

  October 10, 2012 — The team operating Curiosity decided on Oct. 9, 2012, to proceed with using the rover's first scoop of Martian material. Plans for Sol 64 (Oct. 10) call for shifting the scoopful of sand and dust ... > full story
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  Object Likely Benign Plastic from Curiosity Rover

  October 10, 2012 — Curiosity's main activity in the 62nd sol of the mission (Oct. 8, 2012) was to image a small, bright object on the ground using the Remote Micro-Imager of the Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) ... > full story

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