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A New Martian Landscape Comes Alive With CuriosityPasadena CA (JPL) Aug 08, 2012 This picture of the Martian landing site of NASA's Curiosity rover puts a color view obtained by the rover in the context of a computer simulation derived from images acquired from orbiting spacecraft. The view looks north, showing a distant ridge that is the north wall and rim of Gale Crater. The color image was obtained by Curiosity's Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) on Aug. 6 PDT (Aug. 7 UTC), the first Martian day after Curiosity's landing on Aug. 5 PDT (Aug. 6 UTC). It has been rendered about 10 ... read more |
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 NASA shows first 'crime scene' photo of Mars landing About 36 hours after NASA landed its $2.5 billion rover on Mars, it released Tuesday what it jokingly dubbed a "crime scene" aerial shot of where the parachute, heat shield and vehicle came down. ... more | .. |
 Curiosity Safely on Mars! Health Checks Begin With Curiosity now safely on the surface of the Red Planet after last night's spectacular entry, descent and landing in Gale Crater, NASA's Mars Science Laboratory begins its planned primary one-Mar ... more | .. |
 Mission Success for MSL Entry, Descent, and Landing Instrument (MEDLI) Mission success for the MSL Entry, Descent, and Landing Instrument (MEDLI) Suite. When the Curiosity rover touched down on the red planet Aug. 6 at 12:32 p.m. CDT, NASA MEDLI researchers were alread ... more | .. |
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 Curiosity ready to rove Mars Almost nine months after it was launched, Curiosity, NASA's latest rover, landed safely in the Gale Crater of Mars in the wee hours of August 6 CDT. The last seven minutes were particularly dramatic ... more | .. |
 New Mars Rover Beams Back Images Showing its Descent A few hours after NASA's Curiosity rover landed on Mars, a select group of images taken by the onboard Mars Descent Imager, or MARDI, were beamed back to Earth. The 297 color, low-resolution images, ... more | .. |
 Curiosity Safely on Mars! Health Checks Begin With Curiosity now safely on the surface of the Red Planet after last night's spectacular entry, descent and landing in Gale Crater, NASA's Mars Science Laboratory begins its planned primary one-Mar ... more | .. |
Mars Science Lab Presents Mount Sharp This image taken by NASA's Curiosity shows what lies ahead for the rover - its main science target, Mount Sharp. The rover's shadow can be seen in the foreground, and the dark bands beyond are dunes ... more |
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 ESA spacecraft records crucial NASA signals from Mars This morning at 7:14 CEST, ESA's Mars Express acquired signals from NASA's Mars Science Laboratory as it delivered the car-sized Curiosity rover onto the Red planet's surface. ESA's New Norcia track ... more | .. |
 NASA's Mars rover sends back stunning pictures After its first day on Mars, NASA's rover Monday sent back to Earth stunning images of its crater landing site and the mountain it aims to climb in the hunt for signs of life. ... more | .. |
NASA lands rover on Mars to seek signs of life NASA opened a new chapter in the history of interplanetary exploration on Monday when its $2.5 billion nuclear-powered robot Curiosity beamed back pictures from the surface of Mars. ... more | .. |
 'Enormous step forward' as NASA lands rover on Mars NASA has successfully landed its $2.5 billion Mars Science Laboratory and Curiosity rover on the surface of the Red Planet, breaking new ground in US-led exploration of an alien world. ... more |
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 Next on Mars: 400 scientists on an alien road trip Imagine taking 400 scientists on an alien road trip where each one wants to examine every interesting rock along the way. Welcome to the next two years of NASA's landmark robotic mission on Mars. ... more | .. |
 Joy after seven minutes of terror at NASA lab After years of hard work and seven minutes of terror, workers of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory here let out their tears of joy. ... more | .. |
 Opportunity Prepares for Curiosity's Arrival Opportunity has been roving at the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater. However, activity will be constrained for the period ahead as Opportunity prepares for the arrival of Curios ... more | .. |
 Are we alone? NASA's Mars rover aims to find out Are we alone? Or was there life on another planet? NASA's $2.5 billion dream machine, the Mars Science Laboratory, aims to take the first steps toward finding out when it nears Mars's surface on Monday. ... more |
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As world burns, India's Amitav Ghosh writes for the future
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 NASA Lands Car-Size Rover Beside Martian Mountain NASA's most advanced Mars rover Curiosity has landed on the Red Planet. The one-ton rover, hanging by ropes from a rocket backpack, touched down onto Mars Sunday to end a 36-week flight and begin a ... more | .. |
 Mars landing 'unprecedented feat of technology': Obama US President Barack Obama hailed early Monday the successful landing of the Mars Science Laboratory and Curiosity rover on the surface of the Red Planet, calling it "an unprecedented feat of technology." ... more | .. |
'Enormous step forward' as NASA lands rover on Mars NASA on Sunday successfully landed its $2.5 billion Mars Science Laboratory and Curiosity rover on the surface of the Red Planet, marking the most ambitious attempt to reach Mars in history. ... more | .. |
Taking a Robotic Geologist to Mars On Aug. 5, at about 10:30 p.m., an already busy summer will kick into overdrive for University of Arizona geosciences professor Bob Downs and one of his graduate students, Shaunna Morrison. At ... more |
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 Two UT Scientists to Begin Searching for Potential Habitats for Life on Mars NASA's Curiosity rover is scheduled to land on Mars Sunday. Then, the work will begin for two University of Tennessee, Knoxville, professors searching for potentially habitable environments on the r ... more | .. |
 What to Expect When Curiosity Starts Snapping Pictures If a group of tourists piled out of a transport vehicle onto the surface of Mars, they'd no doubt start snapping pictures wildly. NASA's Curiosity rover, set to touch down on the Red Planet the even ... more | .. |
Mars Science Lab Curiosity Lands On Mars: First Photos NASA's JPL has safely landed the Mars Science Lab - dubbed Curiosity - at Gale Crater, which lies near a mountain that scientists hope the rover will be able to climb in the search for sediment laye ... more | .. |
 Mars weather forecast 'good' for NASA landing The weather conditions on Mars are expected to be favorable when NASA's $2.5 billion Mars Science Laboratory attempts its risky landing on August 6, the US space agency said Saturday. ... more |
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 NASA confident ahead of nail-biter Mars landing NASA said Thursday all was well ahead of its nail-biting mission to Mars, with its most advanced robotic rover poised to hunt for clues about past life and water on Earth's nearest planetary neighbor. ... more | .. |
 Australia is "all ears" for Mars landing Dishes in Australia will be the ones following NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission when it lands on Monday (6 August) after a nail-biting series of manoeuvres. The Canberra Deep Space Communicati ... more | .. |
 India clears mission to Mars India's government has cleared plans to put an orbital probe around Mars next year to study the red planet's climate and geology, a report said Saturday. ... more | .. |
 UC Davis scientist prepares for Mars rover landing As the Mars rover Curiosity prepares for landing on Aug. 5 after its nine-month, 352-million mile journey through space, UC Davis geology professor Dawn Sumner will be making preparations of her own ... more |
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MSL Remains on Track for Weekend Landing Curiosity remains in good health, with no significant issues currently in work. There are no real-time activities planned. The Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft remains on a consistent and st ... more | .. |
Hitchhiking Sensors Capture Curiosity's Entry 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 retur ... more | .. |
 Newest NASA Mars Mission Connects Past and Future 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 decades. "Curiosity is a bold step ... more | .. |
 Curiosity's First Daredevil Stunt When Curiosity enters the Martian atmosphere on August 6th, setting in motion "the seven minutes of terror" that people around the world have anticipated since launch a year ago, the intrepid rover ... more |
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