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August 05, 2013

NASA Curiosity Rover Approaches First Anniversary on Mars
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 06, 2013
NASA's Curiosity rover will mark one year on Mars next week and has already achieved its main science goal of revealing ancient Mars could have supported life. The mobile laboratory also is guiding designs for future planetary missions. "Successes of our Curiosity - that dramatic touchdown a year ago and the science findings since then - advance us toward further exploration, including sending humans to an asteroid and Mars," said NASA Administrator Charles Bolden. "Wheel tracks now, will lead t ... read more

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Mars rover hoping to yield more secrets, one year on The dazzling success of NASA's rover Curiosity has paved the way for a human conquest of Mars, scientists say, almost one year after the groundbreaking probe first touched down on the Red Planet. ... more		Space cadets in Washington for one-way ticket to Mars Around 40 volunteers from thousands who applied for a one-way ticket to Mars gathered in the US capital Saturday to hear from the man behind plans to colonize the Red Planet. ... more		'Lazarus comets' explain Solar System mystery Astronomers on Friday said a vast cemetery of comets lies in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, some revived by a nudge from the Sun after millions of years of dormancy, a finding that would overturn conventional thinking about these wanderers of the Solar System. ... more
				Dawn's Arrays Keep It Powering Along Powering its way through the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, Dawn continues on course and on schedule for its 2015 appointment with dwarf planet Ceres. After spending more than a year o ... more		Mars Rover Opportunity Nears Solander Point Opportunity has arrived in the region near the base of 'Solander Point.' At the current location, the rover is just a few drives from making landfall on the point. However, the science team wi ... more

Curiosity Mars Rover Gleams in View from Orbiter An image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows NASA's Curiosity Mars rover and the wheel tracks from its landing site to the "Glenelg" area where the rover worked for the first half of 2013. ... more		Scientists establish age of Mars meteorites found on Earth A team led by Canadian researchers says the most common meteorites from Mars found on Earth are almost 4 billion years younger than believed. ... more		Danish PM says Greenland showdown at 'decisive moment' after new Trump threats Russia claims Oreshnik missile hit Ukrainian aviation plant Russia strikes power plant, kills four in Ukraine barrage		Mars Curiosity sets one-day driving distance record NASA says its Curiosity rover on Mars has set a personal best, driving twice as far on Sunday as on any other day of the mission so far. ... more
				Ancient snowfall likely carved Martian valleys Valley networks branching across the Martian surface leave little doubt that water once flowed on the Red Planet. But where that ancient water came from - whether it bubbled up from underground or f ... more		Curiosity Mars Rover Passes Kilometer of Driving The latest drive by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover brought the total distance that the rover has driven on Mars to more than 1 kilometer. One kilometer is about 0.62 mile. The drive covered about ... more

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				How Mars' atmosphere got so thin: New insights from Curiosity New findings from NASA's Curiosity rover provide clues to how Mars lost its original atmosphere, which scientists believe was much thicker than the one left today. "The beauty of these measure ... more		New Mars mission: in the Vikings' steps The primary task of the new Mars rover, which NASA is to send to the Red Planet in 2020, is to find traces of life on Mars. The designers will borrow the general design and the undercarriage from th ... more

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China launches three experimental satellites

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	Overhead View of Mars Rover 10 Years After Launch An image from Mars orbit taken 10 years after the launch of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the long-lived rover on its trek to a new destination on Mars. The color image taken ... more		Senate Dems favor allowing NASA to go ahead with asteroid capture plan U.S. Senate Democrats say a new bill would allow NASA to go ahead with its plan to lasso an asteroid as part of a future mission to send astronauts to Mars. ... more		Technology Could Curtail Astronaut Conflict Scientists aim to equip manned crews to Mars with innovative devices that keep track of social interactions and provide instant feedback when conflict and other troubles regarding teamwork emerge. ... more		Third Drive of Curiosity's Long Trek Covers 135 Feet NASA's Mars rover Curiosity drove 135 feet (41 meters) on Tuesday, July 9, the third drive of a journey of many months from the "Glenelg" area to Mount Sharp. Last week, the mission finished i ... more

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Billion-Pixel View of Mars Comes From Curiosity Rover

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Opportunity Recovers From Another Flash-Related Reset

ExoMars 2016 Set To Complete Construction

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UH Astrobiologists Find Martian Clay Contains Chemical Implicated in the Origin of Life

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First woman in space ready for 'one-way flight to Mars'

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Driving to 'Solander Point'

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