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Crucial Rocket Firing Puts Curiosity on Course for Martian Crater Touchdown
[/caption] NASA’s car-sized Curiosity Mars Science Lab (MSL) rover is now on course to touch down inside a crater on…
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8 Years of Spirit on Mars – Pushing as Hard as We Can and Beyond !
[/caption] January 2012 marks the 8th anniversary since of the daring landing’s of “Spirit” and “Opportunity” - NASA’s now legendary…
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2011: Top Stories from the Best Year Ever for NASA Planetary Science!
[/caption] A year ago, 2011 was proclaimed as the “Year of the Solar System” by NASA’s Planetary Science division. And…
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Curiosity Starts First Science on Mars Sojurn – How Lethal is Space Radiation to Life’s Survival
[/caption] Barely two weeks into the 8 month journey to the Red Planet, NASA’s Curiosity Mars Science Lab (MSL) rover…
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Opportunity Discovers Most Powerful Evidence Yet for Martian Liquid Water
[/caption] NASA’s long lived Opportunity rover has discovered the most scientifically compelling evidence yet for the flow of liquid water…
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Flawlessly On Course Curiosity Cruising to Mars – No Burn Needed Now
[/caption] Curiosity’s interplanetary injection was spot on ! - following her Nov. 26 blastoff aboard the 2 million pound thrust…
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Curiosity Mars Rover Launch Gallery – Photos and Videos
[/caption] NASA’s Curiosity Mars Science Lab (MSL) rover is speeding away from Earth on a 352-million-mile (567-million-kilometer) journey to Mars…
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Curiosity Majestically Blasts off on ‘Mars Trek’ to ascertain ‘Are We Alone?’
[/caption] Atop a towering inferno of sparkling flames and billowing ash, Humankinds millennial long quest to ascertain “Are We Alone…
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Curiosity Rover ‘Locked and Loaded’ for Quantum Leap in Pursuit of Martian Microbial Life
[/caption] NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover, the most technologically complex and scientifically capable robot built by humans to explore the surface…
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Science Rich Gale Crater and NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover in Glorious 3-D – Touchdown in a Habitable Zone
[/caption] Curiosity, NASA’s next Mars rover is on target to launch this Saturday, Nov 26 from the Florida Space Coast…