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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…
Mars Orbiters Will Attempt to Take Pictures of the Curiosity Rover as It Lands
[/caption] Remember this amazing image from 2008? The HiRISE (High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment) camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter…
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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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NASA Planetary Science Trio Honored as ‘Best of What’s New’ in 2011- Curiosity/Dawn/MESSENGER
[/caption] A trio of NASA’s Planetary Science mission’s - Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), Dawn and MESSENGER - has been honored…
Comet Curiosity? MSL Looks Like a Comet as it Heads Toward Mars
What does a spacecraft look like as it lights-out for another world? This incredible time-lapse video was taken by astronomers…
Curiosity Rover Launches to Mars
The Mars Science Laboratory is now on an 8.5 month trip to Mars! Watch the successful launch above, and our…
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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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NASA’s Curiosity Set to Search for Signs of Martian Life
[/caption] Nov 19 Update: MSL launch delayed 24 h to Nov. 26 - details later In just 7 days, Earth’s…
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Curiosity Rover Bolted to Atlas Rocket – In Search of Martian Microbial Habitats
[/caption] Only time now stands in the way of Curiosity’s long awaited date with the Red Planet. NASA’s next, and…
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Closing the Clamshell on a Martian Curiosity
[/caption] Curiosity’s clamshell has been closed. And it won’t open up again until a few minutes after she blasts off…