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Opportunity Rover Spots Greeley Haven on Mars
Mars-bound NASA rover begins trajectory maneuver (AP)
AP – NASA’s latest rover to Mars fired its thrusters Wednesday to adjust its course to the red planet for a landing in August. Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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Curiosity Rover Lifts Off for Mars
Next stop: Mars. APOD
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NASA launches super-size rover to Mars: ‘Go, Go!’ (AP)
AP – A rover of “monster truck” proportions zoomed toward Mars on an 8 1/2-month, 354 million-mile journey Saturday, the biggest, best equipped robot ever sent to explore another planet. Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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Girl Who Named NASA’s Mars Rover Excited to Watch It Blast Off (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com – CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — When NASA’s next Mars rover launches toward the Red Planet tomorrow (Nov. 26), the girl who gave the huge robot a name will be there to see it off. Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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Rover probes role water may have played on Mars (Reuters)
Reuters – NASA’s Mars rover Opportunity is uncovering new details about the role water may have played on what is now a cold, dry planet, scientists said on Thursday. Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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Rover Arrives at Endeavour Crater on Mars
What can the present-day terrain in and around large Endeavour crater tell us about ancient Mars? APOD
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Impressive Photos of Nasa’s Mars Rover Spirit
NASA has recently decided to give up on recovering one of its two Mars rovers. The Spirit became stuck in 2009 and hasn’t been heard since March 22, 2010. It is said to be the victim of the planet’s frigid winter after seven years of work. Spirit and a sister craft named Opportunity successfully...
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NASA rover reaches rim of big Martian crater (AP)
AP – NASA’s surviving Mars rover Opportunity has reached the rim of a 14-mile-wide crater where the robot geologist will examine rocks older than any it has seen in its seven years on the surface of the red planet, scientists said Wednesday. Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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Surviving NASA rover nears rim of Martian crater (AP)
AP – Months after the death of the Mars rover Spirit, its surviving twin is poised to reach the rim of a vast crater to begin a fresh round of exploration. Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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Could NASA Rover Find Signs of Martian Life in Giant Crater? (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com – NASA’s next Mars rover, the car-size Curiosity, is slated to land in a huge crater called Gale in August 2012. If life ever existed at Gale, will Curiosity detect it? Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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Scientists ‘Thrilled’ With Choice of Next Mars Rover Landing Site (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com – Scientists who study the Red Planet say they whole-heartedly approve of the choice of Gale Crater as the landing site for NASA’s next Mars rover. Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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