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Mars Rover Curiosity sends first Photo

NASA Mars robot has successfully landed on the red planet.

Aug 6 2012, 2:15am CDT | by

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Mars Rover Curiosity sends first Photo
 
 

The NASA Curiosity rover has successfully landed on Planet Mars. Curiosity has also already sent the first picture from Mars. See above. The car-size, one-ton rover Curiosity touched down on...

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Curiosity plunges its drill into Mars AGAIN, seeks life-giving sample

Source: The Register

Intrepid Mars rover Curiosity has bored into its second stone on the surface of the Red Planet, taking a sample from the interior of a rock called "Cumberland". The Martian nuclear truck drilled into Cumberland on Sunday, making an im ...
Full article at: The Register  More like this  3 hours ago

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"We remain committed to right-sizing our portfolio by reducing the number of facilities that are underused, duplicative, or not required to support the Space Launch System and Orion ... Launch Complex 39A is not required to support our asteroid retrieval mission or our eventual missions to Mars. But it's in the agency's and our nation's best interest in meeting our commitment and direction to enable commercial space operations and allow the aerospace industry to operate and maintain the pad and related facilities."


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Curiosity Drills into Second Mars Rock

Source: TLC

NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity has drilled into another rock and plans are afoot to deliver a second sample of the pulverized material to laboratory instruments on board the rover. The new rock called “Cu ...
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Mars rover Curiosity drills second hole to gather samples for analysis

Source: United Press International

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity drilled into this rock target, "Cumberland," during the 279th Martian day, or sol, of the rover's work on Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS PASADENA, Calif., May 20 (UPI) -- NASA ...
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NASA's Mars rover Curiosity drills second rock target

Source: Tom's Hardware Guide

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has used the drill on its robotic arm to collect a powdered sample from the interior of a rock called "Cumberland." Plans call for delivering portions of the sample in coming days to laboratory instruments inside the rover. ...
Full article at: Tom's Hardware Guide  More like this  16 hours ago, 5:27pm CDT

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Curiosity rover drills second Mars rock

Source: PerthNow

NASA'S Curiosity rover drills again. The space agency said on Monday that Curiosity has bored a hole in a second rock and will transfer a pinch of powder to its onboard laboratories later this week for analysis. Sunday's drill w ...
Full article at: PerthNow  More like this  17 hours ago, 4:52pm CDT

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Curiosity rover bores into Mars for second time

Source: Slashgear

It’s been a few months since NASA ‘s Curiosity rover drilled into Mars’ rocky surface for the first time, but the little rover that could has bored into the red planet for the second time, collecting a healthy amount of Mars dirt along the way to be ...
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Mars Rover Curiosity sends first Photo

The NASA Curiosity rover has successfully landed on Planet Mars. Curiosity has also already sent the first picture from Mars. See above. The car-size, one-ton rover Curiosity touched down on Mars at 1:31 a.m. EDT Monday.

This is a huge success for NASA. Now the question is if Curiosity will actually find the basics for life on Mars.

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