Topic: Curiosity (Rover)
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President Obama congratulates Mars rover team (+video)
The team that successfully landed the one-ton Curiosity Mars rover on the Red Planet last week got a congratulatory phone call from the President.
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What will future Mars missions look like?
Following the successful landing of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover, amid deep budget cuts the agency is drafting a 20-year plan for the Red Planet.
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President Obama to Mars rover team: 'Let me know' if you find Martians (+video)
In a congratulatory phone call to the Curiosity Mars rover team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., President Obama thanked those who helped land the one-ton robot on the Red Planet's surface, said that he looked forward to Curiosity's discoveries, and jokingly wondered aloud if he should get a mohawk.
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President Obama to congratulate Curiosity Mars rover team
The mission control team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, who last week successfully landed the one-ton Curiosity Mars rover on the Red Planet, are to get a congratulatory phone call from President Obama.
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Mars rover aces social networking, but will it inspire study of science?
The rover Curiosity, with nearly 900,000 Twitter followers, had a strong Internet presence even before its launch to Mars. Scientists hope this will lead to more student interest in science – and more funding.
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Why is Mars red anyway? (+video)
Iron oxide gives the Red Planet its distinctive hue, but why is there so much iron on the surface? And how did it oxidize?
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Mars rover landing site surprisingly 'Earth-like,' say scientists
Gale Crater, where NASA's one-ton Curiosity Mars rover touched down on Sunday night, looks strikingly similar to California's Mojave desert.
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New Mars photos arrive from Curiosity rover (+video)
New Mars photos: NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has taken its first color photo of the surface of Mars.
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Curiosity Mars rover phones home to say it's doing well, is beginning surface mission (+video)
Signals sent to Earth from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover indicate that the robot is functioning normally as it begins investigating the surface of the Red Planet.
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NASA showered with praise over Curiosity Mars rover landing
NASA is exulting in its latest success: A one-ton robotic science lab safely deposited on the surface of Mars via never-before-attempted entry and descent maneuvers.
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First images from Mars rover reveal unexplored landscape
After a successful landing, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is beaming back images of its landing site, the Red Planet's Gale crater.
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A star is born: Mars rover Curiosity has legions of fans all a-Twitter
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity began tweeting to avid followers years before it dramatically landed on the surface of Mars. But the number of its followers just skyrocketed.
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Curiosity rover beams back first photo from Martian surface (+video)
A black-and-white image of the wheel of NASA's one-ton Curiosity rover resting on Martian was the first visual proof that the craft had safely touched down on the Red Planet.
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