Topic: Mars Exploration
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Man and Mars through history
A look back over centuries at man's attempt to uncover information about the 'Red Planet.'Sources: NASA, American Museum of Natural History, and Scientific American
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Beyond SpaceX: Five companies seeking to change space travel
During the past 10 years, Presidents George W. Bush and Obama have directed NASA to turn the job of transporting cargo and crew to the space station over to the private sector. As that process gathers pace, here is a list of the key players.
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Five places we might find life in our own solar system
Life on Earth occupies some bizarre places – pools of pitch, deep-sea hydrothermal vents, and lightless lakes buried under glaciers. While scientists hunt for hospitable planets circling other stars, the solar system has a few candidates. Here are five.
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David Foster Wallace's 10 favorite books
The late great novelist David Foster Wallace's 10 favorite books.
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In Pictures: Timeline of American rockets
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Mars rover: Color panorama of crater brings scientific treasure into view (+video)
The rover Curiosity has provided NASA scientists with its first full-circle panorama of the Gale Crater. In the distance beckon hills whose rocks hold a trove of information: Mars' climate history.
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Did NASA's Curiosity Mars rover spot a flying saucer? (+video)
It sure did, but this was no UFO. The rover snapped a photo of its own heat shield after it separated from the descent module.
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On Mars: It's Curiosity's moment to shine, but MAVEN is in the works (+video)
In 2014, Curiosity and MAVEN are slated to team up to help scientists unravel the mystery behind Mars' vanishing atmosphere: How did a wet, warm planet lose that thin layer that can preserve the building blocks of life?
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Hey, is that Mars or the Mojave in NASA rover's photo?
One of the first images from the camera atop the rover Curiosity's mast shows a Mars landscape that scientists called remarkably Earth-like, as if NASA 'put a rover out in the Mojave Desert.'
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Curiosity rover sends 3-D images of Martian surface
Using its stereoscopic navigation cameras, NASA's new Mars rover has beamed to Earth its first 3-D photos of Mars.
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Modern Parenthood Mars: NASA rover Curiosity taking giant leap for today’s students?
Mars NASA rover Curiosity cost $2.5 billion, but the ripple effect in inspiration is priceless says this school principal who remembers the stamp Apollo 11 put on the minds of students in his generation.
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Mars: Curiosity captures its first color picture (+video)
NASA's Mars rover, Curiosity, has taken its first color photo of the Red Planet. The photo acted as a thumbs-up to Earth, indicating that the rover's equipment is operational and that it is prepared for the mission ahead.
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What everyone is saying about NASA's Mars rover landing (+video)
The successful landing of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover on the Red Planet marks a historic moment in the history of planetary science. Here's what people are saying about it.
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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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Amazing photograph shows Mars rover just before landing
A spectacular photo taken by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows the Curiosity Mars rover as it dangles from a supersonic parachute shortly before safely touching down on the Red Planet.
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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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President Obama hails NASA's Curiosity Mars rover landing
The president called the daring landing of the one-ton rover on the Red Planet and 'unprecedented feat of technology.'
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NASA scientists get first rover's-eye view of Gale Crater on Mars (+video)
The rover Curiosity, which touched down on Mars early Monday, has so far sent back seven images of the surface, including a fuzzy profile of Mt. Sharp, the mountain in the center of Gale Crater.
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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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NASA's Mars rover makes daring touchdown on Red Planet (+video)
An ambitious maneuver involving an enormous supersonic parachute and a rocket-powered sky crane safely delivered the one-ton, $2.5 billion dollar robot to the surface of Mars.
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As rover Curiosity lands, Mars exploration program fights for its life (+video)
The pinpoint landing of the rover Curiosity on Mars early Monday went as planned, to the jubilation of NASA scientists. But the budget for the Mars program is on the chopping block, as Washington grapples with debt and deficit.
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NASA rover lands safely on Mars
'Curiousity' dropped down onto the surface of the red planet early Monday morning and is already sending back pictures.
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NASA's Mars program riding on a rover heading for touch down
The one-ton Mars rover named Curiosity is set to land on the red planet at around 1:31 am Eastern time.
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Mars mission: Rover Curiosity poised to enter red planet's atmosphere
At mission control, nothing to do now but watch and wait, as the rover and its descent module near Mars' atmosphere and begin to feel the pull of gravity. So far, everything is on track for early-Monday landing.
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Five myths about Mars
No planet in our solar system has been linked to more misconceptions than Mars, where NASA's Curiosity rover is scheduled to touch down on Sunday night. Here are the five most persistent myths about the Red Planet.
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'Seven minutes of terror': Mars rover landing will be a nail-biter
Scientists are utilizing a complicated new 'sky crane' technique for landing the car-sized Curiosity rover on Mars Monday. The hope is that the good luck NASA has had with Mars missions will hold up.
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How will the Curiosity Mars rover phone home? (+video)
A pair of orbiters circling the Red Planet will help signals from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover on their long journey to Earth.
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