Topic: Pete Theisinger
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What made Curiosity's Mars landing a 'miracle?'
NASA scientists credited engineering for Sunday's successful Mars landing. Rough-cut footage sent back to Earth from Curiosity's camera depicts the rover's descent, while other new photos show Mars' Mount Sharp.
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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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Curiosity's Mars landing on track, say scientists
NASA's Curiosity is scheduled to land on Mars on Sunday. A dust storm and a wobble have added complexity to the mission, but scientists say, 'we will get there and get there safely.'
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NASA hopes Mars rover landing will be 'grand and profound'
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover, which is scheduled to touch down on the Red Planet on August 6, is the most advanced robot ever sent to another world.
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Will NASA's Mars rover land safely? Glitch could delay news. (+video)
NASA's Curiosity rover is due to touch down on the Martian surface on August 5, but a malfunction in another NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars will mean we'll all have to wait longer to find out if the landing is successful.
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How NASA's Curiosity rover could 'discover' Teflon on Mars (+video)
Teflon from the drill on NASA's Curiosity rover could contaminate Martian soil, say scientists, creating misleading evidence of an ancient alien civilization that had developed nonstick cookware.
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover to 'lay the foundation' for search for life [Video]
The size of a small car, NASA's one-ton Curiosity Mars rover contains twice the number of scientific instruments as its predecessors, plus a drill that will allow it to bore into the Red Planet's rocks.
11/21/2011 11:22 am
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