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Mars Rovers

Opportunity Mars Rover Blazes Past 40 Year Old Space Driving Record

May 18, 2013

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter Now more than 9 years and counting into her planned mere 90 day mission to Mars, NASA’s legendary Opportunity rover has smashed past another space milestone and established a new distance driving record for an American vehicle on another world this [...]

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Curiosity Reaches Out with Martian Handshake and Contemplates New Drilling at Habitable Site

May 11, 2013

NASA’s Curiosity rover has reached out in a Martian ‘handshake’ like gesture welcoming the end of solar conjunction that marks the resumption of contact with her handlers back on Earth – evidenced in a new photo mosaic of images captured as the robot and her human handlers contemplate a short traverse to a 2nd drilling [...]

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Mars Armada Resumes Contact with NASA – Ready to Rock ‘n Roll n’ Drill

May 2, 2013

After taking a well deserved and unavoidable break during April’s solar conjunction with Mars that blocked two way communication with Earth, NASA’s powerful Martian fleet of orbiters and rovers have reestablished contact and are alive and well and ready to Rock ‘n Roll ‘n Drill. “Both orbiters and both rovers are in good health after [...]

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Terran Fleet at Mars Takes a Break for Conjunction – Enjoy the Video and Parting View

April 6, 2013

Earth’s science invasion fleet at Mars is taking a break from speaking with their handlers back on Earth. Why ? Because as happens every 26 months, the sun has gotten directly in the way of Mars and Earth. Earth, Mars and the Sun are lined up in nearly a straight line. The geometry is normal [...]

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Curiosity is Back! Snapping Fresh Martian Vistas

March 24, 2013

Curiosity is back! After a multi-week hiatus forced by a computer memory glitch, NASA’s mega rover is back to full operation. And the proof is crystal clear in the beautiful new panoramic view (above) snapped by Curiosity this weekend from Yellowknife Bay, showing the robot’s arm and drill elevated and aiming straight at you – [...]

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