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2011: Top Stories from the Best Year Ever for NASA Planetary Science!
[/caption] A year ago, 2011 was proclaimed as the “Year of the Solar System” by NASA’s Planetary Science division. And…
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Curiosity Starts First Science on Mars Sojurn – How Lethal is Space Radiation to Life’s Survival
[/caption] Barely two weeks into the 8 month journey to the Red Planet, NASA’s Curiosity Mars Science Lab (MSL) rover…
Martian Sundial – A New “Curiosity”
[/caption] There's been a lot of artifacts sent to the surface of Mars - and now there's about to be…
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Opportunity Discovers Most Powerful Evidence Yet for Martian Liquid Water
[/caption] NASA’s long lived Opportunity rover has discovered the most scientifically compelling evidence yet for the flow of liquid water…
Mars Orbiters Will Attempt to Take Pictures of the Curiosity Rover as It Lands
[/caption] Remember this amazing image from 2008? The HiRISE (High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment) camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter…
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Flawlessly On Course Curiosity Cruising to Mars – No Burn Needed Now
[/caption] Curiosity’s interplanetary injection was spot on ! - following her Nov. 26 blastoff aboard the 2 million pound thrust…
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NASA Planetary Science Trio Honored as ‘Best of What’s New’ in 2011- Curiosity/Dawn/MESSENGER
[/caption] A trio of NASA’s Planetary Science mission’s - Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), Dawn and MESSENGER - has been honored…
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Empowering Curiosity, Numerous Systems Required to Land Martian Rover
Launch video provided courtesy of United Launch Alliance CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla – It is a mission years in the making.…
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Curiosity Mars Rover Launch Gallery – Photos and Videos
[/caption] NASA’s Curiosity Mars Science Lab (MSL) rover is speeding away from Earth on a 352-million-mile (567-million-kilometer) journey to Mars…
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Curiosity Majestically Blasts off on ‘Mars Trek’ to ascertain ‘Are We Alone?’
[/caption] Atop a towering inferno of sparkling flames and billowing ash, Humankinds millennial long quest to ascertain “Are We Alone…