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Mars rover finishes first drilling project
February 9, 2013 1:13 PM
LOS ANGELES (AP) - To scientists' excitement, the Curiosity rover has completed its first drilling on Mars and is preparing to analyze a pinch of powdery rock. Images beamed back to Earth overnight showed a fresh drill hole next to a test hole the rover made earlier. The feat marked... more » -
Mars Yard open at local Aerospace Academy
December 1, 2010 11:10 AM
A Mars mock-up, complete with robots and Mars landscape, has opened at Jack Swigert Aerospace Academy in Colorado Springs. The Mars Yard was made possible by a grant from Honeywell. The goal is to allow students to operate the robots, as if they were scientists operating the real... more » -
'Avatar' director helps with 3-D Mars camera
April 30, 2010 9:52 AM
"Avatar" director James Cameron is helping to build a high-resolution 3-D camera on the next-generation Mars rover. The camera will be mounted atop Curiosity, the next mission to Mars, which is due for launch next year. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory scaled back its plans in 2007 to mount... more » -
NASA ends effort to free rover from Martian sand
January 26, 2010 1:55 PM
NASA's Mars rover Spirit will rove no more. The space agency said Tuesday that scientists have given up trying to free Spirit, which has been trapped in soft sand since last April. Instead, the focus will turn to tilting it to the north so it can get enough sunlight... more »
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