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The car-size Curiosity rover could help answer the big question: Was Mars ever habitable?
August 6, 2012 |
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Scientists will take the rover on a nearly two-year journey that includes a visit to a six-kilometer-high mountain
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The elaborate landing of the $2.5-billion mission went off without apparent incident
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Here is a look at where humankind's many Mars landers have touched down, and where the planet betrays a history of all-important liquid water
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Planetary science is NASA's most successful and inspirational program. It should not be gutted
The newest Mars rover, Curiosity, dwarfs NASA's previous rovers in size and scientific prowess. John Matson reports
The Mars Phoenix mission revived hopes that the Red Planet may be habitable, preparing the way for a new rover to be launched this month
The sale is a protest of plans in President Obama's 2013 budget request to cut 21 percent from NASA's planetary science budget, and 38 percent from its Mars projects
The incident has become a lessons-learned example of miscommunication in assuring that planetary protection procedures are strictly adhered to
Mars has plenty of minerals that suggest a watery past, but that does not mean that the Red Planet once looked like Earth
How have past Mars missions fared?
The Curiosity rover is set to begin exploring Mars on August 6. But first it has to land. John Matson reports
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