rovers
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The First Images From The Mars Curiosity Rover
The Mars Curiosity Rover has landed successfully! And here are the first images, from the hazard cameras that will help it navigate through the surface of Mars. This is a phenomenal achievement.
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Mars Rover Curiosity’s Secret Key To Victory: Peanuts And Superstition
When you’ve got a landing sequence as complicated as the Curiosity’s and seven or so minutes of radio delay, there are plenty of things that can go horribly wrong. Fortunately, the folks at mission control have secret insurance up their sleeves: peanuts.
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How Curiosity Will Scoop Its Way Around The Red Planet
Once NASA’s Curiosity rover safely touches down inside the Gale crater in August (*crosses fingers*), the real challenge begins. The 907kg, 3m long rover will begin searching for traces of a wet Martian past. But first, researchers at the JPL needed to make sure its sampling arm was up to snuff — here’s how they…
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How Do You Fly A Mini To Mars?
Today the next Mars rover will start its journey to the red planet. Only this time, NASA is sending something the size of a car. How the hell?