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The MAVEN Magnetometer
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| Topic: Mars |
03/30/13 |
| NASA's MAVEN mission to Mars will carry a sensitive magnetic-field instrument that will help reveal new information about the evolution of Mars' atmosphere. |
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Do Mars Rocks Have Desert Varnish?
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| Topic: Mars |
03/23/13 |
| Curiosity's ChemCam has identified what might be chemical similarities on the surface of very different martian rocks. Could the chemical signatures be attributed to dust that settled on the rocks... or might it be something else? |
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Where Life Could Thrive: Interview With John Grotzinger
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| Topic: Mars |
03/21/13 |
| Billions of years ago, the site on Mars where Curiosity analyzed its first rock sample had the conditions necessary to support life on Mars. John Grotzinger, project scientist for the mission, spoke with Astrobiology Magazine about the mission and the new results. |
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Buried Flood Channels on Mars in 3D
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| Topic: Mars |
03/19/13 |
| Scientists have used date from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to create a 3-D reconstruction of ancient water channels below the surface of the red planet. |
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Curiosity Sees a Watery Trend
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| Topic: Mars |
03/19/13 |
| When Curiosity drilled into a mudstone rock, the rover found evidence that past environmental conditions on Mars could have been favorable for life. New data from Curiosity shows that these conditions extended beyond the site of the drilling. |
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Strategies for Mars Survival
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| Topic: Mars |
03/14/13 |
| New research has revealed key features in proteins needed for life to function on Mars and other extreme environments. Scientists found subtle but significant differences between the core proteins in ordinary organisms and organisms that survive in the extreme conditions of Antarctica. |
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Curiosity Shuts Down for Solar Storm
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| Topic: Mars |
03/09/13 |
| Due to a fast approaching solar storm, NASA has temporarily shut down surface operations of the Curiosity Mars Science Lab (MSL) rover. |
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Computer Swap on Curiosity Rover
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| Topic: Mars |
03/05/13 |
| NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has switched to a redundant onboard computer in response to a memory issue on the computer that had been active. |
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Curious About Life: Interview with Dawn Sumner
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| Topic: Mars |
02/28/13 |
| Dawn Sumner helps interpret the visual data that Curiosity rover sees with its cameras. In this interview, she reveals why Curiosity’s first images of Mount Sharp made her cry. |
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