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Huge Dust Storm Affects Mars Rover TechShout!, India - Jul 5, 2007 The Mars Exploration Rover is losing power as an enormous dust storm on Mars has deteriorated. According to Space.com, the storm was thousands of miles wide ... Storm delays Mars rover's crater descent Earthtimes.org NASA Mars Exploration Rover Status: Spirit Independently ... Space Ref (press release) Dust storm delays ! Mars rov er crater entry Xinhua Washington Post - National Geographic all 144 news articles

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Mars Rover Is Set to Enter Deep Crater New York Times, United States - Jul 2, 2007 By KENNETH CHANG NASA's Mars rovers keep going, so NASA keeps finding new places for them to go. Sometime soon, the rover Opportunity is to go over the edge ...

Mars rover to begin tricky trek into crater San Francisco Chronicle,  USA - Jun 29, 2007 The incredibly hardy Mars rover named Opportunity -- now in its fourth year exploring the planet -- is about to start a dangerous descent down the steep ...

A big new mission for the little Mars rover that could Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription), MN - Jun 29, 2007 NASA's aging but durable Mars rover Opportunity has received the go-ahead to make what could be a one-way trip into a deep impact crater as it tries to peer ...

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Mars Rover to Make Risky Crater Descent Washington Post, United States - Jun 29, 2007 By JOHN ANTCZAK AP LOS ANGELES -- NASA's aging but durable Mars rover Opportunity will make what could be a trip of no return into a deep impact crater as ...

NASA: Mars rover ready to enter crater Science Daily (press release) - Jun 28, 2007 NASA Mars Rover Arrives At Dramatic Vista On Red Planet (September 27, 2006) -- NASA's Mars Rover Opportunity has arrived at the rim of a crater ...

Mars Rover Ready for Risky Descent into Crater Slashdot - Jun 28, 2007 ... is ready to drive down into Victoria Crater on the Meridiani Plains of Mars. Mission managers acknowledge the hardy rover may never come back out, ...

Mars Rover Sets Out on Risky Crater Mission National Geographic, DC - Jun 29, 2007 NASA's Mars rover Opportunity, which has operated for more than 12 times its intended 90-day life span, will descend into the planet's enormous Victoria ...

Science Daily (press release)

NASA Mars Rover Ready For Descent Into Crater Science Daily (press release) - Jun 28, 2007 Science Daily — NASA's Mars rover Opportunity is scheduled to begin a descent down a rock-paved slope into the Red Planet's massive Victoria Crater. ...

Mars rover to be sent into gaping crater Times of India, India - Jun 29, 2007 WASHINGTON: Nasa will send its Mars rover Opportunity into a gaping Martian crater in July to seek clues about the planet's bygone environment despite risks ...

privately built space station prototype was successfully launched ...
Private orbital effort scores second success. Bigelow's Genesis 2 test module beams pictures from space after launch. A privately built space station prototype was successfully launched into orbit Thursday from a Russian missile base, ...

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Mars Rover Spirit Unearths Surprise Evidence of Wetter Past
A patch of Martian soil analyzed by NASA's rover Spirit is so rich in silica that it may provide some of the strongest evidence yet that ancient Mars was much wetter than it is now.

Mars Rover Sets Out on Risky Crater Mission
NASA's Mars rover Opportunity, which has operated for more than 12 times its intended 90-day life span, will descend into the planet's enormous Victoria Crater late next week, mission scientists announced yesterday. ...

NASA's next Mars rover is a laser-equipped monster
NASA isn't screwing around with their next Mars mission. They're sending a new rover, the Mars Science Laoratory (MSL), and it's a big one. Weighing nearly 1800 pounds and...

The next-generation Mars rover (Video and Pictures)
"Go to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory website and check out the newest video showing the Mars Science Laboratory mission, and you'll see the latest and greatest design for a roving mission to Mars. I've clipped and posted a few screen ...

Mars rover to make risky trip into crater
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- NASA's aging but durable Mars rover Opportunity will make what could be a trip of no return into a deep impact crater as it tries to peer further back than ever into the Red Planet's geologic history. ...

NASA Mars Rover Ready For Descent Into Crater
PASADENA, Calif. - NASA's Mars rover Opportunity is scheduled to begin a descent down a rock-paved slope into the Red Planet's massive Victoria Crater. This latest trek carries real risk for the.

Mars Rover Descending into Victoria Crater
The aging but highly successful Mars Rover Opportunity is preparing to descend into Victoria Crater. NASA scientists hope to get valuable information about the geologic history of Mars. Exposed in the layered rocks of the crater walls ...

NASA JPL has released some Mars Rover Source Code
Posted by BobP: JPL/NASA has released CLARAty Robotic Autonomy library source code . You can now use Mars Rover technology in your own in your home Robot project. Tags: nasa robot software, mars rover.

Mars Rover to Descend Into Crater
The rover Opportunity will begin a new round of studies for past water on Mars as it descends into a massive crater that managers hope will not become its final resting place. "We can't guarantee we can come back out," said Alan Stern, ...

Storm delays Mars rover`s crater descent
PASADENA, CA, United States -- A dust storm on Mars has cut solar power to NASA`s rover Opportunity, delaying the.

Newest Mars Rover packs heat …
Tasked with the mission of determining if Mars was ever a habitat where life could thrive, the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) weighs nearly 1800 pounds, is practically the size of a VW and has a laser canon for evaporating and analyzing ...

Huge Dust Storm Affects Mars Rover
The Mars Exploration Rover is losing power as an enormous dust storm on Mars has deteriorated. According to Space.com, the storm was thousands of miles wide last week and now it is affecting the... [[ This is a content summary only. ...

NASA Mars Rover Ready For Descent Into Crater
NASA's Mars rover Opportunity is scheduled to begin a descent down a rock-paved slope into the Red Planet's massive Victoria Crater. This latest trek carries real risk for the long-lived robotic explorer, but NASA and the Mars Rover ...