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NASA's Rover Curiosity Has Drilled Into a Rock on Mars for Just The Second Time
May 24, 2013NASA's rover Curiosity has drilled into a rock on Mars for just the second time during its mission. Curiosity on Sunday used its robotic arm to drill into a rock dubbed "Cumberland" to collect a powdered sample from inside the rock that ...
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Curiosity Put Itself Into Safe Mode on Saturday After a Software Bug
Mar 19, 2013After a computer glitch sidelined NASA's Mars rover Curiosity late last month, another problem has it down again. NASA reported that Curiosity put itself into safe mode on Saturday after a software bug caused a command file to fail a ...
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NASA's Rover Curiosity Has Safely Landed on Mars,It's Time for The Robot to Get to Work
Jan 4, 2013Computerworld-Now that NASA's rover Curiosity has safely landed on Mars,it's time for the robot to get to work. And that's exactly what NASA engineers say is happening today. "The surface mission of Curiosity has now begun,"Michael ...
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The Rover Curiosity Has Found Complex Chemicals on The Surface of The Planet
Dec 31, 2012A week after downplaying reports of a major discovery on Mars, NASA on Monday announced that the rover Curiosity has found complex chemicals on the surface of the planet. The space agency noted that it has yet to find definitive evidence ...
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NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover Is Set to Begin a Very Busy Weekend
Dec 28, 2012NASA's Mars Curiosity rover is set to begin a very busy weekend. The rover is slated to scoop up its first sample of Martian soil on Saturday, NASA reported. Curiosity on Wednesday came across a sandy area that NASA scientists decided ...
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NASA's Mars Rover Curiosity Successfully Tested Its Laser on Sunday
Dec 26, 2012Computerworld - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity successfully tested its laser on Sunday, blasting a fist-size Martian rock and analyzing its makeup. The rover's Chemistry and Camera instrument, dubbed the ChemCam, zapped the rock with 30 ...
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NASA Rover Curiosity Has Driven More Than The Length of a Football Field
Dec 24, 2012After a month on the surface of Mars, NASA rover Curiosity has driven more than the length of a football field and has started gearing for some real scientific work. "We've been on the surface of Mars for about a month and Curiosity ...
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NASA Scientists May Be Holding Onto a"Really Interesting"Discovery on Mars
Nov 20, 2012NASA scientists may be holding onto a"really interesting"discovery on Mars that could be historic. John Grotzinger,NASA's principal investigator for the Mars rover Curiosity mission,said last week that the agency is getting exciting ...
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