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May 24, 2011
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Endeavour Crater Just Three Miles Away For Opportunity Mars Rover
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 23, 2011
Opportunity continues the trek towards Endeavour crater, now less than 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) away. The rover drove on four of the last six sols. On Sol 2595 (May 13, 2011), Opportunity headed southeast with a drive of over 91 meters (300 feet). On the next sol, the rover drove further southeast achieving over 140 meters (460 feet). On Sol 2599 (May 17, 2011), Opportunity headed first southeast then east totaling over 86 meters (282 feet) of distance. On the next sol, the rover ... read more

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Antibody production gets confused during long-term spaceflight
The trip to Mars just got a little more difficult now that French researchers have discovered that antibodies used to fight off disease might become seriously compromised during long-term space flig ... more
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MARSDAILY

Mars Rover Driving Leaves Distinctive Tracks
A dance-step pattern is visible in the wheel tracks near the left edge of this scene recorded by the navigation camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity during the 2,554th Martian day, or ... more
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MARSDAILY

Opportunity Cracks The 18-Mile Mark
Opportunity continues the trek towards Endeavour crater after a brief jog last week through a small field of young impact craters, named in honor after the spacecraft of the NASA Mercury Program. ... more
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MARSDAILY

Mars Science Laboratory Aeroshell Delivered To Launch Site
NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) aeroshell and cruise stage were delivered to Kennedy Space Center, Fla. yesterday. Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] built the aeroshell and NASA's Jet Propulsion Labo ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Aquarius to Illuminate Links Between Salt and Climate
When NASA's salt-seeking Aquarius instrument ascends to the heavens this June, the moon above its launch site at California's Vandenberg Air Force Base won't be in the seventh house, and Jupiter's l ... more
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MARSDAILY

Mars Express Sees Deep Fractures on Mars
Newly released images from ESA's Mars Express show Nili Fossae, a system of deep fractures around the giant Isidis impact basin. Some of these incisions into the martian crust are up to 500 m deep a ... more
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MARSDAILY

Opportunity Images Small Craters
Opportunity continues the trek towards Endeavour crater with a brief sojourn through a small field of young impact craters. In honor of the 50th anniversary of the first American into space, A ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

NASA Selects Investigations for Future Key Missions
NASA has selected three science investigations from which it will pick one potential 2016 mission to look at Mars' interior for the first time; study an extraterrestrial sea on one of Saturn's moons ... more
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MARSDAILY

Exploring Rio Tinto Eurobotically
No wonder it is called Red River: it looks like it could be on the red planet rather than in Spain. The landscape and terrain make it a perfect place for simulating a Mars sortie. An ESA rover ... more
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CIVIL NUCLEAR

NASA Technology Looks Inside Japan's Nuclear Reactor
Design techniques honed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., for Mars rovers were used to create the rover currently examining the inside of Japan's nuclear reactors, in areas no ... more
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MARSDAILY

NASA Orbiter Reveals Big Changes in Mars' Atmosphere
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has discovered the total amount of atmosphere on Mars changes dramatically as the tilt of the planet's axis varies. This process can affect the stability of liquid ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

SpaceX aims to put man on Mars in 10-20 years
Private US company SpaceX hopes to put an astronaut on Mars within 10 to 20 years, the head of the firm said. ... more
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MARSDAILY

Dry ice find hints Mars was a wetter place: study
NASA has discovered that the south pole of Mars is home to 30 times more dry ice than previously believed, suggesting that the red planet was once a much wetter place, said a study on Thursday. ... more
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MARSDAILY

A Tale Of Two Deserts
Because the surface of Mars today is bone-dry and frozen all year round, it's difficult to find any place on Earth that is truly Mars-like. But two locations, Antarctica's Upper Dry Valleys and the ... more
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MARSDAILY

Mars Rover's 'Gagarin' Moment Applauded Exploration
A flat, light-toned rock on Mars visited by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover in 2005 informally bears the name of the first human in space, Yuri Gagarin, who rode into orbit in the Soviet Union's Vosto ... more
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MARSDAILY

Mars Flight Possible After 2035
An interplanetary spacecraft for a flight to Mars will be created no earlier than 2025, and the maiden flight to the red planet is possible only after 2035, Russian space agency Roscosmos chief Anat ... more
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SPACEMART

ESA May Use Russian Technology In Nuke-Spaceship Project
The European Space Agency (ESA) has no immediate plans for cooperation with Russia in creating nuclear-powered spacecraft for future missions to Mars, but is considering using Russian experience and ... more
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MOON DAILY

BRP To Contribute To Canadian Moon And Mars Exploration Programs
BRP, in cooperation with the Centre de technologies avancees BRP-Universite de Sherbrooke (CTA), will develop the chassis and locomotion systems for a Lunar Exploration Light Rover and a Mars Explor ... more
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DEEP IMPACT

Meteorite Sprinkles On Fresh Baked Earth And Mars
Bombardments of 'micro-meteorites' on Earth and Mars four billion years ago may have caused the planets' climates to cool dramatically, hampering their ability to support life, according to research ... more
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MARSDAILY

Several Drives This Week Put Opportunity Over 17-Mile Mark
Opportunity continues the trek towards Endeavour crater with great dispatch, driving on four of the last six sols. On Sols 2554 and 2556 (April 1 and 3, 2011), the rover drove over 100 meters ... more
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MARSDAILY

Next Mars Rover Nears Completion
Assembly and testing of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft is far enough along that the mission's rover, Curiosity, looks very much as it will when it is investigating Mars. Testing con ... more
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Getting Closer To Mars
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MARSDAILY

Mars In Spain
Similar to small volcanoes, these formations until now had only been described in Australia and closely resemble gigantic forms found on Mars. The study may shed new light on the origin of these for ... more
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Sugar-Grain Sized Meteorites Rocked The Climates Of Early Earth And Mars
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Vesta: Asteroid or planet?
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MARSDAILY

Study Of 'Ruiz Garcia' Rock Completed
Opportunity completed the in-situ (contact) investigation on the surface target Ruiz Garcia at Santa Maria crater. On Sol 2520 (Feb. 25, 2011), the rover used the robotic arm (Instrument Deplo ... more
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