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1/24/12 - Durable NASA Rover Beginning Ninth Year of Mars Work
On the eighth anniversary of starting to explore Mars, NASA's rover Opportunity remains busy with new investigations.
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1/5/12 - 'Greeley Haven' is Winter Workplace for Mars Rover
Researchers plan to keep NASA's Opportunity rover busy through Martian winter at a sun-facing site, "Greeley Haven," where a study of the planet's core has begun.
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9/12/11 - Memorial Image Taken on Mars on September 11, 2011
A view of a memorial to victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center towers was taken on Mars yesterday, on the 10th anniversary of the attacks.
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9/8/11 - Tributes to Terrorism Victims are on Mars
Two interplanetary memorials to victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks reside on Mars in tools from New York used by NASA's Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity.
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8/19/11 - New Rover Snapshots Capture Endeavour Crater Vistas
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has captured eye-catching images of Martian terrain from its new perch at Endeavour Crater.
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8/10/11 - NASA Mars Rover Arrives at New Site on Martian Surface
After a journey of almost three years, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has reached the Red Planet's Endeavour crater to study rocks never seen before.
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8/8/11 - NASA Mars Rover Approaches Long-Term Goal
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity may reach the rim of Endeavour crater in coming days.
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5/25/11 - NASA's Spirit Rover Completes Mission on Mars
NASA's Mars rover Spirit, which overcame many obstacles during a prolonged lifetime to achieve discoveries about water and environments on ancient Mars, has finished its work.
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5/24/11 - NASA Concludes Attempts to Contact Mars Rover Spirit
NASA is ending attempts to regain contact with the long-lived Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, which last communicated on March 22, 2010.
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5/18/11 - Mars Rover Driving Leaves Distinctive Tracks
A dance-step pattern visible in wheel tracks imprinted recently by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity results from use of an autonomous hazard-checking technique.
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