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1. News - World - SCIENCE

   Eclipse season on Mars, so Curiosity took photos

   Posted Sep 20th 2012, 12:02pm by Associated Press in Washington

   ... News World Mars rover NASA ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1041354/eclipse-season-mars-so-curiosity-took-photos
2. News - World - SPACE

   Nasa’s Mars rover finds rock with earth-like chemistry

   Posted Oct 12th 2012, 11:53am by Reuters Cape Canaveral

   ... by previous Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity. The rock, named after a Jet Propulsion Laboratory rover engineer, Jake Matijevic, who died shortly after Curiosity’s landing, was also rich ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1059420/nasas-mars-rover-finds-rock-earth-chemistry
3. News - World - SPACE EXPLORATION

   Curiosity Mars rover collects historic first bedrock sample

   Posted Feb 10th 2013, 11:27am by Agence France-Presse in Washington

   ... News World Mars rover Curiosity Mars NASA Space Exploration Agence France-Presse in Washington Nasa’s Mars rover Curiosity has penetrated a rock on the Red Planet and collected a sample from its interior, the US space agency announced Saturday. Using a drill at the end of its robotic arm, Curiosity bore a hole 6.4cm deep into the rock, generating powder for evaluation, Nasa ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1147304/curiosity-mars-rover-collects-historic-first-bedrock-sample
4. News - World - SPACE

   Curiosity finds Mars rock similar to Hawaiian stone

   Posted Oct 13th 2012, 12:00am by Reuters in Cape Canaveral, US

   ... scientists selected a rock to test the Mars rover Curiosity's laser, they expected it to contain the same minerals as rocks found elsewhere on the red planet, but learned instead it was more ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1059713/curiosity-finds-mars-rock-similar-hawaiian-stone
5. News - World - SPACE

   Curiosity's stream discovery raises hopes of finding life on Mars

   Posted Sep 29th 2012, 12:00am

   ... they could not have been carried by wind but must have been transported by water, said mission scientist Rebecca Williams. The Curiosity rover, which has been exploring Mars since early August, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1049837/curiositys-stream-discovery-raises-hopes-finding-life-mars
6. News - World - SPACE

   Curiosity discovers soil on Mars is like sand in Hawaii

   Posted Nov 01st 2012, 12:00am by Reuters in Cape Canaveral, Florida

   ... News World Mars rover Curiosity Curiosity NASA Space Exploration Hawaii Reuters in Cape Canaveral, Florida Curiosity X-rays scoops of dirt to reveal crystals similar to those found in volcanic areas on earth In the first inventory of minerals on another planet, Nasa's Mars rover Curiosity found soil that bears a striking resemblance to weathered, volcanic sand in Hawaii, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1074029/curiosity-discovers-soil-mars-sand-hawaii
7. News - World - SPACE EXPLORATION

   Nasa to send new rover to Mars in 2020

   Posted Dec 05th 2012, 10:17am by AFP

   ... currently operating or being planned for Mars to seven. The Opportunity rover has been exploring the Martian surface since 2004. The much more sophisticated Curiosity rover landed in Gale Crater ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1097906/nasa-send-new-rover-mars-2020
8. News - World - SCIENCE

   Nasa probe discovers gravel from ancient stream bed on Mars

   Posted Sep 28th 2012, 12:37pm by Agence France-Presse

   ... Scientists find more evidence of water on the Red Planet Nasa’s Mars rover has discovered gravel once carried by the waters of an ancient stream ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1049329/nasa-probe-discovers-gravel-ancient-stream-bed-mars
9. News - World - SPACE

   Contamination fears over Nasa's rover machine on the surface of Mars

   Posted Sep 11th 2012, 12:00am by MCT

   ... after Curiosity landed on Mars. But that changed after engineers grew concerned that a rough landing could damage the rover and the drill mechanism. They decided to open the box and mount ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1033587/contamination-fears-over-nasas-rover-machine-surface-mars
10. News - World - SPACE

    Mars rover ready to analyse rock powder

    Posted Feb 21st 2013, 01:56pm by Reuters in Cape Canaveral, Florida

    ... that the drilling was a complete success,” Curiosity engineer Scott McCloskey of Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, said.. On February 8, the rover used its powerful drill, the first ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1155369/mars-rover-ready-analyse-rock-powder

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