NASA Discusses Curiosity Radiation FIndings “NASA will host a media teleconference at 2:30 p.m. EDT (18:30 UTC) Thursday, May 30, to present new findings from the Mars Science Laboratory Radiation […]
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Curiosity Rover Back at Work Before Comm Block Sets In
CuriousMars: Triple Sample Set for SAM, as NASA Cheers Revived Plutonium Production “Restarting science operations after 3 weeks of computer problems, the Mars rover Curiosity will be using its robotic […]
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Ancient Mars Could Have Supported Life
Curiosity Finds Conditions Once Suited for Ancient Life on Mars “An analysis of a rock sample collected by NASA’s Curiosity rover shows ancient Mars could have supported living microbes. Scientists […]
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Big Mars News Next Week?
CuriousMars: Rover’s SAM organic and CheMin Labs Outrun Computer Snafu For Extra Rock Analysis, SpaceRef “Scientists with the $2.5 billion Mars rover Curiosity will reveal potentially historic discoveries about Mars […]
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MSL Enters Safe Mode
Mars Curiosity Rover Enters Safe Mode “The ground team for NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has switched the rover to a redundant onboard computer in response to a memory issue on […]
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Forgetting/Ignoring Space Drilling History
NASA: Red Planet looks a little gray inside, USA Today “This is the first time any robot has drilled into a rock on another planet,” says mission sample chief Louise […]
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NASA SMD Uses a Bullhorn to Say 'No Thanks'
Keith’s note: NASA SMD sent this “thanks but no thanks” email to everyone who offered their services to the 2020 Mars rover Science Definition Team – but were turned down. […]
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Why Does NASA Maintain Three (Four) Different MSL Websites?
Mars Rover Curiosity’s Team to Receive Space Foundation Award “JPL, a division of Caltech in Pasadena, manages the Mars Science Laboratory for the NASA Science Mission Directorate, Washington. For more […]
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MSL: No Organics, Possible Perchlorate – Nothing Earthshaking
Curiosity Analyzes First Martian Soil Samples “We have no definitive detection of Martian organics at this point, but we will keep looking in the diverse environments of Gale Crater,” said […]
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JPL PAO Whines About Curiosity Parody
Plastic beads on Mars: The short life of a NASA spoof site, MSNBC “Update for 10:30 p.m. ET: Veronica McGregor, who manages the news and social media office at JPL, […]