10 years on Mars: NASA rover mission anniversary
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NASA's Curiosity Rover Drills Into 2nd Mars Rock
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Autonomous Rovers to Compete for $1.5 Million NASA Prize
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See the Curiosity Rover's 1st Year On Mars in 2 Minutes (Video)
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NASA's Curiosity spacecraft looks to develop Mars mission a year after landing
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Wow! Curiosity Rover Captures 2 Mars Moons Together In Stunning NASA Video
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Mars Rover Curiosity Drives Solo for First Time
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Mars Rover Opportunity Reaches Campsite for Martian Winter
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Mars Rover Opportunity Reaches Campsite for Martian Winter
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Mars Rover Camera Invention Could Help NASA Robots Explore Solo
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Water on Mars: Curiosity Rover Uncovers a Flood of Evidence
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NASA's Curiosity Rover Finds More Signs that Ancient Mars Had Water
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Mars surface map detailing NASA Mars Rover Curiosity's mission so far. Officials announced on Thursday that the rover has found no sign of methane, a telltale sign of life.
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Ideas Wanted for NASA's 2020 Mars Rover, But Government Shutdown Adds Challenge
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Red Cent: Mars Rover Curiosity Snaps High-Res Pic of Penny Payload (Photo)
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An image from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity shows the surface of the planet with inclined layering known as cross-bedding in an outcrop called "Shaler" on a scale of a few tenths of a meter, or decimeters (1 decimeter is nearly 4 inches) in this NASA handout released January 15, 2013. REUTERS/NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Handout
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Mars Rover Curiosity's Next Destination Named for Planetary Science Pioneer (Video)
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Zap! NASA's Curiosity Rover Fires 100,000th Laser Shot on Mars
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NASA handout image of the Curiosity rover on Mars
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Zap! NASA's Curiosity Rover Fires 100,000th Laser Shot on Mars
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NASA handout image of the Curiosity rover on Mars
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This mosaic of images from NASA's Mars Curiosity rover shows geological members of the Yellowknife Bay formation on Mars in this handout photo
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10 Years on Mars: NASA Rover Mission Celebrates 10th Martian Birthday
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Jacqueline Storey, a press officer at the National Maritime Museum, poses for a photograph in front of images of Mars generated by NASA's Curiosity Rover at their new Visions of the Universe exhibition, in Greenwich, London
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Mock Mission to Mars: A Space Reporter's Guide
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Ten years ago today, NASA dropped the first of two rovers onto the surface of Mars, kicking off a wildly successful mission that continues to beam home data about the Red Planet and its wetter, warmer past.
NASA's Spirit rover touched down on the night of Jan. 3, 2004 (Jan. 4 GMT), followed three weeks later by its twin, Opportunity. The two robots were originally supposed to explore Mars for 90 days, searching their disparate landing sites for signs of past water activity on the Red Planet. (Space.com)