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As Opportunity opened her robotic eyes for the first time, it was clear Meridiani Planum was unlike any place NASA ever visited before. Unlike its older sibling, Spirit, Opportunity didn't have to wait for evidence of water's influence on the alien landscape.
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Look for Mars in the night sky on December 12, 2005, and wish Opportunity a Happy One Martian Year Anniversary!
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Since Spirit's landing on January 3, 2004, Mars has completed one orbit around the Sun. That's one martian year - about twice as long as a year on Earth. With this anniversary in mind, it's time to celebrate the rover's acommplishments.
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From working with prototype rovers in an Earth-bound sandbox, to driving on the actual red sands of Mars, Dr. Ashley Stroupe gets the best of both planets.
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What could have been dismissed as "just static" in a radio signal is actually an echo from Mars that might reflect the shape of hidden ice and rock structures beneath the martian surface.
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In fall of 2005, Mars will outshine most of the stars in the night sky.
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Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) web site

An upgraded Web site offers images from Mars as soon as they are received from the camera on NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter. It also has user-controlled navigation to scroll and zoom within selected images, plus a global map for finding images.
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As the rovers keep journeying across the surface of Mars, scientists are busy churning out journal articles that herald the new discoveries revealed by their robot geologist partners.
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Blind students explore Mars with computer skills and adventurers' hearts.
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The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft performed an integrated system test with its Atlas V rocket on Monday, August 1, 2005, in the Atlas Vertical Integration Facility.
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As the shuttle returns to flight, the human spirit is inspired and the rover Spirit climbs the martian hills named in honor of the Columbia astronauts.
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NASA scientists studying the red planet visit Moscow's Red Square to strengthen cultural ties and to exchange scientific discoveries with their Russian partners.
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Hawaiian volcanoes aren't exotic enough for Vicky Hamilton and Phil Christensen. Together, they used higher resolution data available from Mars Odyssey to make new discoveries about an area adjacent to a major martian volcano. Their research has earned them the cover story for this month's journal Geology.
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Spirit backs off from its first attempt to reach the top of the "Columbia Hills." Scientists plan to try another route.
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Opportunity Discovers Tiny Craters on Mars. The largest of the two is less than a foot wide.
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Mars Global Surveyor snapped pictures of Odyssey as the orbiters flew past each other about 90 kilometers (56 miles) apart!
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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter will follow clues to where the lost Mars Polar Lander and Beagle 2 might be.
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Spirit spies a swarm of dust devils wheeling across the plains of Gusev Crater.
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Localizing a source for reported methane on Mars could point the way to future exploration sites.
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