Mars Rover Begins Exploration Duties
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NASA’s $2.5 billion Mars Science Laboratory mission, a two year effort to determine whether the neighboring planet hosts, or once hosted, environmental conditions suitable for some form of life, represents the most challenging U. S. planetary mission ever...Space Talk
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A nail-biter! 14 years ago today, #NASA achieved one of the most challenging feats in planetary exploration: landing the #Curiosity rover on #Mars. A 1-ton (900 kg) mobile laboratory, it required a completely new landing system:
https://earthsky.org/space/mars-curiosity-rovers-seven-minutes-of-terror/
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Since @Pokemon has a collab with @esa , I decided to take this picture of my @Paxi_ESAKids 's and Pokémon Plushies! 🚀
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Today Aug 5 is your chance to ask a NASA scientist about 50 years exploring Mars - see below 👇🔴 #Mars #Space
Our spacecraft have been on the surface and in the skies of Mars for more than 50 years. What would you ask NASA Mars scientists about the past, present, and future of exploration?
Join us on Wednesday, Aug. 5, from 11:00am-12:30pm PT for a @Reddit AMA: http://reddit.com/r/askscience/