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NASA rover reaches rim of big Martian crater

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NASA’s surviving Mars rover Opportunity has reached the rim of a 14-mile-wide crater where the robot geologist will examine rocks older than any it has seen

Could new rover find fossils on Mars?

This computer-generated view shows Mars' Gale crater (circled), which NASA has selected as the landing site for the next Mars rover (inset), due to hit the planet in August 2012.

Scientists are taking a slower, more methodical approach to make sure they understand the environments and chemistry that could support and preserve life

Mars rover to land inside huge crater

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NASA’s next Mars rover will land at the foot of a towering mountain inside a 96-mile-wide crater to search for evidence the region once once supported life

Next Mars rover faces race against time, funding

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NASA’s next Mars rover faces looming technical, financial and scheduling challenges before its planned launch in November, according to an internal audit

NASA exhibits scale model of Mars rover

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NASA and its Jet Propulsion Labs recently opened an exhibit featuring a scale model of the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity

NASA’s next Mars rover rolls over ramps

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The rover Curiosity, NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory mission, will be placed on Mars in August 2012

Spooky life on Mars?

A picture set back from a Mars rover in 2008 suggests a rock formation figure in this video might be of a humanoid

Mars landing site for Rovers?

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Landing site? This is one of the candidates – a dark spot between Mars’ northern lowlands and southern highlands – for the next Mars rover to land

Spooky photo proves life on Mars?

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Just when NASA dispelled speculation about a “face” on Mars captured by one of its orbiting satellites, a new “sign of life” has been “seen” on the Red Planet.

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