The Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft delivered Curiosity to its target area on Mars at 10:31:45 p.m.
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In his book "Roving Mars, " Squyres recalls the first time he saw Pancam pictures on Mars.
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Beside its direct scientific role, Mars Odyssey is also an important link in America's Mars-exploration programme.
Only Europe, which operates the Mars Express orbiter, has had beginner's luck on Mars.
Overall, Mars' atmosphere reduces the radiation dose compared to what we saw during the flight to Mars.
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We believe when the Earth formed, when Mars formed, Mars was very different than it is today.
Chocolate manufacturing giant Mars has distanced itself from the famous deep-fried Mars bar by seeking a disclaimer.
Europe entered the Mars race in 2003 with the Mars Express Orbiter and the Beagle 2 lander.
The ESA's Mars Express leads the pack of several probes expected to land on Mars in the next decade.
Since efforts to explore Mars began in 1960, the U.S., Russia, Japan and Europe have launched 40 missions to Mars.
"This mission will give us the first ever robot field geologist on Mars, " Scott Hubbard, Nasa's Mars programme director, said.
The second reason we're interested in Mars is we believe that Mars has experienced catastrophic climate change over its history.
"The test was a resounding success", said Ben Jarvis of the Mars Advanced Rocketry Society (Mars), Britain's longest-running rocketry group.
On Sunday, the Mars Science Laboratory executed a series of maneuvers designed to slow its approach to the Mars surface.
This software for Mars surface operations was uploaded to the rover's memory during the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft's flight from Earth.
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Curiosity has "ears" to hear commands relayed from NASA's Deep Space Network via the Odyssey and Mars Reconnaissance spacecraft orbiting Mars.
Among Lockheed's other projects was Mars Climate Orbiter which, in 1999, did not so much orbit Mars as slam into it.
In fact Mars has a unique surface, and the surface of Mars is more chemically reactive than any surface we know about.
Since it started its mapping mission around Mars in 1998, the Mars Global Surveyor has sent back thousands of high quality images.
"You take what Mars gives you, " said Squyres, also the lead scientist on the Mars Exploration Rover Mission, which includes Spirit and Opportunity.
Some scientists suspect Mars once sheltered primitive, bacteria-like organisms and previous missions found evidence Mars at one time boasted ample quantities of water.
Mars rover Curiosity has found the remnants of an ancient streambed on Mars, providing still more evidence that water once flowed freely there.
It was the first such mission since the failure of the Mars 96 probe, which also failed to reach Mars after a launch failure.
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The image was taken by the rover's Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) during the rover's 44th Martian day, or sol, on Mars (Sept. 19, 2012).
The 2, 000-pound Mars rover Curiosity made its landing on Mars on August 6, 2012, and has been sending back fascinating images and data ever since.
Were we to see the same kinds of weathered rock on Mars, it's a good guess that life was once present on the Mars surface.
The latter is using the web service to capture and store images and metadata collected from the Mars Exploration Rover and Mars Science Laboratory missions.
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These observations contrast sharply with the findings of Mars rover Opportunity, which landed on a different part of Mars in 2004 and is still chugging along.
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