L., using an actual rover on a faux Martian landscape called the Mars Yard.
We even watched as the Mars rovers rolled around the red surface of another world.
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The Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft delivered Curiosity to its target area on Mars at 10:31:45 p.m.
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The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh have visited the Mars chocolate factory in Berkshire.
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The Mars landing was a high-profile gamble by NASA on a novel landing procedure.
Now, the Mars Curiosity rover is making an appearance in the wildly successful bird-flinging simulation.
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Earlier Thursday, President Pranab Mukherjee formally announced the Mars mission during a speech in parliament.
Only Europe, which operates the Mars Express orbiter, has had beginner's luck on Mars.
Preliminary results of the Mars exploration by Stargazing viewers will feature in the final programme.
Last November, the Mars probe Curiosity began its months-long journey to the red planet.
Already in place is the Mars Global Surveyor, which has been circling the planet for several years.
Scientists studying images from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have discovered the remains of an ancient Martian lake.
The Mars Science Laboratory is a precursor mission to sharper technology that could do life detection, Grotzinger said.
The Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on November 26, 2011.
At this very hour, the Mars exploration rover Spirit is searching for evidence of life beyond the Earth.
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Others will be student scientists who will assist members of the Mars Surveyor 2001 science teams, Glenn said.
Europe entered the Mars race in 2003 with the Mars Express Orbiter and the Beagle 2 lander.
He is senior research scientist at NASA's Langley Research Center and principal investigator on the Mars ARES mission.
But the same group has already used this orbiting camera to locate the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity.
If the thing has been built with components from the Mars Rover, a bit of heat and dust shouldn't faze it.
The Mars Observer, launched in 1992, dropped out of sight three days before it was scheduled to enter orbit.
Japan got in on the Mars action in 1998 with the Nozomi orbiter, but the spacecraft failed to communicate.
The Mars Inspiration team believe that it is technically possible to launch such a mission in five years' time.
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The Mars group has been developing the 1.5 metre (5 ft) long B4 hybrid engine for over three years.
Prof Squyres is the principal investigator for the Mars rovers, Opportunity and Spirit.
The Mars rover will spend the next few days continuing its testing of the many complex instruments on board.
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Later today, scientists are expected to complete a full color panorama of the landing site of the Mars Phoenix mission.
Obama proposed cutting the NASA budget and delaying the timetable for our return to the moon and the Mars mission.
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Before Curiosity, NASA's big rover project was the Mars Exploration Rover Mission: two golf-cart-sized rovers called Spirit and Opportunity.
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