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  • March 2008

    • Mars Rovers Dodge NASA Cuts

      Washington Post  |  Mar 26, 08 7:10 AM CDT

      Mars Rovers Dodge NASA Cuts

      (Newser) - NASA has spared its far-flung Mars rovers from budget cuts, reports the Washington Post, after its administrator got wind of the plan to hibernate Spirit and roll Opportunity back to part time. "Closing down either of the rovers is not on the table," his spokesman said, and underlings are looking elsewhere for cuts. More »

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      NASA  • Mars  • budget  • rover  • Opportunity  • Spirit  • Mars rover  • NASA administrator

    • $4M NASA Cut May Strand Mars Rover

      CNN  |  Mar 24, 08 8:38 PM CDT

      $4M NASA Cut May Strand Mars Rover

      (Newser) - NASA confirmed and denied plans today to scuttle a Mars rover and fire 300 employees, CNN reports. The space agency first announced a $4 million cut to the Mars program's $20 million budget and vowed to unplug one of two rovers roaming the red planet. Then a NASA spokesman told CNN that "the cancellation of the Mars Exploration Rovers is not under consideration." More »

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      NASA  • Mars  • space exploration  • job cuts  • rover  • Opportunity  • Spirit  • budget cuts

  • February 2008

    • Mars Was Too Salty for Life

      BBC  |  Feb 16, 08 7:58 AM CST

      Mars Was Too Salty for Life

      (Newser) - Hopes that Mars may once have supported life have taken a blow with the discovery that the planet has been too salty for life for much of its history, the BBC reports. "It was salty enough that only a handful of known terrestrial organisms would have a ghost of a chance of surviving there when conditions were at their best," a member of NASA's Mars rover team said. More »

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      NASA  • Mars  • extraterrestrial life  • salt  • rover  • microbe

  • September 2007

    • Opportunity Knocks on Mars

      Associated Press  |  Sep 28, 07 10:47 AM CDT

      Opportunity Knocks on Mars

      (Newser) - NASA’s Martian explorer Opportunity reached its first destination inside the cavernous Victoria Crater yesterday and prepared to get to work drilling into bright rock layers to collect data. The six-wheeled robot last month began the precarious decline into the crater, headed for a shiny piece of bedrock that scientists think is a relic of the ancient Martian surface, the AP reports. More »

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      NASA  • Mars  • robot  • rover  • Opportunity  • Spirit

    • Mars Rover Steps Into Crater

      Wired  |  Sep 13, 07 6:00 PM CDT

      Mars Rover Steps Into Crater

      (Newser) - The dust has finally settled on Mars, and NASA's Mars rover Opportunity took its first steps Tuesday 13 feet into the half-mile-wide Victoria Crater—and then backed out after slipping beyond acceptable levels. With Opportunity's six wheels perched over the lip of the crater, researchers paused the operation in order to analyze data collected in the foray, Wired reports. More »

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      NASA  • space  • Mars  • space exploration  • rover  • Opportunity

  • July 2007

    • Martian Dust Imperils Rover Mission

      Reuters  |  Jul 22, 07 9:20 AM CDT

      Martian Dust Imperils Rover Mission

      (Newser) - The violent dust storm that has immobilized NASA's Mars rovers for three weeks shows no signs of letting up, and is now threatening the future of the mission. "This is by far the worst storm the rovers have ever seen,"  the rovers project manager told reporters.  "Now it's all about saving power." More »

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      NASA  • storm  • Mars  • rover

    • Mars Rover Crater Descent Delayed by Dust Storm

      Fox News  |  Jul 6, 07 3:16 PM CDT

      Mars Rover Crater Descent Delayed by Dust Storm

      (Newser) - Mars Opportunity Rover has been perched on the edge of Victoria Crater on Mars for nine months waiting to descend and explore the crater. Then, this week, when scientists were to send it down, a dust storm thousands of miles wide partially blocked the sunlight Opportunity needs to recharge its batteries. Until the dust abates the mission is on hold. More »

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      Mars  • rover  • Opportunity  • Spirit

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