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Countdown to Mars: An MSL Photo Album

News Writer: Marcus WooCredit: NASA/JPL-CaltechOver the past several years, the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft—from the heat shield to the rover to the supersonic parachute—has gone through...

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Countdown to Mars: Caltech goes to the Red Planet

News Writer: Marcus WooOn Sunday, August 5, the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover, known as Curiosity, will make its dramatic descent onto Mars's surface. Once it lands, the rover will check its...

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Countdown to Mars: What to Expect on Landing Night

News Writer: Kimm FesenmaierCredit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA's Mars Science Laboratory, a rover known as Curiosity, is scheduled to land on the surface of the Red Planet on Sunday, August 5. Mission...

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Home Sweet Mars

NASA's Mars Science Laboratory successfully lands on the red planetNews Writer: Kimm FesenmaierThe "seven minutes of terror" are over, and members of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) team have...

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Now On Mars: "A One-Ton, Automobile-Sized Piece of American Ingenuity"

News Writer: Kimm FesenmaierThe Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter snapped this shot of the MSL spacecraft with its parachute deployed as it headed toward a successful landing. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ....

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Keeping Up with Curiosity

News Writer: Kimm FesenmaierTwo full-resolution images from Curiosity's navigation camera, stitched together. The rim of Gale Crater can be seen in the distance. The foreground shows two distinct zones...

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President Obama Calls to Congratulate Curiosity's Team

News Writer: Kimm FesenmaierPresident Barack Obama called the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Monday morning to congratulate the Mars Science Laboratory team on the successful landing of Curiosity on the red...

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Mars Rover Finds Evidence of Ancient Streambed

News Writer: Kimm FesenmaierNASA's Curiosity rover found evidence for an ancient, flowing stream on Mars at a few sites, including the rock outcrop pictured here, which the science team has named...

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How I Landed on Mars

Caltech graduate students on the MSL mission drive science, the rover, and their careersNews Writer: Shayna Chabner McKinneyCaltech graduate students Lauren Edgar (left) and Katie Stack (right) are...

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Mars Science Laboratory: The Search for Habitable Environments

Watson Lecture PreviewNews Writer: Douglas SmithCredit: JPL John Grotzinger, Caltech’s Fletcher Jones Professor of Geology, is the project scientist for JPL’s newest Mars rover—Curiosity, the Mars...

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Scientists Find a Martian Igneous Rock that is Surprisingly Earth-like

News Writer: Kathy SvitilImage of the martian rock "Jake Matijevic" obtained by Curiosity's Mast CameraCredit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSSA Caltech-led team of Mars Science Laboratory scientists has found...

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First Papers from Curiosity

News Writer: Kathy SvitilCuriosity Self-Portrait at 'John Klein'Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS The first papers from the Mars Science Laboratory mission are now available online.

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First Rock Dating Experiment Performed on Mars

News Writer: Jessica Stoller-ConradAn image from the Curiosity rover's Front Hazard-Avoidance Camera shows the rover drilling into its second rock target, "Cumberland."Credit: NASA/JPL-CaltechAlthough...

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New Curiosity Papers Published

News Writer: Allison BenterCuriosity Self-Portrait at 'John Klein'Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS New research articles on the Mars Science Laboratory mission have recently been published.

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Grotzinger Steps Down as Curiosity’s Project Scientist

News Writer: Lori DajoseJohn Grotzinger, Caltech's Fletcher Jones Professor of Geology and former Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) project scientist, on the left; Ashwin Vasavada (PhD '98), the new MSL...

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Mike Brown's "Living Textbook"

News Writer: Douglas SmithCaltech planetary science professor Mike Brown.Credit: Lance Hayashida/Caltech Office of Strategic CommunicationsFeynman Teaching Award winner Mike Brown ventures into new...

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Exploration & Collaboration: The JPL-Caltech Connection

News Writer: Lori DajoseVIEW FULL-SIZE IMAGECredit: CaltechCaltech's partnership with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has made possible countless discoveries about our universe—how and why black holes...

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