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Planetary News: Mars (2006)

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• 31 Dec 06  Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Spirit and Opportunity Smarten Up for Year 4 on the Red Planet
• 06 Dec 06  Mars Global Surveyor Discovers Current Liquid Water Activity on Mars
• 05 Dec 06  Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's HiRISE Camera Returns New Pictures of Spirit and Viking Landers
• 30 Nov 06  Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Spirit Moves to New Targets, Opportunity "Sails On" Around Victoria's Rim
• 30 Oct 06  Mars Exploration Rovers Update - New Milestones Set as Spirit Celebrates 1000 Sols, Opportunity Digs Victoria with a Little Help from a Friend
• 20 Oct 06  Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Delivers New Martian Clues – Even Before Science Mission Begins
• 11 Oct 06  Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter "Sees" Opportunity as Rover Begins Long-Awaited Exploration
• 29 Sep 06  Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Spirit Perseveres as Opportunity Arrives at Victoria Crater
• 27 Sep 06  Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Gets Ready to Rock
• 13 Sep 06  Are Dust Storms Toxic to Life on Surface of Mars?
• 31 Aug 06  Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Spirit Waits to Bust a Move, Opportunity on Final Leg to Victoria Crater
• 31 Jul 06  Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Spirit Completes Mission's Grandest Panorama, Opportunity Approaches Beagle Crater
• 30 Jun 06  Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Spirit Discovers More Meteorites as Opportunity Closes in on Beagle Crater
• 31 May 06  Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Spirit Works Winter Campaign as Opportunity Roves Adrift on way to Victoria
• 28 Apr 06  Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Spirit Pulls up to Winter Home as Opportunity Races to Victoria
• 18 Apr 06  Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Reshapes its Orbit as More First Images are Released
• 07 Apr 06  Color Images and Sharp Details from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
• 03 Apr 06  Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Begins Aerobraking
• 31 Mar 06  Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Spirit Makes Tracks for McCool Hill as Opportunity Roves to Victoria
• 27 Mar 06  Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter: Hi-RISE Camera Returns First Test Images
• 15 Mar 06  Mars Odyssey Team Creates High-Resolution Video Ride through Valles Marineris
• 10 Mar 06  Next, the Weather From Mars -- with Dan McCleese
• 10 Mar 06  A New Arrival at Mars: The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Earns its ‘O'
• 08 Mar 06  Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on Final Approach to Red Planet
• 28 Feb 06  Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Spirit Slides into Home Plate as Opportunity Finishes Work at Erebus
• 24 Feb 06  Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Approaches Red Planet
• 31 Jan 06  Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Spirit Heads for Home Plate as Opportunity Finally Roves On
• 11 Jan 06  Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity Takes Advantage of Parking Spot to Perform Imaging Tricks