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Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Spirit Breaks Rove Record, Opportunity Sees Endeavour's Distant Rim
The Mars Exploration Rovers logged a memorable March, with Spirit finally making some serious tracks and setting a new driving record for a five-wheeled rover, and Opportunity getting a first glimpse on the distant horizon of its next big attraction, Endeavour Crater as it crossed a geologic boundary into a new field of
Aurora expedition: The end
Aurora expedition: The end
LPSC: Thursday's posters
LPSC: Thursday's posters
LPSC: Friday morning session on future missions
LPSC: Friday morning session on future missions
Brown-Vernadsky Microsymposium 2009: The talks
Brown-Vernadsky Microsymposium 2009: The talks
LPSC: Asteroids and Mercury
LPSC: Asteroids and Mercury
Cool photo: Venus' crescent
Cool photo: Venus' crescent
Look! It's a near-Earth asteroid!
Look! It's a near-Earth asteroid!
LPSC: Saltwater at the Phoenix landing site?
LPSC: Saltwater at the Phoenix landing site?
LPSC: Triton's crescent
LPSC: Triton's crescent
Mars Express VMC is back online!
Mars Express VMC is back online!
Name Orcus' moon!
Name Orcus' moon!
Spirit puts the pedal to the metal
Way to go, Spirit! The last two drives for the five-wheeled rover have taken it a total of about 40 meters west, traveling around the north edge of Home Plate. If I'm not mistaken, that's more than Spirit has driven in the last 400 sols combined.
Brown-Vernadsky Microsymposium 2009: Introduction
Brown-Vernadsky Microsymposium 2009: Introduction
LPSC, Day 2: Morning sessions on our Moon and Saturn's moons
LPSC, Day 2: Morning sessions on our Moon and Saturn's moons
Aurora Expedition: Aurorae and a volcano
Aurora Expedition: Aurorae and a volcano
Give MSL a Real Name!
The voting has begun to give the Mars Science Laboratory a genuine, non-acronym name!
Aurora Expedition: From Seward to Anchorage to Fairbanks
Aurora Expedition: From Seward to Anchorage to Fairbanks
LPSC, Day 1: Phoenix, morning session
LPSC, Day 1: Phoenix, morning session



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