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Feb 13, 2019
The Planetary Society Releases Official Statements on End of Opportunity Rover OperationsThe Planetary Society, the world’s largest independent space interest organization, issued the following statement in reaction to the formal end of operations of the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity.
Nov 14, 2018
The Planetary Society Announces Media Resources and Events for Mars InSight LandingOn 26 November 2018 just before noon Pacific (3:00 p.m. ET / 20:00 UTC), NASA’s InSight lander will descend through Mars’ atmosphere and hopefully touch down softly on the surface of Mars.
Mar 14, 2016
The Planetary Society & CEO Bill Nye Congratulate ExoMars Mission TeamThe European Space Agency (ESA) and Roscomos today launched the first mission of the ExoMars program aboard a Proton-M rocket from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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