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Get The Mars Rover On Your Phone

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11:30AM January 15, 2012 | Logan Booker

Don’t be anti-social while you wait for definitive signs of water, ancient ruins or alien life! NASA/JPL’s new app for Android and iOS, called Mars Images, lets you view the latest photos from the Mars Rover without having to sit at home, constantly whacking F5 on the official website. More »


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NASA’s Laser Pulse ChemCam Is Destined For CSI: Mars

3:40AM February 18, 2010 | Brian Barrett

The best way to figure out what something’s made of? Vaporise it. With a laser. That’s NASA’s philosophy, anyway, in the form of a high-energy laser system that’s going to be mounted on the next Mars rover. PEWPEW. More »


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Spirit Rover Ready To Take…Those Sunken Wheels…

9:00AM November 15, 2009 | Chris Jacob

…And learn to roll again, roll again so free. Sure, Spirit’s been better, but that doesn’t mean he’s down and out. No sir. NASA is ready to make the little guy mobile again and put him back to work. More »


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Britain’s Mars Rover Tested On Earth

12:50AM September 29, 2009 | Mark Wilson

Europe plans to launch its own rover to Mars in 2018. Here we see the Britain-built “Bridget” driving around some hole in the ground that sort of looks like Mars. More »