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NASA Curiosity Rover Team Selects Second Drilling Target on Mars (+) How 3,500 of us want a one-way trip to Mars and be filmed on a ‘space-age reality TV programme’

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From Mars Daily by Staff Writers
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 13, 2013

NASA Curiosity Rover Team Selects Second Drilling Target on Mars

The team operating NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has selected a second target rock for drilling and sampling. The rover will set course to the drilling location in coming days

This second drilling target, called “Cumberland,” lies about nine feet (2.75 meters) west of the rock where Curiosity’s drill first touched Martian stone in February. Curiosity took the first rock sample ever collected on Mars from that rock, called “John Klein.” . . . Read Complete Report

And while we’re talking about Mars. . . 

From Mail Online (UK)

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

PUBLISHED: 16:50 EST, 12 May 2013 | UPDATED: 17:03 EST, 12 May 20 2012

How 3,500 of us want a one-way trip to Mars and be filmed on a ‘space-age reality TV programme’

More than 3,500 Britons have applied for a one-way ticket to Mars under a bold plan to fly four people there every year from 2023.

The colonists have to agree to stay on the red planet for the rest of their lives – and be filmed for a reality TV programme.

Mars One, the Dutch company behind the project, says energy will come from solar panels and eats will be grown on the planet. The venture has attracted 78,000 applications from more than 120 countries. . . . Read Complete Report

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From youtube uploaded by UFOTVstudios Aug 14, 2012

UFOTV® Presents – MISSION TO MARS: The Red Planet

Mars Curiosity Rover Landing FULL ANIMATION

from youtube

uploaded by AstronomyLife

Published on Aug 5, 2012

This is the Full Animation of the Mars Curiosity Rover :).

Mars: Curiosity flexes its arm (w/video)

Photo: Curiosity’s workbench where samples collected by the arm are analyzed (Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech) SOURCE GizMag.com

from GizMag.com

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September 6, 2012

On Wednesday, NASA’s unmanned Mars rover Curiosity passed another milestone. Having traversed 358 feet (109 m), the 4X4-sized, nuclear-powered explorer is one-quarter of the way from Bradbury landing to it’s first major destination, Glenelg. Now that Curiosity’s mobility system has had the bugs shaken out of it, it’s the arm’s turn to take center stage. Curiosity will spend the next six to ten days testing its seven-foot (2.1 m) arm and the set of tools that make up its “hand.” . . . Read Complete Report w/ slide show

from youtube

Mars Curiosity Rover FULL ANIMATION

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This is the Full Animation of the Mars Curiosity Rover :).

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First 365 Panorama View Of Mars

from International Business Times

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Sends Back First Full-Color Panorama Of Mars

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August 30, 2012 3:48 PM EDT

NASA‘s Curiosity rover is really beginning to pay off. Since setting up its high-definition cameras, the Mars rover has been sending back amazing views of the fourth planet. Now NASA has assembled a high-quality panorama of the Martian surface, and the results are stunning.

The 360-degree view of Mars shows off Curiosity’s surroundings in Gale Crater, and gives a splendid view of Mount Sharp, the rover’s ultimate target in its mission. . . . Read Complete Report

Check out the first full-color panorama from Curiosity here.

from youtube

Mars Curiosity Rover Live Video From Martian Surface

Published on Aug 10, 2012 by 

This movie shows the first 360-degree panorama in color of the Gale Crater landing site taken by NASA’s Curiosity rover. . . . Continue post on youtube