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read the article 'National Space Club Honors Mars Curiosity'
February 13, 2013
NASA's Mars Curiosity rover/Mars Science Laboratory and its team will receive a trio of National Space Club awards.
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Spotlight
read the article 'Mars Rock Takes Unusual Form'
February 11, 2013

On Mars, as on Earth, sometimes things can take on an unusual appearance.
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Press Release
read the article 'NASA Curiosity Rover Collects First Martian Bedrock Sample'
February 9, 2013
Source: Jet Propulsion Laboratory

NASA's Curiosity rover has, for the first time, used a drill carried at the end of its robotic arm to bore into a flat, veiny rock on Mars and collect a sample from its interior.
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Feature
read the article 'Preparatory Drill Test Performed on Mars'
February 7, 2013

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has produced some rock powder with its drill as the last major test before the rover's first full drilling.
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Press Release
read the article 'Weekend Test on Mars Was Preparation to Drill a Rock'
February 4, 2013
Source: Jet Propulsion Laboratory

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity used the hammering action of its drill on Feb. 2 as the second-to-last major test before the first full drilling to collect a sample of rock dust.
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Status Report
read the article 'Curiosity Maneuver Prepares for Drilling'
January 28, 2013

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has placed its drill onto a series of four locations on a Martian rock and pressed down on it with the rover's arm, in preparation for using the drill in coming days.
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Feature
read the article 'Mars Rover Curiosity Uses Arm Camera At Night'
January 24, 2013

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has for the first time used the camera on its arm to take photos at night, illuminated by white lights and ultraviolet lights on the instrument.
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Feature
read the article 'Ms. Curiosity Goes to Washington'
January 18, 2013

It's an all-American, once-every-four-years tradition: the inauguration of a president. On Monday, Jan. 21, the Red Planet will join the traditional red-white-and-blue pageantry when a life-size model of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity appears in the inaugural parade after President Barack Obama takes the oath of office.
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Feature
read the article 'Mars Rover Curiosity's Team to Receive Space Foundation Award'
January 15, 2013

The people of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission have been named winners of a 2013 Space Foundation award for advancing exploration of space.
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Press Release
read the article 'NASA Mars Rover Preparing To Drill Into First Martian Rock'
January 15, 2013
Source: Jet Propulsion Laboratory

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is driving toward a flat rock with pale veins that may hold clues to a wet history on the Red Planet.
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Press Release
read the article 'NASA Hosts Jan. 15 Telecon About Mars Rover Progress'
January 14, 2013
Source: Jet Propulsion Laboratory

NASA will host a media teleconference at 10 a.m. PST (1 p.m. EST) on Tuesday, Jan. 15, to provide an update about the Curiosity rover's mission to Mars' Gale Crater.
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Feature
read the article 'NASA's Big Mars Rover Makes First Use Of Its Brush'
January 7, 2013

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has completed first-time use of a brush it carries to sweep dust off rocks.
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Status Report
read the article 'Curiosity Rover Explores 'Yellowknife Bay''
January 4, 2013

After imaging during the holidays, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity resumed driving Jan. 3 and pulled within arm's reach of a sinuous rock feature called "Snake River."
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Key Dates

Launched:
7:02 a.m. PST, Nov. 26, 2011
(10:02 a.m. EST)

Landed:
10:32 p.m. PDT, Aug. 5, 2012
(1:32 a.m. EDT, Aug. 6, 2012)

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