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Wandering Far and Wide
Opportunity is racking up the odometer count as it heads toward the giant Endeavor crater, which lies well over the horizon.
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The Blue Dunes of Abalos Undae
This image shows an area about half a kilometer across in the Abalos Undae region of Mars, found near the ice-rich north polar layered deposits.
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One Last(?) Look
Sent by: MER-B | From: Mars | Sent: Oct, 2008 | Credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell | Image source
Just when I think I’ve posted the last of the Victoria Crater images, the rover camera team keeps releasing additional interesting ones. -
Looking Deeper
No probe has yet descended into Saturn’s stormy atmosphere, but Cassini can do the next best thing.
news
News Roundup for November 19
Recent robotic space exploration news from around the world and around the solar system:
NASA Spacecraft Detects Buried Glaciers on Mars
Gamma-Ray Evidence Suggests Ancient Mars Had Oceans
Stardust Spacecraft Burns For Home
NASA Tests First Deep-Space Internet
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Trick Shot
When it left Earth, mission managers purposely directed the Mars Express spacecraft to fly slightly off target so that the upper rocket stage wouldn’t also go to Mars. They later corrected the orbiter’s trajectory so that it arrived at the Red Planet while the rocket stage sailed on into deep space.
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Bejeweled Mars
Mars explorers have found large amounts of hydrated silica exposed on the planet’s surface. You might know ‘hydrated silica’ better as the gemstone opal.
Free Flights
There has never been a better time to be an armchair astronaut.
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Wandering Far and Wide
Opportunity is racking up the odometer count as it heads toward the giant Endeavor crater, which lies well over the horizon.
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videos & podcasts
Two Years in Three Minutes
RidingWithRobots.org: Two Years in Three Minutes from Bill Dunford on Vimeo.
This video marks the second anniversary of daily posts on RidingwithRobots.org
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Don’t Fence Me In
Ride into the wild black yonder in style with official RWR t-shirts. Two styles, available in several colors, with more on the way. See details at the store.
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Bejeweled Mars
Mars explorers have found large amounts of hydrated silica exposed on the planet’s surface. You might know ‘hydrated silica’ better as the gemstone opal.
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