MARS ROVER, ORBITER EXPLORE VICTORIA CRATER
Doug McCuistion, director of NASA's Mars Exploration Program, speaks during a news conference announcing new photos made during the exploration of Victoria Crater on Mars by the rover Oportunity and the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter at NASA headquarters in Washington on October 6, 2006. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- NASA plans to launch a new exploration rover to Mars next fall, despite budget and technical concerns, a NASA official said Friday.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency plans a Mars robotic mission to study that planet's climate history and potential habitability in greater detail than ever before.
WASHINGTON, July 9 (UPI) -- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is getting ready for a Mars mission that will look beneath the surface for evidence of life.
PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 27 (UPI) -- NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is preparing to slow itself to allow the red planet's gravity to grab it into orbit March 10.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Aug. 11 (UPI) -- The Thursday launch of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter from Florida was scrubbed because of a fueling problem.
PASADENA, Calif., April 5 (UPI) -- NASA officials said Tuesday they approved up to 18 more months of operations for Spirit and Opportunity, the twin Mars rovers.
