Rover Unfurls, Opening New Stage in Exploring Mars
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NASA reached its goal of getting a Mars space probe to the planet with the successful landing Saturday night of Spirit, the planetary rover. Signs of accomplishment came with the transmission of black-and-white photographs of the planet's surface in the Gusev crater which is near the equator on Mars. This was a much anticipated development following the catastrophic landing of the Polar Lander in 1999. The rover's exploration for indications of past life will begin in nine days after NASA has conducted probe tests and decided which direction Spirit should follow.
Publication Name: The New York Times
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ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 2004
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Dinosaur Find Takes Scientists Beyond Bones
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The discovery of a 70-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex that still had intact soft tissue has excited paleontologists because of the potential to learn much more about their physiology and evolutionary links with other organisms than had been previously possible.
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ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 2005
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Scientists See Signs of Methane Forming as Rain on Saturn Moon
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Data found by the space probe Huygens shows that liquid methane on Saturn's moon Titus plays a similar role to that of water on Earth.
Publication Name: The New York Times
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ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 2005
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