The amount of electricity generated by the solar panels on Spirit has been declining for the past several Martian days, or sols, as a regional dust storm moved southward and blocked some of the sunshi...
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Dust Storm Passing Over Spirit
Second Test Rover Added to Driving Experiments
A second, lighter-weight test rover has entered the testing setup at JPL where rover team members are assessing strategy for getting Spirit out of soft soil where it is embedded on Mars.
NASA's "A-Train" on Track With Hurricane Research
Whenever tropical cyclones are brewing, researchers around the world catch NASA's A-Train of Earth-monitoring satellites to learn more about them.
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Student of the Stars
A love of astronomy helped one college student set a course for a variety of science internships at JPL.
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Mars Science Laboratory
This animation demonstrates how the rover will enter, descend and land on the surface of Mars.
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Robot Madness
Students used Lego robots to compete on a Mars-like obstacle course during an annual robotics competition at JPL.
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What's Up for March?
During 2009, we’re celebrating International Year of Astronomy by taking you on a tour of one of the month’s best celestial objects. And this month, it’s Saturn!
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What's Up for February?
Take a step back in time and see how astronomers like Galileo studied the moon. Longer tease: When you gaze at the moon, you’ll see the same views that enchanted and startled ancient astronomers centuries ago.
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