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NASA's New Mars Rover

NASA announced the next Mars spacecraft, a Curiosity copy to launch in 2020. But its science mission is unclear.
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Restore Science Funding

Planetary Society calls on the decision makers to continue to support a robust planetary exploration program.
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Give the Gift of Exploration

Membership to the Planetary Society is the perfect gift for any space enthusiast or burgeoning explorer. Special discounts for students and seniors.
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PlanetVac: Sucking Up Planetary Dirt

A new Planetary Society project to prototype a new way to collect planetary surface samples.
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Curiosity Mission Update

Project Scientist John Grotzinger at the December 3 Media Briefing
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Infinite Visions From Our Members

Do Everyhing!
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In a way, my vision is to help everyone else achieve their visions.

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Image of the Week: Sun Dec 02 00:00:00 CST 2012

OSIRIS-REx's target asteroid 1999 RQ36 needs a name, and it's up to kids to come up with one!

Enter by December 31, 2012 to have a chance to name a piece of the solar system!

Asteroid 4179 Toutatis' upcoming encounters with Earth and Chang'E 2 2012/12/06
Near-Earth asteroid 4179 Toutatis will be passing within 7 million kilometers of Earth on December ...
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Curiosity update, sol 117: Progress report from AGU 2012/12/05
Monday was the big Curiosity day at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union. ...
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Planetary Society Weekly Hangout: present and future rovers 2012/12/05
The Planetary Society has a new weekly Google+ Hangout time slot, Thursdays at noon PT ...
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