Mars rover to inspect its heat shield
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MOFFETT FIELD, CALIF. - The Mars rover Opportunity is set to examine the heat shield that protected the robot as it plunged through the planet&#39;s atmosphere last January.
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Scientists have confirmed that the Opportunity Mars  rover has run across a meteorite, sitting within the robot's exploration zone at  Meridiani Planum.
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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has extended the long-armed antenna of its radar, preparing the instrument to begin probing for underground layers of Mars.
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Astronauts used a robot arm to scan the  space shuttle Discovery's heat shield for damage on Wednesday  as it headed for a Thursday rendezvous with the International  Space Station.
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Something strange is happening on Mars. It seems something or someone is cleaning the windows on one of two rovers probing the surface of the red planet.
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SPACE.com / CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA shuttle managers are deciding  whether simple camera views, a third heat shield survey or possibly even a  spacewalk may be required to address a mystery object near the space shuttle  Atlantis that has already delayed the spacecraft's landing.    'We have ruled out nothing and we'll  take the time that it needs to take,' NASA's shuttle program manager Wayne Hale told reporters  today. 'We'll come back and maybe have a little better gelled plan later this  afternoon. ...
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HOUSTON -- NASA engineers are conducting a series of tests to determine how best to repair a torn heat-resistant blanket on the space shuttle Atlantis.
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A frame from Opportunity&#39;s front hazard avoidance camera shows the rover&#39;s farewell glance at Endurance Crater. Credit: NASA/JPL.
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An orbiting spacecraft has sent back new evidence for the presence of water on Mars.
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By JUAN A. LOZANO HOUSTON - As space shuttle Atlantis crew members continued their return trip to Earth on Wednesday, they waited for results of a final inspection of the spacecraft to make sure its heat shield was in good shape.
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The orbiting Discovery crew started the meticulous inspection of the shuttle's heat shield on Sunday, looking for any possible damage from liftoff.
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Scans of the shuttleÂs delicate heat shield today so far reveal no worrisome damage to the craft.
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NASA's thermal-imaging sensor helps fight the flames.
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By RASHA MADKOUR  HOUSTON - The orbiting Discovery crew started the meticulous inspection of the shuttle's heat shield on Sunday, looking for any possible damage from liftoff.
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Scans of the shuttleÂs delicate heat shield this morning so far reveal no worrisome damage to the craft.
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By Traci Watson  The crew of space shuttle Discovery did an unplanned inspection of their ship's heat shield as a precaution Monday after sensors detected a possible glancing blow to the left wing earlier in the day.
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New images of US landing craft on Mars are taken by Nasa's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) probe.