what is the progress of the two contraptions dispatched by scientists to Mars. What were their names?
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You are reffering to the Mars Exploration Rovers.  There is also a probe on it's way to Mars to see if it had any long standing bodies of water.
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There are so many thing that NASA is doing... Here are some of them:\n\n01.19.06 - NASA Seeks Transporation Proposals \nNASA is challenging U.S. industry to create new capabilities and services that will support the Vision for Space Exploration.\n\n01.18.06 - NASA Announces Stardust Mission Briefing \nNASA announced a news conference at 11 a.m. EST (10 a.m. CST) tomorrow to discuss the comet and interstellar dust samples returned to Earth by the Stardust spacecraft.\n\n01.18.06 - NASA Awards Engineering Support Contract \nNASA has awarded a $34 million contract to The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. to provide engineering development and analysis for the space shuttle and ISS.\n \n01.13.06 - ISS Status Report: SS06-002 \nExpedition 12 Commander Bill McArthur and Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev completed an important upgrade to the station's spacewalk preparation systems.\n \n01.12.06 - Expendable Launch Vehicle Status Report: E06-002 \nThe launch of Pluto New Horizons is scheduled Jan. 17.\n\n------- NASA ALERTS ------\nLatest Stardust News \nNASA brings cometary and interstellar particles back to Earth.\n \nAudio Clips: Jan. 13 Expedition 13 briefing \nThe next residents of the International Space Station discussed their mission during a news conference Thursday, Jan. 12 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.\n \nNew Horizons Web and TV Coverage: Jan. 15-17 \nNASA will offer a Webcast on Jan. 15; launch coverage starts at 11 a.m. EST on Jan. 17.\n \n----- BREAKING NEWS -----\n01.19.06 - NASA Awards Scientific Support Contract \nNASA has selected SGT, Inc., Greenbelt, Md., for award of the Geophysics, Geodynamics and Space Geodesy Support contract.\n \n01.19.06 - NASA Seeks Transporation Proposals \nNASA is challenging U.S. industry to create new capabilities and services that will support the Vision for Space Exploration.\n \n\nBut if you want a real update and the complete story for that go to my source...
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sending a probe to mars\n\nadvanced techniques in heart surgery
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The most recent exploration of Mars is NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. It was launched on August 12, 2005 and entered into a highly eliptical (oval shaped) orbit around Mars on March 10, 2006.
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Check this one\nhttp://science.nasa.gov/Realtime/jtrack/3d/JTrack3D.html
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Over the years we've sent quite a few probes - both orbiters and landers - to Mars.  So far we have seen zero signs of intelligent life, and nothing definitive about simple life, either.\n\nWhat we have seen that excites us is signs of water.  And from what we know about biochemistry, it may be pretty easy for simple life forms to develop in the presence of water.  Some of the probes that have landed on Mars have looked for organic compounds - the building blocks of life.  So far they haven't found anything like that - but that doesn't mean they're not there!\n\nI think the best way to investigate if there's life on Mars would be to send humans there to to really good tests.  Hopefully that will happen in the next 15 or 20 years.
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The scientist in charge of this project were taking extra care with picture preparation. Go to the site and you will see that around May 17th I think we can start looking for the particles from space.\nSee link below for Stardust at Home
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MARS... quite possible
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Yes, yes, yes, yes..!!! Scientists have stopped light.\n\nThe details of when, where and how are here ---\nhttp://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2002/27Mar_stoplight.htm\n\nhttp://physicsweb.org/articles/world/14/9/8
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have you not seen war of the worlds?where did the aliens come from? MARS!!!
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Ben Franklin discovered electricity when he was visiting Mars. They have electrical storms something fierce up there, if memory serves me correctly.
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ask Neil Alden Armstrong or Buzz Eugene Aldrin
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Hi\nYes there are. There has been microscopic animals found in mars.
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The storage, examination, and reverse engineering of crashed alien spacecraft (including material supposedly recovered at Roswell), the study of their occupants (living and dead), and the manufacture of aircraft based on alien technology. \nMeetings or joint undertakings with extraterrestrials. \nThe development of exotic energy weapons (for SDI applications or otherwise) or means of weather control. \nThe development of time travel technology. \nActivities related to a supposed shadowy one world government
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Outer Space and the Moon expeditions.
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Here you go: http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/scienceques2004/20041105.htm
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Pioneer and Voyager spacecraft?