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                            <title><![CDATA[ Latest from Live Science in Mars-rover ]]></title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Odd-looking rock on Mars is totally alien to the Red Planet, Perseverance rover finds ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ NASA's Perseverance Mars rover recently came across an odd rock, dubbed "Phippsaksla," that is unlike anything else the robot has found on the Red Planet. It turns out that it probably isn't from our neighboring world and likely crashed on Mars instead. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8yo3T445AVPkBj6Mu5DUSB-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Perseverance rover recently stumbled across an odd looking boulder in the Jezero crater. After analyzing the rock, it became clear that it was a meteorite that crash-landed on the Red Planet.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photo of a large boulder-like rock on Mars, circled by a yellow ring annotation]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'The Martian' predicts human colonies on Mars by 2035. How close are we? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ NASA hasn't landed humans on Mars yet. But thanks to robotic missions, scientists now know more about the planet's surface than they did when the movie was released. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2025 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Mars]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ari Koeppel ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6UtirNnFQNBZ2avfFb6YRZ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[&#039;The Martian&#039; protagonist Mark Watney contemplates his ordeal.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A still from the movie &quot;The Martian&quot;, showing an astronaut on the surface of Mars]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Perseverance rover rolls onto 'Crocodile' plateau on Mars to hunt for super-old rocks ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ NASA's Perseverance rover is exploring a new Mars region called Krokodillen, which is thought to harbor some of the oldest and most intriguing rocks on the Red Planet. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2025 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Mars]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mike Wall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/oHycpjG5RAvQPspeV9TWsW-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[On the road to Krokodillen: One of the navigation cameras on NASA&#039;s Perseverance captured the rover&#039;s tracks coming from an area called &quot;Witch Hazel Hill,&quot; on May 13, 2025, the 1,503rd Martian day, or sol, of the mission.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[selfie taken by a mars rover, showing bits of its hardware in the foreground and rover tracks extending across a barren reddish-sand landscape in the background]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ NASA rover discovers out-of-place 'Skull' on Mars, and scientists are baffled ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars has discovered unusual "float" rocks on the rim of Jezero Crater while searching for signs of ancient microbial life. Scientists are investigating their origin. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 17:27:15 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 23 Apr 2025 15:34:23 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sharmila Kuthunur ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pM3P5SK8qGkVbxYR2ZcJbV-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[NASA&#039;s Perseverance rover found an unusual dark, pitted rock dubbed Skull Hill while exploring Jezero Crater&#039;s rim. The rock contrasts with lighter surrounding terrain and was likely transported from elsewhere, scientists say. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[an aerial view of a rock on Mars]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Gigantic 'spiderwebs' on Mars are the next big target for NASA's Curiosity rover, agency reveals ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Curiosity has just finished the latest leg of its 12-year Mars mission and will now set out to explore miles of web-like surface features left behind by ancient water on the Red Planet. The zig-zagging rocks could also provide clues about whether Mars once harbored extraterrestrial life. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2024 17:06:09 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 03 Dec 2024 19:47:31 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fEGYBvVhoL9dBv86kjNMjR-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[NASA&#039;s Curiosity rover will soon explore a patch of spiderweb-like &quot;boxwork&quot; features on Mars. This photo, taken in 2006, shows a similar area to the one that the rover will explore.   ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A black and white satellite image of spiderweb-like surface features on Mars]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Perseverance rover watches a solar eclipse on Mars  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ On Sept. 30, NASA's Perseverance rover turned its eyes toward the sky and photographed a solar eclipse from Mars, capturing the tiny moon Phobos crossing the sun's face. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2024 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:07:11 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stefanie Waldek ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YMbAbEzo5FutoNFPyda3Pn-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[NASA&#039;s Perseverance rover used its Left Mastcam-Z camera to capture a Martian solar eclipse on Sept. 30, 2024 (Sol 1285); the outline of Mars&#039; moon Phobos is clearly visible in front of the sun&#039;s disk.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A blurry photo of Mars&#039; moon Phobos passing in front of the sun in a partial eclipse]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Weird 'zebra rock' on Mars is unlike anything seen before on Red Planet, NASA says ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ NASA's Perseverance rover has sent home pictures of a mysterious black-and-white striped rock, the likes of which scientists have never seen before on Mars. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2024 11:56:18 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:06:54 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mLsWb5UBE2sX9AkoKSrCri-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[NASA&#039;s Mars Perseverance rover captured this image of a black-and-white striped rock using its Left Mastcam-Z camera. This image was acquired on Sept. 13, 2024 (Sol 1268) at the local mean solar time of 12:40:29.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Image of a striped rock captured by NASA&#039;s Perseverance rover on Mars. The rock lies on dusty, sandy ground.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ '1st of its kind': NASA spots unusually light-colored boulder on Mars that may reveal clues of the planet's past ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ NASA's Perseverance rover spotted a bizarrely light-toned boulder on Mars, the likes of which have never been seen before. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2024 22:02:13 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:05:48 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristel Tjandra ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NbDLjHRV2NMEzT5uvDBxKX-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An image taken by NASA&#039;s Perseverance on May 27 while surveying Mount Washburn caught sight of the pale boulder &quot;Atoko Point&quot;.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Light-toned Martian rock]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Perseverance rover spots a shark fin and crab claw on Mars ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Is something fishy happening on the Red Planet, or is it all in our minds again? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2023 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Space Exploration]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JmGv9z5HiP9DNVQVdPNA8g-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[(Left) a shark fin shaped rock on Mars (Right) an accompanying crab claw shaped boulder (Insert) NASA&#039;s Perseverance Rover.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[(Left) a shark fin shaped rock on Mars (Right) an accompanying crab claw shaped boulder (Insert) NASA&#039;s Perseverance Rover.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Building blocks of life' discovered on Mars in 10 different rock samples ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ NASA's Perseverance rover has found an intriguing menagerie of organic molecules in a Martian crater, but their source remains unclear. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jul 2023 18:15:44 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:01:55 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Charles Q. Choi ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FGQ2bbgtGoP6n9k6qofSsi-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of Mars&#039; Olympus Mons, the largest known volcano in the solar system.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of Olympus Mons, the largest known volcano in the solar system.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Mars had an extreme climate shift 400,000 years ago, Chinese rover finds before its demise ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ China's presumed-dead Zhurong rover spotted telltale patterns of ancient climate change in the Martian dunes. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2023 17:36:26 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:01:52 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Keith Cooper ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5YgVriQbf7AF9Zu8R5rPZW-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Imaged near Syrtis Major by NASA&#039;s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter here we see an example of transverse aeolian ridges (TARs) in a dune field on Mars.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[view of mars from orbit showing reddish-brown sand dunes rippling across a rocky surface]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Mars helicopter Ingenuity phones home, breaking 63-day silence ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity has phoned home after 63 days of silence, and all appears to be well with the little rotorcraft. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jul 2023 17:00:13 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:01:48 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mike Wall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PK9eUsAniUaAQu2QMsxYDA-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ China finally admits its hibernating Mars rover may never wake up ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Zhurong Mars rover never woke up from a planned hibernation, and the head of the mission team has now revealed why. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2023 15:59:46 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:01:09 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stephanie Pappas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4Mb5fN92aq9b35cdsKwNyg-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ China's Mars rover may be dead in the dust, new NASA images reveal ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Mars rover Zhurong hasn't moved since last fall, new orbiter images confirm, suggesting that the Chinese rover may be at the end of its lifespan. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 01 Mar 2023 15:05:33 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:26:58 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stephanie Pappas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/orYoHkPtkikzaqtDDLuduJ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Three images taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in 2022 and 2023. The rover is the blue dot in the upper part of the leftmost image and bottom of the middle and right image.  The first image was taken in March 2022 before the rover went into hibernation. The second two were taken in September 2022 and in February 2023.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Three images taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in 2022 and 2023. The rover is the blue dot in the upper part of the leftmost image and bottom of the middle and right image.  The first image was taken in March 2022 before the rover went into hibernation. The second two were taken in September 2022 and in February 2023.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Detecting life on Mars may be 'impossible' with current NASA rovers, new study warns ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Research in Chile's Atacama Desert suggests that the science instruments on the Red Planet aren't capable of detecting signs of long-dead microbial life. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2023 19:11:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:26:56 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qxhtjvXy2xHP3NAkosGj8K-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration depicting NASA&#039;s Perseverance rover hunting for signs of microbial life on Mars]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration depicting the squat, white NASA Perseverance rover on Mars]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ NASA's Perseverance rover is clogged up with pebbles ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Perseverance Mars rover is awaiting orders after its sampling apparatus became clogged by pebble-size debris. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2022 20:20:33 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:55:59 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stephanie Pappas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Fvd46kCJYpEcApn8unNNJ9-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An image of the pebble-sized debris clogging Perseverance&#039;s sampling apparatus, acquired on Jan. 7, 2022, by the WATSON camera.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An image of the pebble-sized debris clogging Perseverance&#039;s sampling apparatus, acquired on Jan. 7, 2022, by the WATSON camera.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Mars on the cheap: Scientists working to revolutionize access to the Red Planet ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/cheap-mars-exploration-mission-ideas</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ An increasing number of researchers are blueprinting low-cost and novel ways to further explore the Red Planet. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2021 19:05:13 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:30:33 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Leonard David ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7azLK5fYJ7ByurHSD8PSoL-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Artist&#039;s illustration of the two EscaPADE spacecraft in orbit around Mars. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Artist&#039;s illustration of the two EscaPADE spacecraft in orbit around Mars. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Perseverance rover collects 2nd Mars sample (photos) ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/mars-rover-perseverance-collects-second-sample</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Perseverance collected another drilled-out core of a Martian rock dubbed "Rochette," sealing the sample in its designated titanium tube on Wednesday (Sept. 8). ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 11 Sep 2021 13:47:26 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:59:02 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mike Wall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rabJbVfRPmeXZAq6Utk3zS-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[NASA&#039;s Perseverance rover has collected two drilled-out samples from this Red Planet rock, which the mission team dubbed &quot;Rochette.&quot;]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[NASA&#039;s Perseverance rover has collected two drilled-out samples from this Red Planet rock, which the mission team dubbed &quot;Rochette.&quot;]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Why Perseverance rover fumbled 1st sampling attempt on Mars ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ NASA's Perseverance rover's first sample collection didn't go as planned due to trouble with a "unique" and unexpectedly powdery Mars rock. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2021 10:49:15 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:58:44 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ chelseagohd@gmail.com (Chelsea Gohd) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Chelsea Gohd ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2efQGkL8vbbQFNBDnvYbDb-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The first borehole drilled by NASA&#039;s Perseverance rover.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The first borehole drilled by NASA&#039;s Perseverance rover.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ China is gaining ground in space. Should the US be concerned?  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Are China's recent activities in space cause for U.S. concern? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2021 13:03:59 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:18:10 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ chelseagohd@gmail.com (Chelsea Gohd) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Chelsea Gohd ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HDCJQRR5QHdu7hp4w3QxU5-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[NASA Administrator Bill Nelson holds up a photo of China&#039;s Zhurong Mars rover during a House hearing on May 19, 2021.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[NASA Administrator Bill Nelson holds up a photo of China&#039;s Zhurong Mars rover during a House hearing on May 19, 2021.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ China unveils 1st Mars photos from Zhurong rover ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ China has released the first photographs taken by its Zhurong rover, which touched down on Mars late on Friday (May 14) as part of the country's Tianwen-1 mission. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2021 11:20:09 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:18:05 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Meghan Bartels ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NpNQhh8wAftvPBdNpoW36b-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[This photo is the first color view of Mars from China&#039;s Zhurong rover, looking toward its rear, from its landing spot on a plain in Utopia Planitia following a May 14, 2021 landing. This image was released May 19, 2021.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[This photo is the first color view of Mars from China&#039;s Zhurong rover, looking toward its rear, from its landing spot on a plain in Utopia Planitia following a May 14, 2021 landing. This image was released May 19, 2021.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars has found some mysterious rocks (photos) ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ For the past five weeks, Perseverance has been focused primarily on supporting and documenting the flights of NASA's Ingenuity helicopter. But the rover has been doing some science work, too. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2021 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:18:04 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mike Wall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8eGn82cmgx6DGQY7K9N2LM-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[NASA&#039;s Perseverance Mars rover used its dual-camera Mastcam-Z imager to capture this image of &quot;Santa Cruz,&quot; a hill within Jezero Crater, on April 29, 2021.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[NASA&#039;s Perseverance Mars rover used its dual-camera Mastcam-Z imager to capture this image of &quot;Santa Cruz,&quot; a hill within Jezero Crater, on April 29, 2021.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Mars Helicopter Ingenuity snaps 1st color photo on Red Planet ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The 4-lb. (1.8 kilograms) chopper captured its first color photograph on Saturday (April 3), shortly after being lowered to the Martian dirt by the Perseverance rover. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2021 11:22:02 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:48:57 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mike Wall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/byxdvpUHA3BfJWJUHvuwWc-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[This low-resolution view of the floor of Mars’ Jezero Crater and a portion of two wheels of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover was captured by the agency’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter on April 3, 2021. It’s the first color photo taken by Ingenuity on the Martian surface. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[This low-resolution view of the floor of Mars’ Jezero Crater and a portion of two wheels of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover was captured by the agency’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter on April 3, 2021. It’s the first color photo taken by Ingenuity on the Martian surface. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Piece of Wright brothers' 1st plane now on Mars ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Fabric from the plane is secured to NASA's experimental Mars helicopter. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2021 16:02:58 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:19:40 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9oJ9FqwVFM2Gg6JuW2trFX-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[3D rendering of the Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter explore Mars against the backdrop of a real Martian landscape]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[3D rendering of the Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter explore Mars against the backdrop of a real Martian landscape]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ NASA's Perseverance rover deploys wind sensor on Mars ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ NASA's Mars rover Perseverance continues getting up to speed on the Red Planet. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2021 12:50:31 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:19:25 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mike Wall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hBwMPJusQ2b7QeDnDdog8o-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Perseverance rover&#039;s wind sensor has been deployed, as this shot by one of the robot&#039;s navigation cameras shows.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The Perseverance rover&#039;s wind sensor has been deployed, as this shot by one of the robot&#039;s navigation cameras shows.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ NASA rover Perseverance survives death-defying plunge, lands safely on Mars ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ NASA's rhinoceros-size Perseverance rover pulled off the most precise landing in Martian history Thursday (Feb. 18), touching down successfully in Jezero crater. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2021 20:59:13 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:36:08 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rafi Letzter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uohAYFTm4Tx7ADpsJP2B5c-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s depiction of NASA&#039;s Mars 2020 rover, Perseverance, storing samples of Martian rocks in tubes for future delivery to Earth. Perseverance will land inside Mars&#039; Jezero Crater on Feb. 18, 2021.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s depiction of NASA&#039;s Mars 2020 rover, Perseverance, storing samples of Martian rocks in tubes for future delivery to Earth. Perseverance will land inside Mars&#039; Jezero Crater on Feb. 18, 2021.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Watch NASA's Perseverance rover land on Mars ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Follow along as the Mars rover Perseverance lands on Mars on Feb. 18.  Don't miss out on the final 7 minutes of terror. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2021 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:36:06 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stephanie Pappas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6P7hHaGoLVnDTizCBNGzYD-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[The aeroshell containing NASA’s Perseverance rover guides itself towards the Martian surface as it descends through the atmosphere in this illustration. Hundreds of critical events must execute perfectly and exactly on time for the rover to land on Mars safely on Feb. 18, 2021.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The aeroshell containing NASA’s Perseverance rover guides itself towards the Martian surface as it descends through the atmosphere in this illustration. Hundreds of critical events must execute perfectly and exactly on time for the rover to land on Mars safely on Feb. 18, 2021.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ NASA's next Mars rover will land in less than 100 days ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The life-hunting Mars 2020 Perseverance rover, which launched on July 30, is scheduled to land inside Jezero Crater on the afternoon of Feb. 18, 2021. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2020 12:17:59 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:10:23 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mike Wall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WMR2529gP7NdbHbTpBckX-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[NASA&#039;s Perseverance rover will store rock and soil samples in sealed tubes on the Martian surface for future missions to retrieve and bring back to Earth.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Mars Perseverance - mission steps.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Why NASA's Mars rover Perseverance will use nuclear power to stay warm ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A spacecraft is only as strong as its power source, which is why when NASA was designing its Perseverance Mars rover, the agency turned to radioactive plutonium. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2020 18:56:56 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:32:45 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Meghan Bartels ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HSRtxW4w5AQpS6xbNWYbu7-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[NASA&#039;s Perseverance Mars rover displaying where its MMRTG would be inserted, between the panels on the right marked by gold tube, before the power system was inserted.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[NASA&#039;s Perseverance Mars rover displaying where its MMRTG would be inserted, between the panels on the right marked by gold tube, before the power system was inserted.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ A Martian meteorite is going home, in NASA's Perseverance mission launch ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ London's Natural History Museum is sending a piece of a Martian meteorite back to the Red Planet with the Perseverance rover. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2020 17:41:46 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:32:43 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mindy Weisberger ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/oTmFNqgoSBauQENtsejEaS-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A member of the Mars 2020 Science Team looks at the calibration target that will be sent on the Mars rover, Perseverance, including SaU 008.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A member of the Mars 2020 Science Team looks at the calibration target that will be sent on the Mars rover, Perseverance, including SaU 008.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Mars Rover Detects Primordial Signs of Life Under the Red Planet's Surface ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/65782-mars-methane-life.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Don't get too excited just yet. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 24 Jun 2019 19:46:56 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:26:28 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Isobel Whitcomb ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pPngM6VYxNqYTaFRMhwghf-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[NASA&#039;s Curiosity rover has found a sky-high amount of methane while sampling in Mars&#039; Gale Crater (shown here).]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[NASA&#039;s Curiosity rover has found a sky-high amount of methane while sampling in Mars&#039; Gale Crater (shown here).]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What Will Happen to the Opportunity Rover's Dead Body on Mars? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/64768-opportunity-rover-what-will-happen.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ NASA's Opportunity Rover has died on Mars. Now what? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2019 11:42:30 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:29:41 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rafi Letzter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jMAKRiZFWZw8tCuqp7Ge6Z-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[NASA&#039;s Mars rover Opportunity reveals its shadow, seen on July 26, 2004, and snapped by the rover’s front hazard-avoidance camera. At the time, Opportunity was moving farther into Endurance Crater in the Meridiani Planum region of Mars.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[NASA&#039;s Mars rover Opportunity reveals its shadow, seen on July 26, 2004, and snapped by the rover’s front hazard-avoidance camera. At the time, Opportunity was moving farther into Endurance Crater in the Meridiani Planum region of Mars.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ A Rover That Will Look for Life on Mars Named for DNA Pioneer Rosalind Franklin ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Rosalind Franklin was the British scientist whose work was integral to the discovery of DNA's structure. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2019 22:32:08 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:45:43 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Megan Gannon ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wZfXho84qVRthakDF6T3Ch-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Meet Rosalind the rover.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Meet Rosalind the rover.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Foreign Object' on Mars Spotted by Curiosity Rover Is Just a Rock ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Curiosity photographed an odd, flat object that mission team members initially thought might have fallen off the car-size robot. But the "debris" turned out to be a Red Planet rock. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2018 13:07:19 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:59:59 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mike Wall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tA7uVFJBZpKvSocRFh3ZtP-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[NASA&#039;s Mars rover Curiosity photographed this odd object on Aug. 13, 2018. Mission team members initially thought it might be a piece of the rover, but Curiosity&#039;s observations revealed it to be a rock flake.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[NASA&#039;s Mars rover Curiosity photographed this odd object on Aug. 13, 2018. Mission team members initially thought it might be a piece of the rover, but Curiosity&#039;s observations revealed it to be a rock flake.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ No, Those Aren’t Animal Tracks on Mars ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A United Kingdom-based researcher claims he's seen evidence of ancient animal tracks on Mars, but don't get too excited. The features he's talking about are widely documented by NASA as interesting crystal shapes that likely formed in water. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2018 17:39:34 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 12 Aug 2025 11:07:58 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Elizabeth Howell ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8VTdKhWro392sPd3WowztW-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[NASA&#039;s Curiosity rover on Mars has found dark, stick-like features that are each about the size of a grain of rice. They were likely formed by crystals in water long ago on Mars, NASA scientists have said.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Mars stick-like features]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Curiosity Rover Spots Weird Tube-Like Structures on Mars ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has found intriguing structures on Mars that look like tiny, fossilized worm burrows — but mission team members aren't claiming that the finds are evidence of life. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jan 2018 14:54:32 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:34:15 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Leonard David ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/i8eAJnyQ7m7jiUzSZ3WdKD-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[NASA&#039;s Mars rover Curiosity captured this image on Jan. 2, 2018, with its Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI). Using an onboard focusing process, the robot created this product by merging two to eight images previously taken by MAHLI, which is located on the turret at the end of the rover&#039;s robotic arm.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[NASA&#039;s Mars rover Curiosity captured this image on Jan. 2, 2018, with its Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI). Using an onboard focusing process, the robot created this product by merging two to eight images previously taken by MAHLI, which is located on the tu]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ NASA Mars Probe Completes 50,000th Red Planet Orbit ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ NASA's sharp-eyed Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has now circled the Red Planet 50,000 times. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 31 Mar 2017 13:13:05 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:52:05 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mike Wall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/G5Zhmdrxm3AaocsENyzWm4-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The mound in the center of this image — which was captured by the HiRISE camera aboard NASA&#039;s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in April 2009 — appears to have blocked the path of sand dunes as they marched across the scene. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The mound in the center of this image — which was captured by the HiRISE camera aboard NASA&#039;s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in April 2009 — appears to have blocked the path of sand dunes as they marched across the scene. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Weird Mars Rock Spied by Curiosity Rover Is Probably a Meteorite ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has stumbled onto another rock that likely fell from space. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2017 20:58:38 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:04:54 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mike Wall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/StKomhy63ZtF5KdSnSqktW-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[NASA&#039;s Mars rover Curiosity took this photo of a likely meteorite, known as &quot;Ames Knob,&quot; on Jan. 12, 2017.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[&#039;Ames Knob&#039; Rock on Mars]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Curiosity Rover Snaps Amazing Selfie on Mars Mountain (Photo) ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has taken a gorgeous selfie that shows the rugged, mountainous landscape the six-wheeled robot will be exploring during its newly begun extended mission. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2016 13:23:45 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:57:09 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mike Wall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YJEh5bQgt7bSN5U2gzxbz7-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[ This September 2016 self-portrait of NASA&#039;s Curiosity Mars rover shows the vehicle at the &quot;Quela&quot; drilling location in the scenic &quot;Murray Buttes&quot; area on lower Mount Sharp. The panorama was stitched together from multiple images taken by the MAHLI camera at the end of the rover&#039;s arm. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Mars Rover Image of Murray Buttes]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Pew! Pew! Pew! Mars Rover Curiosity Can Now Fire Laser On Its Own ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The car-size Curiosity rover recently began autonomously choosing some of the targets for its ChemCam instrument, which blasts Martian rocks or soil with a laser and analyzes the composition of the resulting vapor. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2016 16:58:24 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:57:24 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mike Wall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MFSVtsZQtgeNKNofqccV8k-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[NASA&#039;s Mars rover Curiosity fires its ChemCam laser at a rock target in this artist&#039;s illustration. ChemCam has fired more than 350,000 shots on Mars as of July 2016. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Curiosity Rover&#039;s ChemCam Instrument: Artist&#039;s Concept]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Mars Rover Panorama Shows Sweeping 'Marathon Valley' (Photo) ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The newly released photo — a composite of many images Opportunity captured in April and May — depicts Marathon Valley, a feature that cuts across the western rim of the 14-mile-wide (22 kilometers) Endeavour Crater. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2016 22:41:06 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:00:58 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mike Wall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uvjs7JMVS67rvehFmM25WY-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This view of Marathon Valley, with Endeavour Crater in the background, is a composite of many images captured by NASA’s Opportunity Mars rover during April and May 2016. The panorama spans from north (left) to west-southwest.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Mars Rover Opportunity&#039;s Panorama of Marathon Valley]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Curiosity Rover on Mars Snaps Epic Selfie with Sand Dunes (Photo) ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The car-size Curiosity rover was hard at work investigating Namib Dune — part of a larger complex of shifting dark Martian sand called Bagnold Dunes — when it captured the photo on Jan. 19. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2016 19:42:29 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:34:22 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mike Wall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Cz56ByAM9endWBDJJfamNm-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[ Curiosity Self-Portrait at &#039;Big Sky&#039; Drilling Site Night Close-up of Martian Sand Grains This Jan. 19, 2016, self-portrait of NASA&#039;s Curiosity Mars rover shows the vehicle at &quot;Namib Dune,&quot; where the rover&#039;s activities included scuffing into the dune with a wheel and scooping samples of sand for laboratory analysis.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Curiosity selfie]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Curiosity Rover Sees Stunning Blue-Tinted Sunset on Mars (Video) ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Curiosity captured the images, which mission team members combined into a Martian sunset video, with its Mast Camera between dust storms on April 15, NASA officials said. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2015 20:47:58 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:31:49 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mike Wall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AyqvkxFM79pvFEH64JQQmA-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[NASA&#039;s Mars rover Curiosity captured this image of a Red Planet sunset on April 15, 2015.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Curiosity Rover Sees Martian Sunset]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Giant Crater on Mars Was Once a Vast Lake, Curiosity Rover Shows ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Curiosity has found evidence that the 96-mile-wide (154 kilometers) Gale Crater, which the rover has been studying since August 2012, hosted a large lake long ago. Runoff into this lake eventually built up Mount Sharp, mission scientists say. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mike Wall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jMLn99K7RLF6EnPKo9Yvvb-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This artist&#039;s illustration shows a lake of water partially filling Gale Crater on Mars. Image released Dec. 8, 2014.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Simulated View of Gale Crater Lake on Mars ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Weird 'UFO' Light on Mars May Just Be a Shiny Rock, NASA Says (Video) ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Though UFO enthusiasts may beg to differ, mission team members say that a bright flash of light visible in two images taken by the Curiosity rover on April 2 and April 3 almost certainly has a perfectly ordinary explanation. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2014 12:31:52 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:25:51 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mike Wall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2K3gdKKhg73ZczUQVBVRVX-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A bright flash of light appears to be visible in this image taken by the right-side navigation camera on NASA&#039;s Mars rover Curiosity on April 3, 2014. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Flash of Light Spotted on Mars Close-Up]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Mars Rover Curiosity Takes Aim at Next Martian Science Target ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Curiosity is just 282 feet north of a site called "the Kimberley," where four different types of terrain intersect. The rover's handlers are keen to study the Kimberley rocks and may even break out Curiosity's sample-collecting drill at the site. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mike Wall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KvjwJg7jL6xkPmDxCFsHjY-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Sandstone layers with varying resistance to erosion are evident in this Martian scene recorded by the Mast Camera on NASA&#039;s Curiosity Mars rover on Feb. 25, 2014, about one-quarter mile (about 400 meters) from a planned waypoint called &quot;the Kimberley.&quot; ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Sandstone Layers Near the Kimberley Curiosity View]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ NASA's Curiosity Rover Looks Up at Huge Mars Mountain (Photos) ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has taken some dazzling new photos of the Red Planet landscape, showing in sharp detail where it's been and the long road ahead, which leads to the base of a 3.4-mile-high mountain. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2014 17:17:44 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:42:01 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mike Wall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VqJTibczGMwzSBWf2CezCZ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[ This landscape scene photographed by NASA&#039;s Curiosity Mars rover shows rows of rocks in the foreground and Mount Sharp on the horizon. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Martian Landscape With Rock Rows and Mount Sharp]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Curiosity Rover Drives Backward on Mars to Reduce Wheel Wear and Tear ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/43563-mars-rover-curiosity-driving-reverse.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The maneuver was designed to test out a strategy for reducing wear on the robot's six metal wheels, which have accumulated dings and holes at an increasing rate over the last few months, NASA officials said. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 21 Feb 2014 14:47:55 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:52:52 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mike Wall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/F6iwdp5m2n7YK3tr3yYLZ4-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[NASA&#039;s Curiosity Mars rover caught its own shadow in this image taken just after completing a backward drive of 329 feet (100.3 meters) on the 547th Martian day, or sol, of the rover&#039;s work on Mars (Feb. 18, 2014).]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Mars Rover Curiosity&#039;s First Long Backward Drive]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ No Meteorite Behind 'Jelly Doughnut' Mars Rock, Pictures Show ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ New photos of the Martian landscape further rule out a meteorite impact as the culprit behind the "jelly doughnut" rock that mysteriously appeared in front of one of NASA's Mars rovers last month. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 20 Feb 2014 23:41:34 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:52:47 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Megan Gannon ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zNysu2w8tj5PCkwDJwuNPU-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This image was taken with the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA&#039;s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on Feb. 14, 2014. The red arrow points to the Mars rover Opportunity, while the blue arrows highlight the tracks left by the rover since it entered the area in October 2013. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Mars Rover Opportunity]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ On Mars, NASA's Curiosity Rover Seeks Smoother Road to Reduce Wheel Damage ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Curiosity's handlers are driving the 1-ton rover more cautiously now and are checking the condition of its wheels frequently. The rover team is also considering accessing a smoother, less rocky route to the foothills of Mount Sharp. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2014 15:29:37 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:52:08 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mike Wall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FeCyod5dKJRFm9MLLyMUEZ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The left-front wheel of NASA&#039;s Curiosity Mars rover shows dents and holes in this image taken during the 469th Martian day, or sol, of the rover&#039;s work on Mars (Nov. 30, 2013).]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Mars Rover Curiosity&#039;s Wheel Wear]]></media:text>
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