Mars Curiosity Rover Update for Thursday, September 6, 2012
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English - September 06, 2012 20:20 - 54 minutes - 65.7 MB - ★★★★ - 6 ratingsNatural Sciences Science News space exploration nasa spacex apollo mars space science astrobiology Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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NASA hosted a media teleconference at 10 a.m. PDT (1 p.m. EDT) on Thursday, Sept. 6, to provide a status update on the Curiosity rover's mission to Mars' Gale Crater. The Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft is one month into a two-year mission to investigate whether conditions have been favorable for microbial life and preserving clues in the rocks about possible past life.