[Tuesday, February 1, 2011] Optical scientist Peter Smith, creator of the Mars Pathfinder Imager -- the first camera to return photos of Mars' surface, will speak at Iowa State University on Thursday, Feb. 10.

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[Wednesday, February 2, 2011] Rare fragments of Martian meteorites have been investigated at the University of Leicester revealing one of the ways water flowed near the surface of Mars.

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[Thursday, February 3, 2011] Sand dunes in a vast area of northern Mars long thought to be frozen in time are changing with both sudden and gradual motions, according to research using images from a NASA orbiter.

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[Friday, February 4, 2011] The first full-duration simulation of a manned voyage to Mars has reached a major milestone: the 'spacecraft' yesterday 'arrived' at Mars after 244 days of virtual interplanetary flight.

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[Friday, February 4, 2011] Acquired today by ESA's Envisat satellite, this image shows smoke pouring from Mount Shinmoedake, a volcano in the Kirishima mountain range on Japan's southern island of Kyushu.

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[Thursday, February 10, 2011] Finding life on Mars could get easier with a creative adaption to a common analytical tool that can be installed directly on the robotic arm of a space rover.

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[Sunday, February 13, 2011] Just when you thought NASA wasn't thinking of going places ...

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[Monday, February 14, 2011] NASA announced Monday an $18.7 billion budget request for fiscal year 2012 that supports a reinvigorated path of innovation, technological development and scientific discovery.

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[Tuesday, February 15, 2011] No communication has been received from Spirit since Sol 2210 (March 22, 2010). However, the solar conjunction communication moratorium has now begun and will extend until approximately Feb. 7, 2011.

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[Tuesday, February 15, 2011] The last communication with the rover was on Sol 2496 (Jan. 31, 2011). The next communication is not expected until around Feb. 7, 2011.

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[Wednesday, February 16, 2011] A team from NASA that included physicians, a psychologist, and engineers contributed to that success, providing knowledge gained from spaceflight programs to the government and experts dealing with this down-to-earth emergency.

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[Thursday, February 17, 2011] Three crewmembers of the virtual flight to Mars have 'landed' on their destination planet and two of them today took their first steps on the simulated martian terrain.

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[Saturday, February 19, 2011] Opportunity emerged from the solar conjunction in good order. Solar conjunction is the period when communications between Earth and Mars are disrupted because the Sun is directly in between the two planets.

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[Saturday, February 19, 2011] NASA's Mars Science Laboratory rover, Curiosity, will carry a next generation, onboard "chemical element reader" to measure the chemical ingredients in Martian rocks and soil.

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[Wednesday, February 23, 2011] NASA Glenn Research Center has issued three Mars Ascent Vehicle Program Phase I Awards to Lockheed Martin, ATK, and Northrop Grumman.

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