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The Mars Report
January 31, 2018

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Opportunity Rover

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NASA's longest running rover

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celebrated 14 years
on Mars this month.

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Since 2004, it has traveled
over 28 miles (45 km)

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and sent back more than
224,000 images.

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Now it's exploring
Perseverance Valley,

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a channel likely
carved by fluid.

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Mars orbiters have observed
channels from a distance

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since 1971.

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Opportunity is the
first Mars mission

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to explore a channel up close.

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Curiosity Rover

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Curiosity continues trekking
higher on Mt. Sharp,

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reaching "Vera Rubin Ridge."

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From the ridge Curiosity sent
back this panoramic view.

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It spans more than
30 miles (48 km)

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and shows the route the rover
has taken since 2012

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past buttes, dunes
and other features.

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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

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The orbiter's powerful
HiRISE camera

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revealed thick ice sheets.

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Exposed in the faces
of eroding slopes,

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the deposits extend
hundreds of feet deep

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providing layers of
recorded history

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and possible targets for
future human exploration.

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"Astronauts could essentially
just go there with a bucket and

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a shovel and get all the water
they need," said one researcher.

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Coming soon:
InSight

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Launching in May 2018, InSight
will be the first mission

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to study Mars'
interior structure.

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InSight carries a seismometer

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and could detect Marsquakes
for the first time.

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InSight will also use a heat
probe that will

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burrow up to 16 feet (5m)

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to measure Mars' interior
temperature.

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Lockheed Martin Space
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on the spacecraft
before it ships

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to Vandenberg AFB, Calif.

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InSight will be the first
interplanetary mission

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to launch from the West Coast.

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For more information on
all our Mars missions:

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https://mars.nasa.gov

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NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory