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The Mars Report
Feb. 26, 2018

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Opportunity Rover

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Opportunity was built to last
90 sols, or Martian days.

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Daybreak on sol 4999

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More than 5,000 sols later
she's still making discoveries

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like these stone
stripes on Mars,

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which resemble similar
geology on Earth.

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She even took her first selfie
using her microscopic imager.

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It was a little blurry-- her
camera wasn't made for selfies!

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Curiosity Rover

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The Curiosity rover has
spotted tiny crystals

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and stick-like figures on Mars.

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These tiny crystals may be

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what's left from
an ancient lake

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or when past groundwater
moved through sediment.

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Mars 2020

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A piece of Mars will be going
home with NASA's 2020 mission.

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A Martian meteorite will
be on the new rover

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to serve as a practice target

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for one of the rover's
high precision lasers.

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Coming soon:
Mars Cube One (MarCO)

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When NASA launches the Insight
mission to Mars this spring

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the rocket will also carry a
technology demonstration.

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Two smallsats, known as
Mars Cube One (MarCO) will

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serve as a communications relay
for InSight during landing.

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Engineers recently installed and
tested MarCO's solar arrays.

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NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory