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    Say Cheese! Mars Rover Curiosity Snaps 1st Hi-Res Self-Portrait

    A newly released photo mosaic from NASA's Mars rover Curiosity reveals the huge robot and its exotic Red Planet landing site in crisp detail.Curiosity snapped the high-resolution self-portrait with its navigation cameras on the night of Aug. 7, just two days after it touched down inside Mars' huge Gale Crater. NASA released the image — which is composed of 20 full-frame navcam shots — during a press conference Friday (Aug. 17)."What's really exciting about this is that we see the rover — a self-portrait, with the rim of Gale Crater in the background," said Curiosity chief scientist John Grotzinger, a geologist at Caltech in Pasadena.The back of the rover is at the image's left. Two of Curiosity's three right-side wheels are visible, as are a smattering of small rocks kicked up onto the rover's deck by its rocket-powered sky crane, which lowered Curiosity to the surface on cables. [ Photos: Latest Curiosity Rover Views from Mars ]Curiosity, the centerpiece of NASA's $2.5 billion Mars Sc...

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      NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has captured a magnificent postcard from the Red Planet — a 360-degree color view that offers a glimpse of the rover's colorful and appar...

    2. Mars Rover Curiosity Survives 'Brain Surgery,' Set for 1st Drive

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    3. Mars Rover Curiosity to Take 1st Martian Drive This Week

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    4. NASA to unveil Mars rover Curiosity findings Monday

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    1. Mars Rover Curiosity Takes 1st Martian Test Drive, Sees Tracks (Photos)

      NASA's Mars rover Curiosity took its first halting steps on the Red Planet today (Aug. 22), snapping photos of its tracks to commemorate the test drive milestone.The...

    2. Mars rover Curiosity to take 1st Martian drive today

      After more than two weeks of sitting still, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is finally set to roll out on the Red Planet with its debut drive on Wednesday.Engineers succ...

    3. Mars Rover Curiosity Snaps Photo of Crater's Mysterious Mountain

      NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has beamed back an incredible image of its surroundings, showing a spectacularly clear view of the enormous mountain that it will clamber...

    4. Mars Rover Curiosity to Double as Martian Weather Station

      When NASA's next Mars rover, Curiosity, arrives at the Red Planet next month, it will help pave the way for the humans that might one day follow.In addition to looki...

    5. Mars Rover Curiosity to Receive 'Brain Transplant' This Weekend

      NASA's Mars rover Curiosity will begin a "brain transplant" tomorrow (Aug. 11), a four-day operation that will bring a temporary halt to the robot's science activiti...

    6. Mars Rover Curiosity Snaps Amazing Hi-Res Self Portraits (Photos)

      NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is doing a bit of mechanical navel-gazing on the Red Planet, snapping ultra-clear pictures of itself while testing a powerful camera at t...

    7. Mars rover Curiosity closing in on red planet at 8,000 mph

      Next stop, Mars.NASA gave a green light of sorts late Sunday for the Mars Science Laboratory and the Curiosity rover, which are mere hours from a nerve-wracking land...

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