Planetary Society Blog

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Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Opportunity Completes 11th Year of Surface
Operations!

Posted: 03 Feb 2015 03:54 PM PST
http://www.planetary.org/explore/spa...r-on-mars.html

On January 24th, something wonderful happened on Mars. Opportunity
completed her 11th year of exploring the surface of the Red Planet! The
veteran rover couldn't exactly go to Disneyland to celebrate this amazing
achievement, so she did what she loves to do – roved on.

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Ceres Coming Into View

Posted: 03 Feb 2015 03:23 PM PST
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/guest...into-view.html

Dawn is on approach to Ceres, the largest of the asteroids, and is starting
to resolve features.

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NASA Budget Lists Timelines, Costs and Risks for First SLS Flight

Posted: 03 Feb 2015 08:45 AM PST
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/jason...ls-flight.html

NASA will set the Space Launch System's inaugural flight date at the end of
this year, according to the agency's 2016 budget request, which was
released on Monday.