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Name that Mars rover
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OK, kids: You have only one more weekend to come up with a name for NASA's next Mars rover. I've got some ideas, but it's up to you to write the essay and take this opportunity to make your mark on another planet. Although the contest is for kids only, even grown-ups can play a part in naming the Mars Science Laboratory - and you don't have to be a kid to enjoy the latest goodies from NASA's 5-year-old Red Planet rovers.
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Lunar Electric Rover
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Nasa unveiled its latest prototype lunar vehicle at the tail-end of Barack Obama's inauguration parade in Washington DC.
The Lunar Electric Rover was tested in the Arizona desert last October and is run by a plug-in electric Lithium-ion battery.

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Before it gets to space, a moon buggy will make history by being the first to boogie along an inaugural parade.
NASA will participate in President-elect Barack Obama's inaugural parade with the crew of the latest shuttle mission and a small pressurised rover that is the current design for a mission to the moon in about 12 years. It will be driven by astronaut Michael Gernhardt.

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Scarab, a robot developed by Carnegie Mellon University with support from NASA, is about to be tested at Hawaii's Mauna Kea volcano to prove its fitness for the extreme conditions of space.
The robot was developed by the Lunar Rover Initiative, a group of scientists from the Field Robotics Center at Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute. The test mission, intended to mimic a lunar rover mission, will have Scarab climb, drill, extract, and analyze samples, CMU announced Tuesday.

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The cool, rocky slopes of Mauna Kea, a dormant volcano that is Hawaii's highest mountain, will serve as a stand-in for the moon as researchers from Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute, NASA and other organizations test a robot designed for lunar prospecting.
During the field experiment, Nov. 1-13, the robot called Scarab will simulate a lunar mission to extract water, hydrogen, oxygen and other compounds that could potentially be mined for use by future lunar explorers. The four-wheeled robot will trek to different sites, using a Canadian-built drill to obtain a one-meter geologic core at each site. Each core will be chemically analysed by on-board instruments developed by NASA.

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