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Mars Rover Sends New Photos of Red Planet

By Joe Palca
Published January 4, 2004 at 9:00 PM PST
This story was published more than 21 years ago.

Scientists working with the Mars Spirit rover mission are thrilled with new detailed pictures beamed from Mars, and they say the rover's instruments are working well. The rover is now preparing to move into the crater to explore whether water was ever there. NPR's Joe Palca reports.

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Joe Palca is a science correspondent for NPR. Since joining NPR in 1992, Palca has covered a range of science topics — everything from biomedical research to astronomy. From 2011 to 2020 he produced stories that explored the minds and motivations of scientists and inventors as part of his series, Joe's Big Idea. Palca is also the founder of NPR Scicommers – A science communication collective.

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