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NASA's Next Mars Rover to Collect Martian Samples, Carry Lasers

Michael Meyer, lead scientist for NASA's Mars Exploration Program, discusses the science instruments that will ride on the agency's next huge rover on the Mars 2020 mission during a press conference on July 31, 2014 at NASA headquarters in Washington.

This graphic depicts the mission timeline for NASA's 2020 Mars rover launching in 2020.

Star V407 Cyg Explodes

Supernova SN 2014J in Three Different Exposures

Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN Mission

Aquanautics: Why Astronauts Train Underwater | Video

Milky Way, Moon and Lighthouse from Maine

White Dwarf Red Giant Thermonuclear Explosion | Animation

ATV-5 Launch to International Space Station

Interstellar screengrab

Three Images of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Early Earth-moon System After Bombardment

Full Moon Over Juarez, Mexico, by Anthony Lopez

Artist's Impression of the Discs around the Young Stars HK Tauri A and B

Earth's volcanic moon

Double Star Is Forming Planets At Funky Angles | Video

Conceptual illustrations of the birth of the moon.

International Sun-Earth Explorer 3 Illustration

3D Printer by Made in Space

Diagram shows inside of the European Space Agency's ATV cargo ship.

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The Remote Robotic Oxidizer Transfer Test

NASA Eyes Robotic Space Gas Stations for Satellites

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European Cargo Craft "Georges Lemaitre" Launches Toward Space Station

Huge European Cargo Ship Launches Its Last Delivery Flight to Space Station

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A sketch of the design for NASA's 2020 Mars rover, which will be based heavily on the agency's Curiosity rover. Agency officials will announce the 2020 rover's science instruments on July 31, 2014.

NASA Unveiling Instruments for 2020 Mars Rover Thursday: How to Watch Live

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Permian Triassic Boundary

Microbe's Innovation May Have Started Largest Extinction Event on Earth

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Cygnus and the Summer Triangle - August 2014 Constellation Skywatch | Video

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Hubble Space Telescope in Orbit

Hubble Space Telescope Exhibit Coming to NYC's Intrepid Museum

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