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<div id="featuredBox"><div class="categoryBox"><div class="categoryName">What's New?</div><div class="itemTitle">NASA Confirms Evidence That Liquid Water Flows on Today's Mars - 09/28/2015</div><div class="itemTeaserLessFormating">New findings from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) provide the strongest evidence yet that liquid water flows intermittently on present-day Mars.<a href="https://trans.hiragana.jp/ruby/https://web.archive.org/web/20151001091617/http://mars.nasa.gov/news/whatsnew/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&NewsID=1858" style="font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;">Read More & Watch Webcast >></a></div><div class="itemTitle">Opportunity Mars Rover Preparing for Active Winter</div><div class="itemTeaserLessFormating"> <a href="https://trans.hiragana.jp/ruby/https://web.archive.org/web/20151001091617/http://mars.nasa.gov/news/whatsnew/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&NewsID=1857" style="font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;">Read More >></a><a href="https://trans.hiragana.jp/ruby/https://web.archive.org/web/20151001091617/http://mars.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/?ImageID=7484" style="font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;">View Image >></a></div><div class="itemTitle">NASA's MAVEN Celebrates One Year at Mars</div><div class="itemTeaserLessFormating"> <a href="https://trans.hiragana.jp/ruby/https://web.archive.org/web/20151001091617/http://mars.nasa.gov/news/whatsnew/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&NewsID=1855" style="font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;">Read More >></a></div><div class="itemTitle">The Fact and Fiction of Martian Dust Storms</div><div class="itemTeaserLessFormating"> <a href="https://trans.hiragana.jp/ruby/https://web.archive.org/web/20151001091617/http://mars.nasa.gov/news/whatsnew/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&NewsID=1854" style="font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;">Read More >></a></div><div class="itemTitle">Mars Panorama from Curiosity Shows Petrified Sand Dunes</div><div class="itemTeaserLessFormating"> <a href="https://trans.hiragana.jp/ruby/https://web.archive.org/web/20151001091617/http://mars.nasa.gov/news/whatsnew/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&NewsID=1853" style="font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;">Read More >></a><a href="https://trans.hiragana.jp/ruby/https://web.archive.org/web/20151001091617/http://mars.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/?ImageID=7468" style="font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;">View Image >></a><a href="https://trans.hiragana.jp/ruby/https://web.archive.org/web/20151001091617/http://mars.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/deepzoom/" style="font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;">Zoom into more panoramic images >></a></div></div><div class="categoryBox"><div class="categoryName">Recent Videos</div><div class="itemTitle">50 Years of Mars Exploration</div><div class="itemTeaserLessFormating"> <a href="https://trans.hiragana.jp/ruby/https://web.archive.org/web/20151001091617/http://mars.nasa.gov/multimedia/videos/?v=289" style="font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;">Watch Video >></a></div><div class="itemTitle">Curiosity Rover Report: Three Years on Mars - 08/03/2015</div><div class="itemTeaserLessFormating">After three action-packed years on Mars, the Curiosity rover is ready to take on higher slopes of Mount Sharp.<a href="https://trans.hiragana.jp/ruby/https://web.archive.org/web/20151001091617/http://mars.nasa.gov/multimedia/videos/?v=288" style="font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;">Watch Video >></a></div><div class="itemTitle">Five Ways Mariner 4 Changed Mars Exploration</div><div class="itemTeaserLessFormating"> <a href="https://trans.hiragana.jp/ruby/https://web.archive.org/web/20151001091617/http://mars.nasa.gov/multimedia/videos/?v=281" style="font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;">Watch Video >></a></div></div><div class="categoryBox"><div class="categoryName">Where are the Spacecraft?</div><div class="itemTitle">Where is Curiosity?</div><div class="itemTeaserLessFormating">See a map of Curiosity's <a href="https://trans.hiragana.jp/ruby/https://web.archive.org/web/20151001091617/http://mars.nasa.gov/msl/mission/whereistherovernow/">current location</a>.<a href="https://trans.hiragana.jp/ruby/https://web.archive.org/web/20151001091617/http://mars.nasa.gov/explore/curiosity/" style="font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;">Explore Mars: Curiosity's Journey >></a></div><div class="itemTitle">Where are the Rovers?</div><div class="itemTeaserLessFormating">Opportunity has reached Endeavour crater where it will spend time studying rocks never seen before. After a successful six-year mission, Spirit's mission has officially concluded. See the <a href="https://trans.hiragana.jp/ruby/https://web.archive.org/web/20151001091617/http://mars.nasa.gov/mer/mission/traverse_maps.html">latest location maps</a>  and  <a href="https://trans.hiragana.jp/ruby/https://web.archive.org/web/20151001091617/http://mars.nasa.gov/mer/mission/status.html">status reports</a>.</div></div><div class="categoryBox"><div class="categoryName">Fun</div><div class="itemTitle">Be A Mars Maker</div><div class="itemTeaserLessFormating">Print your own 3D model of a Mars meteorite!<a href="https://trans.hiragana.jp/ruby/https://web.archive.org/web/20151001091617/http://mars.nasa.gov/files/mep/Block_Island_08152013.stl" style="font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;">Download Print File >></a><a href="https://trans.hiragana.jp/ruby/https://web.archive.org/web/20151001091617/http://mars.nasa.gov/mars-makers/" style="font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;">Mars Makers Home >></a><a href="https://trans.hiragana.jp/ruby/https://web.archive.org/web/20151001091617/http://mars.nasa.gov/news/whatsnew/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&NewsID=1606" style="font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;">News Feature >></a></div><div class="itemTitle">Send a Postcard to Curiosity</div><div class="itemTeaserLessFormating">Celebrate Curiosity's second year on Mars by sending the rover and the team a message.<a href="https://trans.hiragana.jp/ruby/https://web.archive.org/web/20151001091617/http://mars.nasa.gov/msl/participate/postcard/" style="font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;">Send Postcard >></a></div><div class="itemTitle">Mars in The Palm of Your Hands</div><div class="itemTeaserLessFormating">Tune in with Mars on the go.<a href="https://trans.hiragana.jp/ruby/https://web.archive.org/web/20151001091617/http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mobile/info/" target="_BLANK" style="TEXT-DECORATION:UNDERLINE;">Download the Be A Martian App</a>, on your Android, iPhone, Windows Phone and Tablets!<a href="https://trans.hiragana.jp/ruby/https://web.archive.org/web/20151001091617/http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mobile/info/" style="font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;">More >></a></div><div class="itemTitle">Explore Curiosity's Journey in 3D</div><div class="itemTeaserLessFormating">Follow Curiosity's drive and read about the latest updates on Curiosity's Journey on Mars!<a href="https://trans.hiragana.jp/ruby/https://web.archive.org/web/20151001091617/http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/explore/curiosity" style="font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;">Start Now >></a></div><div class="itemTitle">Come explore Mars with us</div><div class="itemTeaserLessFormating">Be part of exploration and discovery, and personally <a href="https://trans.hiragana.jp/ruby/https://web.archive.org/web/20151001091617/http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/explore/curiosity/" target="_BLANK" style="TEXT-DECORATION:UNDERLINE;">contribute</a> to the expansion of human knowledge for all of us now, and as a legacy for those who follow.<a href="https://trans.hiragana.jp/ruby/https://web.archive.org/web/20151001091617/http://beamartian.jpl.nasa.gov/" style="font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;">More >></a></div></div><div class="categoryBox"><div class="categoryName">Ask Dr. C</div><div class="itemTitle">Have you ever wondered why Mars is red?</div><div class="itemTeaserLessFormating">Or, how big is the Mars Science Laboratory rover? Ask Dr. C, your personal Mars expert!<a href="https://trans.hiragana.jp/ruby/https://web.archive.org/web/20151001091617/http://mars.nasa.gov/drc/" style="font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;">More >></a></div></div>

What's New?

NASA Confirms Evidence That Liquid Water Flows on Today's Mars - 09/28/2015

New findings from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) provide the strongest evidence yet that liquid water flows intermittently on present-day Mars.Read More & Watch Webcast >>

Opportunity Mars Rover Preparing for Active Winter

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