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Question #6
The article states that "These activities are part of a two–year extended mission that began Oct. 1, the newest in a series of extensions going back to the end of Opportunity's prime mission in April 2004."
What does "extended" mean in this context?
Question #7
In the same quote (copied below), what does "series" mean?
"These activities are part of a two–year extended mission that began Oct. 1, the newest in a series of extensions going back to the end of Opportunity's prime mission in April 2004."
Question #8
Guy Webster writes that "…Opportunity explored the 'Marathon Valley' area of Endeavour's western rim, documenting the geological context of water–related minerals that had been mapped there from orbital observations." What does "documenting" mean in this context?
Question #9
In the same quote (below), what is an "observation"?
"…Opportunity explored the 'Marathon Valley' area of Endeavour's western rim, documenting the geological context of water–related minerals that had been mapped there from orbital observations."
Question #10
What is a mineral?
Question #11
When does the article say that NASA is on track to send humans to Mars?
Question #5
What evidence does Dr. Joy Crisp want to use to help describe the past environment on Mars?
Question #10
One sentence in this nature.com article begins "Throughout the 2000s, NASA sent a sustained barrage of spacecraft to Mars…"
In the same quote, what is another word that means the same as "sustained" in this context?