MARS

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Opportunity In Search Of Aluminum-Hydroxyl Clays
May 14, 2014 (JPL)
Opportunity is exploring south of 'Solander Point' on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is approaching a region of aluminum-hydroxyl clay minerals det...
NASA wants greenhouse on Mars by 2021
May 12, 2014 (Voice of Russia)
NASA researchers have proposed depositing a small greenhouse on Mars when the next rover bound for the Red Planet is expected to land in 2021. Experimenting wit...
Reset and Recovery for Opportunity
May 09, 2014 (JPL)
Opportunity is exploring south of "Solander Point" on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is headed to a region of aluminum-hydroxyl clay minerals detec...
NASA's Curiosity Rover Drills Sandstone Slab on Mars
May 08, 2014 (JPL)
Portions of rock powder collected by the hammering drill on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover from a slab of Martian sandstone will be delivered to the rover's intern...
Mars mission scientist Colin Pillinger dies
May 08, 2014 (AFP)
British planetary scientist Colin Pillinger, the driving force behind the ill-fated Beagle 2 mission to Mars, died on Thursday at the age of 70, his family said...
ISS research shows that hardy little space travelers could colonize Mars
May 05, 2014 (SPX)
In the movies, humans often fear invaders from Mars. These days, scientists are more concerned about invaders to Mars, in the form of micro-organisms from Earth...
Target on Mars Looks Good for NASA Rover Drilling
May 01, 2014 (JPL)
The team operating NASA's Curiosity Mars rover plans to proceed in coming days with the third-ever drilling into a rock on Mars to collect a sample for analysis...
Mars Rover Switches to Driving Backwards Due to Elevated Wheel Currents
May 01, 2014 (JPL)
Opportunity is exploring south of "Solander Point" on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is headed to a region of clay minerals seen from orbit. Opport...
Drill Here? NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Inspects Site
Apr 29, 2014 (JPL)
The team operating NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is telling the rover to use several tools this weekend to inspect a sandstone slab being evaluated as a possible ...
Traces of recent water on Mars
Apr 29, 2014 (SPX)
The southern hemisphere of Mars is home to a crater that contains very well-preserved gullies and debris flow deposits. The geomorphological attributes of these...
Mission to Mars
Apr 27, 2014 (SPX)
In recent news reports the discussion of sending astronauts to Mars has been a hot topic. Certain private individuals and companies have indicated interest in a...
NASA Rover Opportunity's Selfie Shows Clean Machine
Apr 22, 2014 (JPL)
In its sixth Martian winter, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity now has cleaner solar arrays than in any Martian winter since its first on the Red Planet...
Opportunity Rover Driving Up To Crater Rim
Apr 22, 2014 (JPL)
Opportunity is exploring 'Murray Ridge,' part of the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The near-term plan is to drive up to the crater rim's ridgeline and image the...
NASA's Human Path to Mars
Apr 22, 2014 (SPX)
NASA is developing the capabilities needed to send humans to an asteroid by 2025 and Mars in the 2030s - goals outlined in the bipartisan NASA Authorization Act...
NASA Mars Orbiter Spies Rover Near Martian Butte
Apr 19, 2014 (JPL)
Scientists using NASA's Curiosity Mars rover are eyeing a rock layer surrounding the base of a small butte, called "Mount Remarkable," as a target for investiga...
Meteorites Yield Clues to Red Planet's Early Atmosphere
Apr 19, 2014 (SPX)
Geologists who analyzed 40 meteorites that fell to Earth from Mars unlocked secrets of the Martian atmosphere hidden in the chemical signatures of these ancient...
The Path to Mars
Apr 16, 2014 (SPX)
I have had several opportunities the past few weeks to testify before Congress and explain to the American people the ambitious exploration plan NASA has been i...
Meteorite studies suggest hidden water on Mars
Apr 15, 2014 (SPX)
Geochemical calculations by researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology to determine how the water content of Mars has changed over the past 4.5 billion years ...
Getting in Place for a Better View of Endeavour Crater
Apr 15, 2014 (JPL)
Opportunity is exploring 'Murray Ridge,' part of the west rim of Endeavour Crater. On Sol 3623 (April 3, 2014), the rover moved about 52 feet (16 meters) in a c...
Mars' halcyon times may have been fleeting
Apr 13, 2014 (AFP)
Cold and dry today, Mars was previously warm and wet but possibly only at intervals, a study published on Sunday suggests. Scientists have long puzzled over wha...
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