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Russian Scientists Propose Water Probe for NASA Mars Rover
Jan 31, 2014 (RIA Novosti)
Russian scientists have proposed an instrument for an upcoming NASA Mars rover to search for underground water that could support life on the Red Planet, a lead...
NASA Preparing for 2014 Comet Watch at Mars
Jan 29, 2014 (JPL)
This spring, NASA will be paying cautious attention to a comet that could put on a barnstorming show at Mars on Oct. 19, 2014. On that date, comet C/2013 A1 Sid...
Russia's NORD device may travel to Mars
Jan 29, 2014 (Voice of Russia)
A device created by Russian scientists is bidding for a chance to travel to Mars aboard NASA's Mars 2020 rover. In about five months or so, it will be clear whe...
1Ten years on Mars leads to liveable mud
Jan 27, 2014 (SPX)
Some of the oldest minerals ever analysed by NASA's Mars Opportunity Rover show that around four billion years ago Mars had liquid water so fresh it could have ...
Happy Tenth anniversary Opportunity
Jan 27, 2014 (SPX)
Ten years ago, on Jan. 24, 2004, the Opportunity rover landed on a flat plain in the southern highlands of the planet Mars and rolled into an impact crater scie...
In the Eye of the Beholder
Jan 27, 2014 (SPX)
Researchers supported by NASA's Astrobiology Science and Technology Instrument Development (ASTID) program are designing algorithms and instruments that could h...
Opportunity at 10: New Findings from Old Rover
Jan 24, 2014 (JPL)
New findings from rock samples collected and examined by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity have confirmed an ancient wet environment that was milder and...
NASA Receives Mars 2020 Rover Instrument Proposals for Evaluation
Jan 24, 2014 (SPX)
NASA has received 58 proposals for science and exploration technology instruments to fly aboard the agency's next Mars rover in 2020, twice the usual number sub...
Mars 'jelly doughnut' rock intrigues scientists
Jan 23, 2014 (AFP)
A strange rock that looks like a jelly doughnut has appeared on Mars, and scientists are closer to figuring out how it got there, a top NASA expert said Thursda...
Dutch researcher says Earth food plants able to grow on Mars
Jan 21, 2014 (XNA)
The cultivation of various plant species, also food plants, is possible on soil of planet Mars, ecologist Wieger Wamelink of the Dutch research institute Alterr...
Mysterious stone 'rawled up' to Mars Rover Opportunity
Jan 21, 2014 (Voice of Russia)
A strange black and white stone has appeared out of nowhere near the Opportunity Mars Rover, which has not moved for more than a month already. The "guest" was ...
Oppy Encounters A Surprise At Solander Point
Jan 21, 2014 (JPL)
Opportunity is up on 'Solander Point' at the rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is maintaining favorable northerly tilts for improved energy production. Opportu...
Mystery Mars rock reveals unexpected chemical composition
Jan 21, 2014 (Voice of Russia)
The rock that suddenly appeared next to the NASA's Opportunity rover in the beginning of January turns out to have an irregular chemical composition for Mars: i...
An Engineer With His Sights on Mars
Jan 19, 2014 (SPX)
Born and raised in South Vietnam, Phuc Nguyen came to Goddard as an intern and is now an electronics engineer whose work is soon going to Mars. What do you do a...
Megafloods: What They Leave Behind
Jan 19, 2014 (SPX)
South-central Idaho and the surface of Mars have an interesting geological feature in common: amphitheater-headed canyons. These U-shaped canyons with tall vert...
A Decade in the Dust
Jan 19, 2014 (SPX)
NASA's twin Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, were launched from Earth in 2003. The two rovers were designed as robotic geologists, and were to s...
Lichen on Mars
Jan 19, 2014 (SPX)
Humans cannot hope to survive life on Mars without plenty of protection from the surface radiation, freezing night temperatures and dust storms on the red plane...
Ten-Years Roving About On Mars
Jan 14, 2014 (JPL)
Opportunity landed on Mars on Jan. 24, 2004 PST (Jan. 25, 2004 UTC) on what was to be a three-month mission, but instead the rover has lived beyond its prime mi...
Mars Orbiter Images Rover and Tracks in Gale Crater
Jan 12, 2014 (JPL)
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover and its recent tracks from driving in Gale Crater appear in an image taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE...
Who Wants to Go to Mars - One Way?
Jan 07, 2014 (SPX)
The maverick startup company, Mars One, has selected over 1,000 would be and hopeful emigrants who have applied for a one-way trip to Mars. The pool of applican...
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