MARS

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First Rock Dating Experiment Performed on Mars
Dec 13, 2013 (SPX)
Although researchers have determined the ages of rocks from other planetary bodies, the actual experiments-like analyzing meteorites and moon rocks-have always ...
SSTL selected for first private Mars mission
Dec 13, 2013 (SPX)
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has been selected to carry out a concept study to develop an interplanetary communications system for Mars One, the priva...
MRO Reveals A More Dynamic Red Planet
Dec 11, 2013 (JPL)
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has revealed to scientists slender dark markings -- possibly due to salty water - that advance seasonally down slopes surpris...
Mars One spaceflight project 'can succeed'
Dec 11, 2013 (Voice of Russia)
A permanent human colony may be established on Mars in the nearest future. Under the Mars One spaceflight project first four Martians are expected to land on th...
Bid to colonize Mars wins high-profile backing
Dec 10, 2013 (AFP)
A Dutch entrepreneur's bold quest to colonize Mars won high-profile support Tuesday from a US aerospace giant, although the timetable for putting humans on the ...
Opportunity ascending Solander Point at rim of Endeavour Crater
Dec 10, 2013 (JPL)
The rover is maintaining favorable northerly tilts for improved energy production. In place for the long Thanksgiving Holiday, Opportunity conducted some in-sit...
One-way ticket to Mars: space colonists wanted!
Dec 10, 2013 (Voice of Russia)
Bas Lansdorp, the founder of Mars One colony project, believes that in about a decade from now a colony of people from the Earth will appear on Mars. Experts co...
Mars lake may have been friendly to microbes: NASA
Dec 09, 2013 (AFP)
A US space agency rover tooling around on the surface of Mars has found remnants of an ancient freshwater lake that may have supported tiny life forms, scientis...
Rover results include first age and radiation measurements on Mars
Dec 09, 2013 (UPI)
The U.S. space rover Curiosity is providing critical information about Mars' past and present to help plan future missions, NASA officials said. In a little mor...
Mangalyaan Reaches First Distance Milestone On Route To Mars
Dec 07, 2013 (SPX)
Indian's first Mars Orbiter Mission - Mangalyaan - might be a long way from its target, but it has already gone further than any spacecraft India has previously...
Martian Laser Surpasses 100,000 Zaps
Dec 07, 2013 (SPX)
The ChemCam laser instrument aboard NASA's Curiosity rover fired its 100,000th shot recently, chronicling its adventures on Mars with a coffee-table-book's wort...
MAVEN Performs First Trajectory Correction Maneuver
Dec 05, 2013 (JPL)
MAVEN mission controllers performed a successful trajectory correction maneuver, also known as a TCM. Post-maneuver data review shows that TCM-1 went according ...
Opportunity Rover Robotic Arm Within Reach of Rock Outcrop
Dec 05, 2013 (JPL)
Opportunity is ascending 'Solander Point' at the rim of 'Endeavour Crater.' The rover is maintaining favorable northerly tilts for improved energy production. O...
ExoMars program marks critical milestone for ESA and Russia
Dec 04, 2013 (Voice of Russia)
Cooperation with Russia comprises practically all areas of the European Space Agency's (ESA) space activities. Several months ago the ESA and Russian federal sp...
Deep Space Perils For Indian Spacecraft
Dec 01, 2013 (SPX)
There's no turning back. India's Mars Orbiter Mission has left Earth orbit and is heading for the red planet. After a flourish of media coverage before and shor...
Curiosity Resumes Science After Analysis of Voltage Issue
Nov 27, 2013 (JPL)
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity resumed full science operations on Saturday, Nov. 23. Activities over the weekend included use of Curiosity's robotic arm to deliver...
Unusual greenhouse gases may have raised ancient Martian temperature
Nov 25, 2013 (SPX)
Much like the Grand Canyon, Nanedi Valles snakes across the Martian surface suggesting that liquid water once crossed the landscape, according to a team of rese...
How Habitable Is Mars? A New View of the Viking Experiments
Nov 25, 2013 (SPX)
Almost 40 years ago, two NASA probes on the surface of Mars scooped the soil in search of signs of microbes. The results that came back from the twin Viking mis...
Billionaire eyes private Mars mission in 2017
Nov 25, 2013 (Voice of Russia)
Billionaire Dennis Tito has revealed his scheme for dispatching two astronauts to the red planet as early as December 2017, saying that 'rare alignments' of pla...
Winter Means Less Power for Solar Panels
Nov 25, 2013 (JPL)
Opportunity is ascending 'Solander Point' at the rim of 'Endeavour Crater.' The rover is maintaining favorable northerly tilts for improved energy production. O...
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