MARS

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Mars's dramatic climate variations are driven by the Sun
Sep 07, 2012 (SPX)
On Mars's poles there are ice caps of ice and dust with layers that reflect to past climate variations on Mars. Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute have r...
NASA's Mars rover parked to test robotic arm
Sep 06, 2012 (AFP)
NASA's Curiosity rover has temporarily halted its journey across the surface of Mars as it tests the tools on its robotic arm, the US space agency said Thursday...
Curiosity Has a Photo Day
Sep 05, 2012 (JPL)
Curiosity took a sol off from driving and spent time during the mission's Sol 25, on Aug. 31, 2012, taking images and collecting environmental monitoring data. ...
Marks of Laser Exam on Martian Soil
Aug 31, 2012 (JPL)
The Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity used its laser to examine side-by-side points in a target patch of soil, leaving th...
Opportunity Drives And Images Rock Outcrop
Aug 31, 2012 (JPL)
Opportunity is moving south along the inboard edge of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater. On Sol 3044 (Aug. 16, 2012), the rover drove just over 131 feet ...
Opportunity Exceeds 35 Kilometers of Driving!
Aug 31, 2012 (JPL)
Opportunity has exceeded over 35 kilometers (21.75 miles) of odometry! The rover is moving south along the inboard edge of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Cra...
Rover Leaves Tracks in Morse Code
Aug 30, 2012 (JPL)
NASA's Curiosity rover took its first test stroll Wednesday Aug. 22, 2012, and beamed back pictures of its accomplishment in the form of track marks in the Mart...
Curiosity Rover Plays First Song Transmitted from Another Planet
Aug 30, 2012 (SPX)
For the first time in history, a recorded song has been beamed back to Earth from another planet. Students, special guests and news media gathered at NASA's Jet...
Mars suitable for colonization
Aug 30, 2012 (Voice of Russia)
Mars will become a major target for human space explorers in the next 50 years, experts from the Energia Rocket and Space Corporation say. According to Energia'...
NASA Curiosity Rover Begins Eastbound Trek on Martian Surface
Aug 30, 2012 (JPL)
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has set off from its landing vicinity on a trek to a science destination about a quarter mile (400 meters) away, where it may begin ...
Curiosity In It for the Long Haul
Aug 29, 2012 (SPX)
In recent days, Curiosity has accomplished a number of firsts, including the first use of its laser to zap a nearby rock and its first short drive. Many more su...
NASA's Mars rover heads east, driving 'beautifully'
Aug 29, 2012 (AFP)
NASA's Curiosity rover has begun its first major drive across the surface of Mars, handling "beautifully" as it prepares to start some serious scientific work, ...
NASA likens Mars rover to Armstrong lunar landmark
Aug 27, 2012 (AFP)
NASA beamed back more spectacular pictures from Mars on Monday -- and a first voice message -- likening it to the lunar landmark led by Neil Armstrong, the firs...
Chemcam Laser First Analyzes Yield Beautiful Results
Aug 24, 2012 (SPX)
Members of the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover ChemCam team, including Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists, squeezed in a little extra target prac...
Lockheed Martin to Build Spacecraft for Insight Mars Lander
Aug 23, 2012 (SPX)
An exciting and novel mission to Mars has been selected as NASA's next Discovery mission. The Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Hea...
New Mars mission to take first look at what's going on deep inside the Red Planet
Aug 23, 2012 (SPX)
A UK Space Agency-funded instrument, designed to investigate the interior structure and processes of Mars, has been selected to travel to the Red Planet on NASA...
NASA Mars Rover Begins Driving at Bradbury Landing
Aug 23, 2012 (JPL)
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has begun driving from its landing site, that scientists have named for the late author Ray Bradbury. Making its first movement on t...
First Words of Safe Landing on Mars - Tango Delta Nominal
Aug 23, 2012 (JPL)
10:32 p.m. on the evening of Aug. 5 was turning out to be one long minute for Steve Sell. Of course, the previous six had been significantly protracted as well....
NASA selects DLR experiment for InSight mission to Mars
Aug 23, 2012 (SPX)
After the successful landing of the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover, NASA has selected one more lander mission to Mars. The InSight mission will reach M...
Student Commands Mars Rover
Aug 23, 2012 (SPX)
Children are often mystified by remote control cars and how they can control them with a device while standing several feet away from them. This past week, Chri...
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