MARS

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Russia could join U.S. in Mars mission
May 09, 2012 (UPI)
Russia would be willing to be a partner with the United States on a manned mission to Mars, a Russian space official said at the United Nations. At U.N. headqua...
Mars Rover Opportunity Hits Paydirt At Endeavour
May 07, 2012 (JPL)
A report in the May 4 edition of the journal Science details discoveries Opportunity made in its first four months at the rim of Endeavour Crater, including key...
Opportunity Getting Ready To Leave Her Winter Perch
May 07, 2012 (JPL)
Opportunity is still positioned on the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater with an approximate 15-degree northerly tilt, but not for much long...
Ancient Volcanic Blast Provides More Evidence of Water on Early Mars
May 07, 2012 (SPX)
The atmosphere of Mars is less than 1 percent the density of Earth's. It's one of the reasons liquid water covers much of our planet but cannot exist on the Red...
Antarctic stay to mimic Mars mission
May 07, 2012 (UPI)
European scientists said they'll undergo four months of freezing darkness and isolation in Antarctica in preparation for a possible manned trip to Mars. The exp...
Mars Express - Former lakes and rivers in Acidalia Planitia
May 07, 2012 (SPX)
The images from the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC), carried on board ESA's Mars Express spacecraft and operated by the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches ...
100 Days and Counting to NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Landing
Apr 30, 2012 (JPL)
At 10:31 p.m. PDT April 27, (1:31 p.m. EDT), NASA's Mars Science Laboratory, carrying the one-ton Curiosity rover, will be within 100 days from its appointment ...
Durable NASA Rover Beginning Ninth Year of Mars Work
Apr 30, 2012 (JPL)
Eight years after landing on Mars for what was planned as a three-month mission, NASA's enduring Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is working on what essential...
Studies of 'Amboy' Rock Continue as Solar Energy Improves
Apr 30, 2012 (JPL)
Opportunity is positioned on the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater with an approximate 15-degree northerly tilt for favorable solar energy p...
Opportunity's Eighth Anniversary View From Greeley Haven
Apr 30, 2012 (JPL)
This mosaic of images taken in mid-January 2012 shows the windswept vista northward (left) to northeastward (right) from the location where NASA's Mars Explorat...
Surviving the conditions on Mars
Apr 30, 2012 (SPX)
Alpine and polar lichens could also survive on Mars. Planetary researchers at the German Aerospace Center simulated the conditions on Mars for 34 days and expos...
New form of Mars lava flow dicovered
Apr 30, 2012 (SPX)
High-resolution photos of lava flows on Mars reveal coiling spiral patterns that resemble snail or nautilus shells. Such patterns have been found in a few locat...
Mars Express explores the roots of Martian volcanoes
Apr 27, 2012 (ESA)
Recent analysis of radio signals sent back by ESA's Mars Express orbiter has enabled a team of Belgian and German scientists to probe deep beneath the surface o...
Martian Volcanic Glass Could Be Hotspot for Life
Apr 27, 2012 (SPX)
Glass sand on Mars may point the way to chemically-rich water ideal for hosting life. The newly discovered glass dune fields, spread across almost a third of th...
Lava flows carved Mars valleys: study
Apr 26, 2012 (AFP)
Lava flows carved valleys on Mars, US scientists said Thursday amid a long-running debate over whether water or volcanoes formed part of the red planet's landsc...
WSU astrobiologist proposes fleet of probes to seek life on Mars
Apr 24, 2012 (SPX)
A Washington State University astrobiologist is leading a group of 20 scientists in calling for a mission to Mars with "a strong and comprehensive life detectio...
Asteroid sites hint at life on Mars
Apr 24, 2012 (SPX)
Craters made by asteroid impacts may be the best place to look for signs of life on other planets, a study suggests. Tiny organisms have been discovered thrivin...
People to Land on Mars in Next 40 Years
Apr 24, 2012 (RIA Novosti)
The world may see a manned spaceflight to Mars in the first half of this century, a prominent Russian academic said on Monday. "I think [a manned trip to Mars] ...
Mars Astronauts Could Risk DNA Damage
Apr 24, 2012 (RIA Novosti)
Future astronauts working on the Red Planet's surface risk general changes in health at the DNA level because of increased radiation exposure, a prominent Russi...
Human health on Mars mission discussed
Apr 23, 2012 (UPI)
Future astronauts spending time on the surface of Mars may face radiation exposure levels that could increase the risk of DNA damage, Russian scientists say. Ot...
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