MARS

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Bringing Mars Back to Earth
Apr 23, 2012 (SPX)
The search for life should be an essential component of a sample return mission from Mars, according to a recent report examining the science behind such a vent...
Opportunity Benefits From Brighter Skies and Small Dust Cleaning of Solar Panels
Apr 23, 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 Left-Front Wheel Stabilized
Apr 20, 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...
Asteroid Craters On Earth Give Clues In Search For Life On Mars
Apr 20, 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...
Photo Of NASA's Maven Spacecraft and Propellant Tank at Lockheed Martin
Apr 17, 2012 (SPX)
Lockheed Martin has installed the propellant tank on NASA's MAVEN spacecraft, which it is building at its Space Systems Company facilities near Denver. In addit...
NASA Planning Group Takes Key Steps For Future Mars Exploration
Apr 16, 2012 (JPL)
NASA's Mars Program Planning Group (MPPG), established to assist the agency in developing a new strategy for the exploration of the Red Planet, has begun analyz...
Dark regions on Mars may be volcanic glass
Apr 16, 2012 (UPI)
Mysterious dark regions on the planet Mars are made of glass, likely formed in ancient volcanic eruptions, U.S. researchers said. The dark regions occupy almost...
Russia to Go Back to the Moon Before Reaching for Mars
Apr 16, 2012 (RIA Novosti)
Recent setbacks have not stopped the Russian space effort but have drastically modified its plans. "Less fuss and more business" is now the philosophy. While no...
Martian impact craters may be hiding life
Apr 16, 2012 (UPI)
If there is life on Mars it may be lurking in craters formed by asteroid impacts on the planet's surface, as has happened on Earth, Scottish scientists say. Res...
NASA seeks new ideas for Mars missions
Apr 13, 2012 (AFP)
The US space agency said Friday it is seeking fresh ideas for robotic missions to explore Mars, after budget cuts nixed a planned partnership with the European ...
Mars Express - Pit chains on the Tharsis volcanic bulge
Apr 10, 2012 (SPX)
In the Tharsis volcanic region, almost the size of Europe, the Martian highlands have arched up into a shield several thousand metres in height as a consequence...
Post Solstice Rover Takes The Opportunity For A Wiggle
Apr 09, 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...
Russia and Europe give boost to Mars robotic mission
Apr 09, 2012 (Voice of Russia)
Russia's participation in ExoMars program is approaching. A meeting of ESA and Roscosmos is scheduled for April, 6. The European landing mission to Mars may pro...
12-Mile-High Martian Dust Devil Caught In Act
Apr 05, 2012 (JPL)
A Martian dust devil roughly 12 miles high (20 kilometers) was captured whirling its way along the Amazonis Planitia region of Northern Mars on March 14. It was...
Mars missions race, India takes lead
Apr 03, 2012 (Voice of Russia)
India aims at sending an orbiter to Mars in 2013. The race for the Red planet unwinds with NASA planning a launch for the same 2013 fiscal year and China somewh...
The sounds of Mars and Venus are revealed for the first time
Apr 03, 2012 (SPX)
In a world first, the sounds of Mars and Venus are revealed as part of a planetarium show in Hampshire this Easter. Despite many years of space exploration, we ...
Dusty, Acidic Glaciers Could Explain Layered Deposits on Mars
Mar 30, 2012 (SPX)
Researchers from the Planetary Science Institute (PSI) and NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) have proposed a new hypothesis to explain a class of enigmatic geolog...
Slight Drop Of Left-Front Wheel
Mar 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...
'Mount Sharp' On Mars Links Geology's Past and Future
Mar 29, 2012 (JPL)
One particular mountain on Mars, bigger than Colorado's grandest, has been beckoning would-be explorers since it was first sighted from orbit in the 1970s. Scie...
A glow in the Martian night throws light on atmospheric circulation
Mar 27, 2012 (ESA)
A faint, infrared glow above the winter poles of Mars is giving new insights into seasonal changes in the planet's atmospheric circulation. The tell-tale night ...
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