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Spain supplies weather station for next Mars Rover
The first instrument from Spain for a mission to Mars will provide daily weather reports from the Red Planet. Expect extremes.
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Dec 01, 2010 |
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Searching for life on Mars
The first and only attempts to search for life on Mars were the Viking missions launched in 1975. Now scientists are suggesting the next decade of robotic probes sent to the red planet should make the search ...
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Nov 11, 2010 |
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Function analysis drives the development of a concept Mars rover
Humans have walked on the Moon, and inevitably, according to NASA, humans will tread the Red Planet as well, possibly by 2037. An ergonomist and an industrial designer pondered the challenges of the Martian environment and ...
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Nov 02, 2010 |
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Mars volcanic deposit tells of warm and wet environment
(PhysOrg.com) -- Roughly 3.5 billion years ago, the first epoch on Mars ended. The climate on the red planet then shifted dramatically from a relatively warm, wet period to one that was arid and cold. Yet ...
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Oct 31, 2010 |
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NASA mission asks why Mars has no atmosphere
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA this week gave the green light to a mission to Mars that will seek to understand why and how the red planet lost its atmosphere 3-4 billion years ago.
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Oct 07, 2010 |
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MAVEN mission to investigate how Sun steals Martian atmosphere
The Red Planet bleeds. Not blood, but its atmosphere, slowly trickling away to space. The culprit is our sun, which is using its own breath, the solar wind, and its radiation to rob Mars of its air. The crime ...
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Oct 05, 2010 |
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Five things about NASA's Mars Curiosity rover
(PhysOrg.com) -- Mars Science Laboratory, aka Curiosity, is part of NASA's Mars Exploration Program, a long-term program of robotic exploration of the Red Planet. The mission is scheduled to launch from Cape ...
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Sep 16, 2010 |
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Colonization of Mars might be microbes away
Tiny rock-eating microbes could mine precious extraterrestrial resources from Mars and pave the way for the first human colonists. Just don't expect them to transform the red planet's surface into a new Earth ...
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Sep 10, 2010 |
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Mars Curiosity Takes First Baby Steps (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Like proud parents, mission team members gathered in a gallery above a clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to watch the Mars Curiosity rover roll for the first time.
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Jul 26, 2010 |
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iPhone app delivers daily ASU Mars camera images
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new free app delivers daily images of Mars to your iPhone from an ASU-designed camera on-board NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter.
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Jun 18, 2010 |
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Astronaut's eye view: Mars Express orbiting the Red Planet (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- This video shows what future astronauts would see from their cockpit: Mars turning below as they sweep around the Red Planet. Last month, ESA's Mars Express snapped images every minute to create a unique ...
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Jun 02, 2010 |
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Mars was Wet, but was it Warm?
Mars is frozen today, but when it was young there may have been liquid water on its surface. What does the latest evidence indicate about the ancient martian climate? Understanding the past environment of ...
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May 31, 2010 |
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Mars: Wayward Dust Devil Caught in the Act
(PhysOrg.com) -- The HiRISE camera photographed a dust devil roaming the Martian plains far from the normal occurrence of such weather phenomena.
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Mar 26, 2010 |
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Phobos flyby season starts again
(PhysOrg.com) -- Today Mars Express began a series of flybys of Phobos, the largest moon of Mars. The campaign will reach its crescendo on 3 March, when the spacecraft will set a new record for the closest ...
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Feb 16, 2010 |
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STAR TRAK for February: Mars puts on its best show
(PhysOrg.com) -- Mars will be at its highest and brightest for the year during February, coming into view in the east as evening twilight fades. The red planet was closest to Earth in its orbit on Jan. 27, ...
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Feb 01, 2010 |
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