MARS

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Calculated Risks: How Radiation Rules Mars Exploration
Feb 14, 2014 (SPX)
Nearly everything we know about the radiation exposure on a trip to Mars we have learned in the past 200 days. For much longer, we have known that space is a ri...
'Pinnacle Island' Rock Studies Continue
Feb 14, 2014 (JPL)
Opportunity is up on "Solander Point," part of the rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover continues to explore the region called "Cook Haven." The rock named "Pinna...
ASU Mars camera to get new views of Red Planet
Feb 14, 2014 (SPX)
For the first time since the Viking Mars mission of the 1970s, which ended more than a generation ago, scientists will soon begin systematic observations of Mar...
NASA Mars Orbiters See Clues to Possible Water Flows
Feb 13, 2014 (JPL)
NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars have returned clues for understanding seasonal features that are the strongest indication of possible liquid water that may exist ...
Flowing Water on Mars Appears Likely But Hard to Prove
Feb 13, 2014 (SPX)
Martian experts have known since 2011 that mysterious, possibly water-related streaks appear and disappear on the planet's surface. Georgia Institute of Technol...
Russian-European spacecraft to go on Martian mission in Jan 2016
Feb 13, 2014 (Voice of Russia)
A spacecraft built for the Russian-European ExoMars project will begin its voyage to Mars in January 2016, Director of the Space Research Institute of the Russi...
NASA and French Space Agency Sign Agreement for Mars Mission
Feb 12, 2014 (JPL)
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Jean-Yves Le Gall, president of the National Center of Space Studies of France (CNES), signed an implementing agreement Mo...
100 Days Of Mars Orbiter Spacecraft
Feb 12, 2014 (SPX)
Mars Orbiter Spacecraft, India's first interplanetary probe, was launched by PSLV-C25 at 1438 hours on November 5, 2013 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Srihari...
Putting Rovers to the Test
Feb 11, 2014 (SPX)
In an open field on the campus of NASA's Glenn Research Center, a large sand dune rises up and if you watch for a few moments, you may see a rover crest over th...
Through the Gap: Curiosity Mars Rover Crosses Dune
Feb 11, 2014 (JPL)
NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover has crossed a dune that stands across a gateway to a southwestward route favored by the rover team for driving to future science des...
US, France sign deal for 2016 Mars lander
Feb 11, 2014 (AFP)
The United States and France Monday unveiled plans to collaborate on a new Mars mission, two years after NASA withdrew from a European partnership to send a pro...
MAVEN on Track to Carry Out its Science Mission
Feb 06, 2014 (SPX)
The MAVEN spacecraft and all of its science instruments have completed their initial checkout, and all of them are working as expected. This means that MAVEN is...
NASA Mars Orbiter Examines Dramatic New Crater
Feb 06, 2014 (JPL)
Space rocks hitting Mars excavate fresh craters at a pace of more than 200 per year, but few new Mars scars pack as much visual punch as one seen in a NASA imag...
The Curiosity Mars rover vehicle has damaged a wheel
Feb 04, 2014 (Voice of Russia)
The Curiosity Mars rover vehicle has damaged one of its wheels against a sharp rock. It happened when the rover was going through dunes to Aeolis, the central p...
Lights, Camera, MAVEN: A Mission to Uncover the History of Mars
Feb 04, 2014 (SPX)
A planet's atmosphere can up and disappear. Now a satellite is approaching Mars to tell us how. The satellite is MAVEN: Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (...
ExoMars orbiter core module completed
Feb 04, 2014 (ESA)
The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter module consisting of the spacecraft structure, thermal control and propulsion systems was handed over by OHB System to Thales Alen...
Work on Mystery Rock Continues As Rover Marks 10
Feb 04, 2014 (JPL)
Opportunity is up on 'Solander Point' at the rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is continuing to investigate this curious surface rock, called 'Pinnacle Island'...
NASA Mars Rover's View of Possible Westward Route
Feb 04, 2014 (JPL)
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover reached the edge of a dune on Jan. 30 and photographed the valley on the other side, to aid assessment of whether to cross the dune....
Amazing 45 kg medieval-armor-inspired spacesuit to help people walk on Mars
Feb 04, 2014 (Voice of Russia)
Dr. Gernot Groomer from Austria has designed a spacesuit for walking on Mars. It takes him three hours to put it on. The suit is made from 10,000 parts and desi...
NASA Mars project: radiation risk of highest concern
Jan 31, 2014 (Voice of Russia)
Russian Anastasia Stepanova is through to the second round of applicant selection for the Mars One program. Anastasia, a Moscow resident, could end up among the...
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