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ScanMars demonstrates water detection device for astronauts on Mars
Analogue astronauts have successfully trialed a radar that could help future Mars explorers identify where to dig for water.
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Candy-Pink lagoon serves up salt-rich diet for potential life on Mars
The discovery of a microorganism that gives a candy-pink lagoon in central Spain its startling colour is providing new evidence for how life could survive on a high-salt diet on Mars or Europa.
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Opportunity silent since June 10
The Opportunity team is increasing the frequency of commands it beams to the rover via the dishes of NASA's Deep Space Network from three times a week to multiple times per day.
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Recent tectonics on Mars
These prominent trenches were formed by faults that pulled the planet's surface apart less than 10 million years ago.
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Attempting Contact With Opportunity Multiple Times A Day
The Opportunity team is increasing the frequency of commands it beams to the rover via the dishes of NASA's Deep Space Network from three times a week to multiple times per day.
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ExoMars orbiter highlights radiation risk for Mars astronauts
Astronauts on a mission to Mars would be exposed to at least 60% of the total radiation dose limit recommended for their career during the journey itself to…
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River basin provides evidence of ancient ocean on Mars
New analysis of the recently discovered river basin Hypanis Valles, the largest on Mars, suggests the presence a giant alluvial plain.
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A new listening plan for Mars Opportunity rover
No signal from Opportunity has been heard since Sol 5111 (June 10, 2018), though NASA has approved a strategy for listening for the rover through January of…
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Curiosity Surveys a Mystery Under Dusty Skies
After snagging a new rock sample on Aug. 9, NASA's Curiosity rover surveyed its surroundings on Mars, producing a 360-degree panorama of its current location on Vera Rubin Ridge.
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NASA Launching Mars Lander Parachute Test from Wallops Sep 7
NASA will conduct the third in a series of parachute tests for possible future missions to Mars during the flight of a Terrier-Black Brant IX suborbital sounding rocket in the morning on Sep.
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Team Continues to Listen for Opportunity
No signal from Opportunity has been heard since Sol 5111 (June 10, 2018). The dust storm on Mars continues its decay with atmospheric opacity (tau) over the rover site decreasing.
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Martian skies clearing over Opportunity Rover
A planet-encircling dust storm on Mars, which was first detected May 30 and halted operations for the Opportunity rover, continues to abate.
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NASA’s InSight has a thermometer for Mars
Ambitious climbers, forget Mt. Everest. Dream about Mars. The Red Planet has some of the tallest mountains in the solar system.
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Opportunity rover expected to call home as Martian dust storm clears
The weeks-long Martian dust storm is waning, and Opportunity rover can finally see clearly.
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Mars dust storm clears, raising hope for stalled NASA rover
One of the biggest Martian dust storms on record is clearing up after nearly three months, raising hope that NASA's stranded, solar-powered robotic vehicle, Opportunity, will soon come back to life.
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No word from Opportunity as skies begin to clear
No signal from Opportunity has been heard. The dust storm on Mars continues to decay.