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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter capatures images of splitting slope streaks
This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) shows streaks forming on slopes when dust cascades downhill.
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Tiny Crystal Shapes Get Close Look From Mars Rover
Star-shaped and swallowtail-shaped tiny, dark bumps in fine-layered bright bedrock of a Martian ridge are drawing close inspection by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover.
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NASA leverages proven technologies to build agency’s first planetary wind lidar
NASA scientists have found a way to adapt a handful of recently developed technologies to build a new instrument that could give them what they have yet to…
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HKU scientist makes key discoveries in the search for life on Mars
The planet Mars has long drawn interest from scientists and non-scientists as a possible place to search for evidence of life beyond Earth because the surface…
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In Oman desert, European venture sets sights on Mars
Would-be astronauts in aluminium-coated suits venture out in rovers from a sprawling camp in Oman's barren desert: a simulation by a European venture aiming to one day help humans survive on Mars.
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Studies of Clay Formation Provide Clues to Early Martian Climate
New research published in Nature Astronomy seeks to understand how surface clay was formed on Mars despite its cold climate.
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Opportunity Celebrates 14 Years of Working on Mars
Opportunity is continuing her exploration of "Perseverance Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour Crater.
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Mount Sharp ‘Photobombs’ Mars Curiosity Rover
A new self-portrait of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows the vehicle on Vera Rubin Ridge, which it has been investigating for the past several months.
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A vista from Mars rover looks back over journey so far
A panoramic image that NASA's Curiosity Mars rover took from a mountainside ridge provides a sweeping vista of key sites visited since the rover's 2012 landing, and the towering surroundings.
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NASA tests power system to support manned missions to Mars
United States government agencies say the first tests of a very small nuclear power system designed for missions to Mars have been successful.
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Opportunity prepares software update as Sol 5000 approaches
Opportunity is continuing her winter exploration of "Perseverance Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour Crater from a location in the north fork of the local flow channel.
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European-Russian space mission steps up the search for life on Mars
In 2013, the European Space Agency and Roscosmos - the Russian governmental body responsible for space research - agreed to cooperate on ExoMars, the first joint interplanetary mission between ESA and Russia.
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NASA’s Next Mars Lander Spreads its Solar Wings
NASA's next mission to Mars passed a key test Tuesday, extending the solar arrays that will power the InSight spacecraft once it lands on the Red Planet this November.
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Mystery Solved for Mega-Avalanches in Tibet – and Perhaps on Mars
An international scientific effort determined the cause of a highly unusual and deadly glacier avalanche in Tibet in 2016, a new Nature Geoscience paper says.
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Dust storms linked to gas escape from Mars atmosphere
Some Mars experts are eager and optimistic for a dust storm this year to grow so grand it darkens skies around the entire Red Planet.
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Opportunity gets dust cleaning and passes 45 kilometers of driving
Opportunity is continuing her winter exploration of "Perseverance Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour Crater.