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Lockheed Martin Begins Final Assembly Of Next Mars Lander
Lockheed Martin has started the assembly, test and launch operations (ATLO) phase for NASA's InSight Mars lander spacecraft.
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China researchers plan Mars mission ‘around 2020’: state media
Chinese scientists are planning to launch a Mars rover "around 2020", state media reported Tuesday, as the country pours billions into its space programme and works to catch up with the US and Europe.
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Mars was warm enough for flowing water, but only briefly
With the growing variety of samples collected and measurements made by NASA's Mars rovers, the scientific evidence that water once flowed freely on the surface of the Red Planet has mounted.
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Warmth and flowing water on early Mars were episodic
Ample evidence of ancient rivers, streams, and lakes make it clear that Mars was at some point warm enough for liquid water to flow on its surface.
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Next NASA Mars Mission Reaches Milestone
NASA's InSight mission has begun the assembly, test and launch operations (ATLO) phase of its development, on track for a March 2016 launch to Mars.
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Mars, too, has macroweather
Weather, which changes day-to-day due to constant fluctuations in the atmosphere, and climate, which varies over decades, are familiar.
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Comet lander ‘working well’, but may be on slope
Europe's robot lab Philae was "working well" on the surface of its host comet, though likely perched on a steep slope, ground controllers said a day after the probe made its historic landing.
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China Exclusive: China developing Mars rover
After successfully putting the "Jade Rabbit" lunar rover on the moon, Chinese space experts say the country's planned Mars vehicle will be larger, tougher and a better climber.
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UI instrument sees comet-created atmosphere on Mars
A comet whizzes closely by Mars, and the tail of cosmic dust in its wake penetrates the Martian upper atmosphere and produces a new dense layer of ionization in its wake, essentially a new ionosphere.
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Mars Orbiter MAVEN Demonstrates Relay Prowess
The newest node in NASA's Mars telecommunications network -- a radio aboard the MAVEN orbiter custom-designed for data links with robots on the surface of Mars -- handled a copious 550 megabits during its first relay of real Mars data.
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Opportunity Dust Levels Back to Normal
Opportunity is on the west rim of Endeavour Crater heading towards 'Marathon Valley,' a putative location for abundant clay minerals about a mile (1.6 kilometers) to the south.
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Comet flyby of Mars changed chemistry of atmosphere: NASA
Last month, an exotic deep space comet flew by Mars and unleashed an unexpectedly strong meteor shower that briefly changed the chemistry of the Red Planet's upper atmosphere, NASA said Friday.
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MAVEN Continues Mars Exploration Begun 50 Years Ago by Mariner 4
When the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, or MAVEN, spacecraft arrived at the Red Planet on Sept.
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NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Finds Mineral Match
Reddish rock powder from the first hole drilled into a Martian mountain by NASA's Curiosity rover has yielded the mission's first confirmation of a mineral mapped from orbit.
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You can’t get to Mars, but your name can
As it stands now, only a select few people will get to visit Mars in the coming decades.
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A One Way Trip to Mars
Although NASA would prefer round trips for astronauts, in a recent interview Buzz Aldrin, he suggested that the fist crews to land on Mars should stay there until a colony of about 100 people is settled.