
Neptec wins contract to develop cameras for European Space Agency’s ExoMars Programme
Neptec Design Group has signed a contract with Astrium UK Limited for the design and build of navigation cameras for the ExoMars Rover.
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Neptec Design Group has signed a contract with Astrium UK Limited for the design and build of navigation cameras for the ExoMars Rover.
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Mar 4, 2013

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Mar 4, 2013

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Mar 2, 2013

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Mar 1, 2013

Two compact laboratories inside NASA's Mars rover Curiosity have ingested portions of the first sample of rock powder ever collected from the interior of a rock on Mars.
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The world's first space tourist, US multimillionaire Dennis Tito, unveiled plans Wednesday to send a manned mission to Mars and back, targeting a launch date less than five years away.
Feb 27, 2013

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Feb 26, 2013

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Feb 26, 2013

NASA scientists say two compact laboratories inside the Mars rover Curiosity have ingested the first rock powder ever collected from inside a martian rock.
Feb 25, 2013

India said on Thursday it will send a $70 million space mission to Mars this year to study the red planet's atmosphere.
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