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Where Should Future Astronauts Land on Mars? Follow the Water
A new NASA paper provides the most detailed map to date of near-surface water ice on the Red Planet.
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New era of Mars exploration begins as craft nears Red Planet
A new era of Mars exploration will begin Monday with the expected arrival of the United Arab Emirates' Hope spacecraft in the vicinity of the Red Planet -- the first of three such arrivals planned for February.
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Tianwen 1 makes orbital correction as Mars arrival draws near
China's Tianwen 1 Mars probe conducted its fourth orbital correction on Friday evening, as the spacecraft makes ready for its arrival in orbit around Feb 10, according to the China National Space Administration.
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NASA awards contract for first rocket to launch from another planet
NASA has started the early processes of constructing a $194 million small rocket that will launch from Mars, which will be the first known rocket launch from another planet.
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UAE’s ‘Hope’ probe to be first in trio of Mars missions
The first Arab space mission, the UAE's "Hope" probe, is expected to reach Mars' orbit on Tuesday, making it the first of three spacecraft to arrive at the Red Planet this month.
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Sarah al-Amiri: young minister behind UAE mission to Mars
When Sarah al-Amiri was a child growing up in Abu Dhabi with a fascination for space, her young country seemed light years away from reaching for the stars.
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China’s space probe sends back its first image of Mars
China's Tianwen-1 probe has sent back its first image of Mars, the national space agency said, as the mission prepares to touch down on the Red Planet later this year.
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Bringing Mars rocks back to Earth
Jim Bell is a professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University and has worked on a number of Mars missions.
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How Mars became the prize for the new space race
Looking at its achievements over the past decade, nobody would doubt China is aiming to win the new space race.
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An innovative and non-destructive strategy to analyse material from Mars
The IBeA research group from the University of the Basque Country's Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, is…
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NASA, International Partners assess mission to map ice on Mars
NASA and three international partners have signed a statement of intent to advance a possible robotic Mars ice mapping mission, which could help identify abundant, accessible ice for future candidate landing sites on the Red Planet.
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NASA’s Perseverance pays off back home
A laser-light sensor that can identify bacteria in a wound may sound far-fetched, but it's already becoming a reality, thanks in part to NASA's Mars Exploration Program.
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Tianwen 1 probe set to enter Mars orbit before New Year
China's Tianwen 1 Mars probe is set to enter the orbit of the red planet around Feb 10, two days before Chinese New Year, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, the nation's leading space contractor.
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Martian landslides caused by underground salts and melting ice?
A team of researchers led by SETI Institute Senior Research Scientist Janice Bishop, a member of the SETI Institute NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI) team, has come up with a theory about what is causing landslides on the surface of Mars.
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Could the surface of Phobos reveal secrets of the Martian past
The Martian moon Phobos orbits through a stream of charged atoms and molecules that flow off the Red Planet's atmosphere, new research shows.
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MAVEN continues to advance Mars science and telecommunications relay efforts
With a suite of new national and international spacecraft primed to explore the Red Planet after their arrival next month, NASA's MAVEN mission is ready to provide support and continue its study of the Martian atmosphere.