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January 31, 2010
India Looks To Global Effort For Manned Mars Mission
Bangalore, India (PTI) Jan 29, 2010
The maiden human space flight to Mars would be a global mission through a consortium by 2030, a top Indian space official said Wednesday. 'Manned mission to Mars will be a global effort and will be undertaken by a consortium of space-faring nations,' Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman K. Radhakrishnan told reporters here. Noting that international collaboration and cooperation would be the order of the day in future space exploratory missions, Radhakrishnan said the global en ... read more

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A Stationary Spirit
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Mars Pairs Up With Full Moon
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Spirit Bogged In Sand: Now A Stationary Research Platform
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Close Encounter With Mars
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Spirit rover to remain stuck in Martian sand
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IceBite Blog: Living In A Freezer
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Spirit Struggles While Opportunity Rocks
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Rover Gives NASA An 'Opportunity' To View Interior Of Mars
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Rover Gives Opportunity To View Interior Of Mars
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Public Invited To Pick Pixels On Mars
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jan 22, 2010
The most powerful camera aboard a NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars will soon be taking photo suggestions from the public. Since arriving at Mars in 2006, the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, or HiRISE, camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has recorded nearly 13,000 observations of the Red Planet's terrain. Each image covers dozens of square miles and reveal details as small as a ... more

NASA Orbiter Listening For Phoenix Lander Hears Nothing
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jan 21, 2010
NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter has completed 11 overflights, listening for the Phoenix Mars Lander on Jan. 19 and 20, without hearing anything from the lander. Nineteen more listening overflights are planned this week, and additional attempts in February and March. The attempts are being made because of the unlikely scenario that Phoenix has survived Martian arctic winter conditions the space ... more

Portuguese Students Get A Glimpse Into Future Mars Missions
Lisbon, Portugal (SPX) Jan 20, 2010
Hundreds of Portuguese high school students were recently given a distinct privilege: a look at what future Mars missions could look like, as described by former NASA astronaut Laurence R. Young. Young, the Apollo Program Professor of Astronautics and Professor of Health Sciences and Technology at MIT, director of the health science and technology program in bioastronautics, and founding ... more

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Spirit Still Stuck


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Israeli soldiers get odour-free socks

BAE Unveils New Modernized Howitzer Vehicle For US Army

'Magic Wand' probed in Iraq

Russia denies fleet boost over US Poland missile plan

Kuwait Air Defense Forces Conduct Patriot Test Firings

US to deploy defensive missiles on Russia's doorstep

North Korea may be readying missile tests

Iran to unveil missiles during anniversary: commander

Pentagon gives OK for Taiwan missile deal: official

Fate of Airbus A400M still uncertain

China urges EU to lift arms embargo

Russia 2009 arms exports defy recession

Animal rights group wants 'Robohog Day'

S.Korean scientists develop walking robot maid

Mint robot puts shine on hardwood floors

Canada donates excess swine flu vaccines to WHO

HIV infections emerge long after China blood scandal: report

WHO attend key European hearing on flu pandemic

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Tooling Up ExoMars
Paris, France (ESA) Jan 19, 2010
ESA and NASA are inviting scientists from across the world to propose instruments for their joint Mars mission, the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter. Scheduled for launch in 2016, the spacecraft will focus on understanding the rarest constituents of the martian atmosphere, including the mysterious methane that could signal life on Mars. Establishing whether life ever existed, or is still active on Mars today, is one of the outstanding scientific quests of our time. Both missions in the ExoMars ... read more

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Seed Bank For The Moon

India To Launch Chandrayaan-2 By 2013

Obama to propose abandoning US return to Moon: report

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Obama trims US space ambitions

India Looks To Global Effort For Manned Mars Mission

Lawmakers gird for NASA cut battle

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Four Years And Counting

New Horizons Now Closer To Pluto Than Earth

Hubble Finds Smallest Kuiper Belt Object Ever Seen

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The Difference Between Ganymede And Callisto

Galileo's Jupiter Journey Began Two Decades Ago

Europa's Ocean Contains Enough Oxygen To Support Life

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