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Pits, Flows, Other Scenes In New Set Of Mars ImagesPasadena CA (SPX) Dec 02, 2010 Newly released images from 340 recent observations of Mars by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show details of a wide assortment of Martian environments. Strewn boulders and rippled sand lie on the floors of two shadowy, steep-walled pits. Mounds in another region appear to be mud volcanoes, which may have brought fine-grained material to the surface from deep underground. In the Tharsis volcanic region, the inters ... read more |
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 Hopping Rovers For The Red Planet Scientists and engineers at the Space Research Centre at the University of Leicester are developing a conceptual motor design for a Mars 'hopping' vehicle which should lead to a greater understandin ... more | .. |
 Opportunity Checks out Intrepid Crater Opportunity has been navigating through a field of small impact craters on her way to Endeavour crater. Opportunity has has now exceeded 25 kilometers (15 miles) of odometry on the surface of Mars! ... more | .. |
 Russia To Launch Unmanned Lander To Martian Moon In October 2011 The head of Russia's Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Anatoly Perminov, said here on Sunday that the launch of an unmanned lander to one of the moon of Mars, Phobos, was scheduled for October 2011. ... more | .. |
 Shallow Groundwater Reservoirs May Have Been Common On Mars An international research team led by the Planetary Science Institute has found evidence for reservoirs of liquid water on Mars at shallow crustal depths of as little as tens of meters. J. Ale ... more |
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 Earth bacteria could survive on Mars Common Earth bacteria could, in theory, survive in a dormant state in the harsh conditions on Mars for more than a million years, U.K. researchers say. ... more | .. |
 Russia To Launch Unmanned Lander To Martian Moon In October 2011 The head of Russia's Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Anatoly Perminov, said here on Sunday that the launch of an unmanned lander to one of the moon of Mars, Phobos, was scheduled for October 2011. ... more | .. |
NASA Mars Rover Images Honor Apollo 12 NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has visited and photographed two craters informally named for the spacecraft that carried men to the moon 41 years ago this week. Opportunity drove pa ... more | .. |
 Leicester Scientists Involved In Development Of New Breed Of Space Vehicle Scientists and engineers at the internationally acclaimed Space Research Centre at the University of Leicester are developing a conceptual motor design for a Mars 'hopping' vehicle which should lead ... more |
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 IceBite Blog: Setting Up An IceBreaker Since the arrival to the McMurdo station in the Antarctic two days ago, most of our time has been spent on assembling and testing our Mars prototype drill: the Icebreaker. Icebreaker was built to br ... more | .. |
 Camera On Curiosity's Arm Will Magnify Clues In Rocks NASA's next Mars rover, Curiosity, will wield an arm-mounted magnifying camera similar to one on the Mars Rover Opportunity, which promptly demonstrated its importance for reading environmental hist ... more | .. |
 Breaking The Ice In Antarctica Over the course of the past decade, NASA spacecraft have identified several sites on Mars where conditions capable of supporting life existed in the past. One of the most promising of these si ... more | .. |
 Light And Dark In The Phoenix Lake They say you can't judge a book by its cover, but with planets, first impressions do count. New images from the German Aerospace Center operated High Resolution Stereo Camera on the European Space A ... more |
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 Driving Through A Field Of Small Craters Opportunity has been navigating through a field of small impact craters on her way to Endeavour crater. On Sol 2411 (Nov. 5, 2010), the rover performed an in-place 40-degree turn for communication. ... more | .. |
 A Strategy To Search For Life On Mars The first and only attempts to search for life on Mars were the Viking missions launched in 1975. Now scientists are suggesting the next decade of robotic probes sent to the red planet should make t ... more | .. |
  ESA To Operate A Greenhouse In Space On ISS It's small, but it's a greenhouse for space voyagers - and for you. Paolo Nespoli will take a special greenhouse with him to the International Space Station and he's inviting young science enthusias ... more | .. |
  NASA NIA To Sponsor Student Planetary Rover Challenge Few NASA projects in recent years have captured the public's attention like the Mars rovers. Now researchers are hoping the chance to design a future rover may capture university students' interest. ... more |
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 Sensor On Mars Rover To Measure Radiation Environment About eight months before the NASA rover Curiosity touches down on Mars in August 2012, the mission's science measurements will begin much closer to Earth. The Mars Science Laboratory mission' ... more | .. |
 Full Week Of Driving Past Set Of Craters It has been a week of driving for Opportunity. She drove on five of the last seven sols and covered over 400 meters (1,312 feet). As the rover makes her way toward Endeavour crater, she is taking a ... more | .. |
 Bringing a Bit of Mars Back Home If there is evidence of life on Mars, it will be found in the planet's rocks. And as most scientists who study Mars will tell you, the best way to learn about martian rocks is to bring a few back to ... more | .. |
 The Secrets Of Ancient Martian and Terrestrial Atmospheres Chemists at UC San Diego have uncovered a new chemical reaction on tiny particulates in the atmosphere that could allow scientists to gain a glimpse from ancient rocks of what the atmospheres of the ... more |
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 Function Analysis Drives The Development Of A Concept Mars Rover Humans have walked on the Moon, and inevitably, according to NASA, humans will tread the Red Planet as well, possibly by 2037. An ergonomist and an industrial designer pondered the challenges of the ... more | .. |
  Using Planet Colors To Search For Alien Earths Earth is invitingly blue. Mars is angry red. Venus is brilliant white. Astronomers have learned that a planet's "true colors" can reveal important details. For example, Mars is red because its soil ... more | .. |
 Mars Rovers Mission Using Cloud Computing The project team that built and operates the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity has become the first NASA space mission to use cloud computing for daily mission operations. Cloud computing is ... more | .. |
  China Goes To Mars As China's second Moon probe continues its mission, more information is being disclosed about China's ambitions for worlds beyond. China has made no secret of its plans to explore Mars, but we are g ... more |
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