The Search for Life on Mars
In this 6th session of the internet-based live lectures between Universities and Institutes, Dr Jorge Vago (ESA) discusses missions to Mars and in particular the European…
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McLaughlin Crater on Mars May Once Have Held Groundwater-Fed Lake
This view of layered rocks on the floor of McLaughlin Crater shows sedimentary rocks that contain spectroscopic evidence for minerals formed through interaction with water. The…
Read the articleHow You Can Help Explore the Surface of Mars Like Never Before
StarGazing Live is a program run over 3 consecutive days by the BBC at the beginning of each year. This year, it ran from Jan 8th-10th…
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Curiosty Mars Rover Uses Its Brush for First Time
This image from the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) on NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity shows the patch of rock cleaned by the first use of the…
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NASA Researchers Identify Water Rich Martian Meteorite
NASA-funded researchers analyzing a small meteorite that may be the first discovered from the Martian surface or crust have found it contains 10 times more water…
Read the articleCuriosity Rover Fully Analyzes Its First Soil Samples
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover has used its full array of instruments to analyze Martian soil for the first time, and found a complex chemistry within the…
Read the articleA Tribute to the Efforts of Everyone Who Helped Make the Curiosity Mission a Success
The Mars Science Laboratory, nicknamed “Curiosity,” was a feat of passion and engineering unparalleled for some time. As the space shuttles retired from service and NASA…
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Detailed Images of Rocknest3 Rocks Relayed From Mars
For the first time, ESA’s Mars orbiter has relayed scientific data from NASA’s Curiosity rover on the Red Planet’s surface. The data included detailed images of…
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Mars Rover News Conference: Curiosity’s Progress
NASA will hosted a media teleconference on Nov. 15, 2012 to provide an update about the Curiosity rover’s mission to Mars’ Gale Crater. The Mars Science…
Read the articleCuriosity Provides Clues as to How Mars May Have Lost Much of Its Original Atmosphere
NASA’s car-sized rover, Curiosity, has taken significant steps toward understanding how Mars may have lost much of its original atmosphere. This picture shows a lab demonstration…
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