NASA to Share Early Results From MAVEN Mars Orbiter
NASA will host a news teleconference at 11 a.m. PDT (2 p.m. EDT) Tuesday, Oct. 14, to announce early science results from its Mars Atmosphere and…
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If You Could Hitch a Ride to Mars, What Would You Do?
On September 20th, NASA announced the opening of registration for its Mars Balance Mass Challenge and the launch of its new website, NASA Solve, at the…
Read the articleNASA’s MAVEN Orbiter Ready for Sept. 21 Mars Orbit Insertion
NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft is nearing its scheduled Sept. 21 insertion into Martian orbit after completing a 10-month interplanetary journey of 442…
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NASA Teleconference to Discuss Mars Curiosity Science Plans
NASA will host a telecon at 10 a.m. PDT (1 p.m. EDT) Thursday, Sept. 11, to discuss mission status and the future science campaign for the…
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Mars Opportunity Rover Beats Lunokhod 2 and Sets New Off-World Driving Record
NASA’s Opportunity Mars rover, which landed on the Red Planet in 2004, now holds the off-Earth roving distance record after accruing 25 miles (40 kilometers) of…
Read the articleCuriosity Rover Has Been on Mars for One Martian Year
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover will complete a Martian year — 687 Earth days — on June 24, having accomplished the mission’s main goal of determining whether…
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Big New Crater Discovered on Mars
Researchers have discovered on the Red Planet the largest fresh meteor-impact crater ever firmly documented with before-and-after images. The images were captured by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance…
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British Planetary Scientist Professor Colin Pillinger Dies
British planetary scientist Professor Colin Pillinger, a former ESA principal investigator, died on May 7th. He suffered a brain haemorrhage at his home in Cambridge and…
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UK Space Agency Opens Mars Yard for ExoMars Rover Testing
A state-of-the-art ‘Mars yard’ is now ready to put the ExoMars rover through its paces before the vehicle is launched to the Red Planet in 2018.…
Read the articleMartian Jelly Donut Riddle Solved
Researchers have determined the now-infamous Martian rock resembling a jelly doughnut, dubbed Pinnacle Island, is a piece of a larger rock broken and moved by the…
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