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A Human Mission To Mars Has Cleared A Major Hurdle
One of the biggest obstacles of sending humans to Mars is the exposure to radiation, from cosmic rays and solar particles, that astronauts would experience during the 180-day ride to the Red Planet and...
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Evidence Of Potentially Drinkable Water Found On Mars
Scientists on Friday called NASA's Opportunity rover gimpy and arthritic, but hailed its new discoveries about early water on Mars made almost 10 years after it was launched toward the Red Planet.The...
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Claw Marks On Mars Caused By Dry Ice Sleds
Some gullies scoring the sides of Martian sand dunes were likely carved by frozen chunks of carbon dioxide, also known as dry ice, a new study finds."I have always dreamed of going to Mars," lead...
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These New Astronauts May Be Among The First Humans To Walk On Mars
NASA announced the latest group of Astronaut trainees on Monday.The eight potential space travelers includes four men and four women, ranging in age from 34 to 39. The first new class of astronauts to...
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These Are The Moments NASA's Newest Astronauts Learned They Might Go To Space
Ann McClain's mother was in her front yard rose garden when her daughter called with the news."You'll never forget this moment," McClain, a 34-year-old major in the U.S. Army told her mom. "I've been...
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Explore Mars In Fine Detail With New Panoramic Images
NASA just released these amazing billion pixel, interactive panoramic photographs of the surface of Mars, taken by the Curiosity rover. You can access them at NASA's website.The Curiosity rover has...
View ArticleOut Of This World Video Captures Mars' Moon Rising
On June 28, NASA's Curiosity rover observed one of Mars' two moons, Phobos, rising over the Red planet.The video is a compilation of 86 photos taken by Curiosity's navigation camera. It's is only about...
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The Next Rover To Explore Mars Will Send Samples Back To Earth
The next highly-mobile rover to land on Mars will be designed to return samples from the Red Planet to Earth, according to a 160-page report [PDF] prepared by NASA's Mars 2023 Science Definition Team...
View ArticleNeil deGrasse Tyson Didn't Think Curiosity Would Land Safely On Mars
Neil deGrasse Tyson thinks aliens might be living among us right now.So, what does the StarTalk Radio host think about NASA sending a rover to martian land? Well, he was skeptical that Curiosity would...
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What The Air On Mars Was Like Four Billion Years Ago
Martian air samples analyzed by the Curiosity rover provide the most detailed picture yet of how the Red Planet's atmosphere has changed over time.The findings, discussed in two papers published on...
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New Evidence Suggests That Mars Was Once Covered By Huge Oceans
Scientists have spotted more evidence that an enormous ocean on Mars covered much of the planet's surface billions of years ago.The latest clues were found in photos from NASA's powerful Mars...
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Catch A Rare Sight As Mercury Joins Jupiter And Mars In The Sky
Most stargazers have never seen the planet Mercury because it never strays very far from the sun. This week is one of the rare opportunities to catch the tiny planet just before sunrise —and with two...
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Scientists Are Petitioning NASA To Search For Martian DNA
Did life on Earth originate on Mars? Or did Earth dispatch life to Mars aboard a meteorite more than 3.5 billion years ago?In order to investigate the possible origin of life on Mars and Earth, a team...
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The 20 Most Exciting Moments From Curiosity Rover's First Year On Mars
As of Aug. 5, 2013, the Curiosity Mars rover has spent an whole year on the Red planet.She's supposed to be there for two years total, investigating if ancient Mars was once habitable — a feat she...
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Meet One Brave Woman Who Has Signed Up For A One-Way Trip To Mars
Mars One, a Netherlands-based private spaceflight project, announced April 22 that it would begin accepting applications for a one-way mission to colonize Mars; three weeks later, 78,000 people had...
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The Food On Mars Will Be Delicious
On Tuesday, six scientists emerged from an abandoned quarry on Hawaii's Mauna Loa volcano after spending four months simulating what it is like to live on Mars.The Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and...
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These Men And Women Are Willing To Die On Mars
Four months after the call for applicants went out, 100,000 people from around the world (including yours truly) have applied for a one-way trip to Mars.The Mars One group wants to put four humans on...
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This Young Blonde Signed Up For A One-Way Trip To Mars Because Earth Is...
Kitty Kane, 23, is among the 100,000 men and women who have volunteered to die on Mars.Kane answered an open call for astronauts put out in April by Mars One, a company that says it will plant the...
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Study Suggests That Life On Earth Came From Mars
We may all be Martians.Evidence is building that Earth life originated on Mars and was brought to this planet aboard a meteorite, said biochemist Steven Benner of The Westheimer Institute for Science...
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You've Officially Blown Your Chance To Live On Mars
If you haven't already applied for a one-way trip to Mars — you've officially missed your chance. Sorry. The application phase of the Mars One Astronaut Selection program is now closed. The open call...
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