Mars
How to Plant a Garden on Mars — With a Robot
Editor's note: This guest post is written by Louisa Preston, an Astrobiologist and Planetary Geologist. She is a TED Fellow,…
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Curiosity Reaches Out with Martian Handshake and Contemplates New Drilling at Habitable Site
NASA’s Curiosity rover reaches out in ‘handshake’ like gesture to welcome the end of solar conjunction and resumption of contact…
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Send Your Name and a Haiku Poem to Mars on a Solar Winged MAVEN
Do you want to go to Mars? Well here’s your chance to get connected for a double barreled dose of…
Buzz Aldrin is on a Mission (to Mars), Part 1
Buzz Aldrin, celebrated Apollo astronaut and an outspoken champion for the pursuit of space exploration has written a new book…
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Mars Armada Resumes Contact with NASA – Ready to Rock ‘n Roll n’ Drill
Curiosity accomplished historic 1st drilling into Martian rock at John Klein outcrop on Feb 8, 2013 (Sol 182), shown in…
Latest Curiosity Rover Update: Mars’ Bygone Atmosphere
In this latest video update from the Mars Science Laboratory team, Ashwin Vasavada, the mission's Deputy Project Scientist, discusses the…
Soviet Lander Spotted by Mars Orbiter
On May 28, 1971, the Soviet Union launched the Mars 3 mission which, like its previously-launched and ill-fated sibling Mars…
More Evidence That Mars Lost Its Atmosphere
Although today Mars' atmosphere is sparse and thin -- barely 1% the density of Earth's at sea level -- scientists…
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Terran Fleet at Mars Takes a Break for Conjunction – Enjoy the Video and Parting View
Curiosity and Mount Sharp - Parting Shot ahead of Mars Solar Conjunction Enjoy this parting view of Curiosity's elevated robotic…
MAVEN’s Magnetometer Will Look Back in Time
The next mission to the Red Planet, the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) will be the first spacecraft ever…