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Sunday, 28 February 2010 02:24

Will NASA use VASIMR engines to go to Mars?

With the Space Shuttle retiring and the new Constellation program already defunct, NASA is concentrating on developing new space technologies to get to Mars and beyond. Will a non-chemical rocket, maybe one that uses 'impulse power,' be the one that propels astronauts to explore the far reaches of the Solar System?

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Thursday, 11 February 2010 01:08

NASA boss says: Let's go to Mars

NASA administrator Charles Bolden said that walking on the planet Mars by the 2030s is a good possibility if NASA is given a "reasonable and sustained" budget'”and if they use that money wisely.

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Friday, 29 January 2010 10:31

Friday night's Full Moon is biggest of 2010

On Friday, January 29, 2010, the full Moon will be especially bright and beautiful as it appears 14% wider than any other full Moon throughout the entire 2010 year.

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Wednesday, 27 January 2010 20:07

2010: Mars gets brighter and closer to Earth

On Wednesday night, January 27, 2010, Mars will be only 99 million kilometers (60 million miles) away from Earth. But, on Friday the viewing might be an even better for seeing Mars and the full Moon. So, take a look up in the sky and see a brighter and closer Red Planet.

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Wednesday, 27 January 2010 01:37

Mars Rover Spirit is now a stationary explorer

NASA announced on Tuesday, January 26, 2010, that its Mars Exploration Rover Spirit will not be considered a fully mobile rover after numerous attempts to remove it from its stuck position failed.


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Saturday, 23 January 2010 23:22

Mars Opportunity rover looking at Marquette Island

The ground controllers for NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Opportunity have directed the little robotic explorer to look into Marquette Island, a basketball-sized rock that is perfect for providing a detailed look into the composition of the interior of Mars.

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Thursday, 21 January 2010 19:14

YOU point camera and take photograph of planet Mars

The NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) contains a camera called the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE). And, NASA has opened up its picture-taking ability to the public. Ready. Aim. Say "Cheese"!

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Tuesday, 22 December 2009 20:00

ESA oks Mars missions in 2016, 2018

Two missions within the ExoMars Programme have been approved by the Council of the European Space Agency (ESA). Both missions, the first orbiting about the planet and the second roving on the surface, will look for potential life on the planet.

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Friday, 04 December 2009 21:46

Rover Spirit gets bogged down but finds steam-formed sulfates

The NASA Mars Exploration Rover Spirit was driving across a crusty surface on Mars one day when it fell through and got stuck. When it tried to drive out its wheels flew up some soft soil under the crust. What it found scientists call "supremely interesting"!

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Friday, 13 November 2009 19:39

Troy War on Mars: NASA versus Nature

Trapped in sand for about seven months, the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit is trying to free itself of its predicament with the help of NASA ground support on Earth. This man & machine-versus-nature scenario is being played out on Mars at a site called “Troy,” named after the Greek city at the center of the mythological Trojan War.

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Wednesday, 11 November 2009 04:24

Asians, N. Americans have best seats for 2009 Leonid meteor shower

The peak of the Leonid meteor shower for 2009 is Tuesday, November 17. Asia has the best viewing for the Leonids, with up to 500 per hour. North Americans will be missing some of the action, with only a prediction of up to 30 per hour.

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Friday, 30 October 2009 21:02

Russia to develop manned nuclear powered spacecraft

If the Russian Federal Space Agency has its way, Russian cosmonauts will fly a nuclear-powered spacecraft on a space mission, possibly to the planet Mars, sometime after 2021.

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Saturday, 03 October 2009 19:22

Russia delays first Chinese Mars mission to 2011

The Phobos-Grunt mission has been delayed by two years in order to provide better reliability to the mission. When launched, it will go to Mars and its moon Phobos. Part of the spacecraft will return samples back to Earth.
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Saturday, 26 September 2009 18:53

A bit more water found on Mars

In a week where water ice (lunar ice) was found on the Moon, NASA scientists with the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) mission have found a new location to look for water ice (frozen water) on Mars: just under the surface at newly formed impact craters.

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Sunday, 06 September 2009 18:21

Mars Orbiter turned off, stops stunning pixs for awhile

The NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has been shut down for a few weeks because of a glitch in its computer system, which will temporarily end its ability to take stunning high-resolution images of the Martian surface.
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Thursday, 11 June 2009 18:34

Inner solar system might go bonkers, maybe

According to computer simulations by astronomers at the Paris Observatory, in the worst-case scenario, one of the inner planets, either Mercury, Venus, or Mars, could collide with Earth in just over three billion years.

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Thursday, 28 May 2009 12:20

Mars rover dubbed Curiosity

Thanks to a 12 year old - and the deliberations of a judging panel - NASA's Mars Science Laboratory rover will be named Curiosity.
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Sunday, 24 May 2009 19:46

On Mars: Opportunity ok, Spirit stuck in Martian quicksand

The news from planet Mars is that the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Opportunity is doing just fine, having found water signs in sand dunes. Halfway around the Martian world, MER Spirit is stuck up to its hubs in soft sand, and it isn’t looking too promising for the five-year old robotic explorer.

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Monday, 20 April 2009 19:15

Salty Mars soils could hold clue for evidence of life

In 2008, the NASA Phoenix Mars Lander found perchlorate salts in the soil of the Martian pole region. Such an intriguing discovery, now in 2009, could mean that Martian history is different than what we currently think. And, past or present microbial life is still a possibility.
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Thursday, 02 April 2009 19:23

Travel to Mars, Russian style

An Earth-based experiment started in Moscow on March 31, 2009, will simulate a space-based journey to the planet Mars. Six would-be space travelers have been locked into a capsule to simulate the two-year mission from Earth to Mars and back.

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