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Curiosity lands on the Red Planet
Relive the nail-biting terror and joy as Nasa’s Curiosity rover successfully lands on Mars the morning of 6 August EDT. See and hear the team inside JPL mission control along with a visualisation of...
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Curiosity’s photos from Mars
From Curiosity’s descent and early views of Mars, to 3D views from the front of and behind the rover, take a look at the images of the Red Planet taken so far… Curiosity landed on Mars early in the...
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Mars’s dramatic climate variations are driven by the Sun
On Mars’s poles there are ice caps of ice and dust with layers that reflect to past climate variations on Mars. Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute have related the layers in the ice cap on...
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Comet heading for Mars
Astronomers have reported that a comet – dubbed Comet 2013 A1 – is heading for Mars and that there is a small but significant chance that it will strike the Red Planet in October 2014. There is a 1 in...
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Pebbly rocks testify to ancient, flowing stream on Mars
Detailed analysis and review have borne out researchers’ initial interpretation of pebble-containing slabs that Nasa’s Mars rover Curiosity investigated last year: They are part of an ancient...
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West-facing impact crater in Mars’ northern hemisphere
This image shows the west-facing side of an impact crater in the mid-latitudes of Mars’ northern hemisphere. The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on Nasa’s Mars...
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Floodwaters on Mars carved impressive Kasei Valles channel
Dramatic flood events carved this impressive channel system on Mars covering 1,55 million square kilometres, shown here in a stunning new mosaic from ESA’s Mars Express. The mosaic, which features the...
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Mars – The Tracks of Opportunity
The Mars Opportunity Rover took this backwards-glancing shot with its navigation camera a while back. Here we showcase it because the 6th of January marked Opportunity and it’s stranded twin, Spirit’s...
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Interactive Timeline: Opportunity and Spirit – 4000 Days on Mars
An interactive timeline of the mission and highlights of the Opportunity and Spirit rovers on Mars. Use the arrows on the side to jump to the next event and watch the date change; or use the timeline...
View ArticleHere’s what NASA’s new Mars Rover could look like
The conversation to Mars continues as NASA unveils their latest Mars rover concept car that will hopefully one day dominate the Red Planet. The post Here’s what NASA’s new Mars Rover could look like...
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