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Snapping Pictures of the Martian Moons 22 Aug 2013 | 02:46 am
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 20, 2013 Opportunity is at the base of "Solander Point" on the rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is positioned in front of a large rock, called "Tick Bush" for in-situ (contac...
International Space Agencies Outline Steps to Take Humans to Mars 22 Aug 2013 | 02:46 am
Washington (RIA Novosti) Aug 22, 2013 A consortium of 12 space agencies, including NASA and Roscosmos, on Tuesday released a blueprint for future space exploration, which proposes using the Internati...
Mars Rover Opportunity Working at Edge of 'Solander' 18 Aug 2013 | 11:49 pm
Pasadena CA (SPX) Aug 19, 2013 NASA's Mars rover Opportunity is studying the area of contact between a rock layer formed in acidic wet conditions long ago and an even older one that may be from a mor...
MRO Swapping Motion-Sensing Units 13 Aug 2013 | 07:54 pm
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 13, 2013 NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is switching from one motion-sensing device to a duplicate unit onboard. The veteran orbiter relies on this inertial measurement unit...
NASA launches new Russian-language Mars website 11 Aug 2013 | 10:17 pm
Moscow (SPX) Aug 09, 2013 "A NASA website containing detailed images sent by a high-resolution camera orbiting Mars is now available in Russian, thanks to a 60-strong team of volunteer translators", ...
Twin astronauts to be studied 'as one' in space research 11 Aug 2013 | 10:17 pm
Washington DC (UPI) Aug 10, 2013 If, as proposed by President Obama, a manned mission is on its way to Mars in the mid-2030s, and if perhaps in the distant future mankind attempts to journey beyond t...
Opportunity Reaches Base of 'Solander Point' 11 Aug 2013 | 10:17 pm
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 12, 2013 Opportunity is at the base of 'Solander Point' on the rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover arrived at the edge of Solander Point with a series of drives on Sols 3385 and ...
Full Curiosity Traverse Passes One-Mile Mark 7 Aug 2013 | 03:00 am
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 07, 2013 The total distance driven by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity passed the one-mile mark a few days before the first anniversary of the rover's landing on Mars. This map trac...
Big ice may explain Mars' double-layer craters 7 Aug 2013 | 03:00 am
Providence RI (SPX) Aug 07, 2013 Geologists from Brown University have developed a promising new explanation for a mysterious type of crater on the surface on Mars. Double-layered ejecta craters or D...
NASA Begins Launch Preparations for Next Mars Mission 7 Aug 2013 | 03:00 am
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Aug 07, 2013 NASA's next spacecraft going to Mars arrived Friday, Aug. 2, at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and is now perched in a cleanroom to begin fin...
