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July 23, 2014

India could return to Mars as early as 2017
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Jul 23, 2014
India is ramping up for a follow-up mission to Mars between 2017 and 2020 which will be scientific in scope, the chairman for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has said. The final decision will be hammered out after the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) attempts to enter the orbit of the Red planet on September 24, ISRO chairman Isro K Radhakrishnan said on Thursday, the Times of India reports. On November 5, India launched the MOM or 'Mangalyaan' in a bid to become only the fourth coun ... read more

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				NASA Rover's Images Show Laser Flash on Martian Rock Flashes appear on a baseball-size Martian rock in a series of images taken Saturday, July 12 by the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera on the arm of NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover. The flashes occurr ... more		UAE to create space agency, send unmanned probe to Mars Oil-rich United Arab Emirates announced Wednesday it will create a space agency with the aim of sending the first Arab unmanned probe to Mars by 2021. ... more

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NASA Mars Orbiter Views Rover Crossing Into New Zone NASA Mars rover Curiosity has driven out of the ellipse, approximately 4 miles wide and 12 miles long (7 kilometers by 20 kilometers), that was mapped as safe terrain for its 2012 landing inside Gal ... more		Forces of Martian Nature The surface of Mars is pocked and scarred with giant impact craters and rocky ridges, as shown in this new image from ESA's Mars Express that borders the giant Hellas basin in the planet's southern ... more		New water balance calculation for the Dead Sea Sharks are Collateral Damage in Commercial Fishing Size and age of plants impact their productivity more than climate NASA Starts Campaign To Probe Ocean Ecology, Carbon Cycle Has Antarctic sea ice expansion been overestimated? NRL Reveals New Meteorological Insight into Mid-Level Clouds Global warming 'pause' reflects natural fluctuation		NASA Spacecraft Observes Further Evidence of Dry Ice Gullies on Mars Repeated high-resolution observations made by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) indicate the gullies on Mars' surface are primarily formed by the seasonal freezing of carbon dioxide, not liqu ... more
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