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Stretching Our Robotic Reach On MarsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 02, 2012 "Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?" Robert Browning asked in his 19th Century poem. This idea is what drives humankind to explore, to literally reach beyond and delve into what was once thought impossible. The very idea of people leaving the Earth, of walking on the Moon, and eventually Mars, is the literal essence of Browning's words. We must reach outward or we will grasp nothing. The robotic arm on the Mars Science Laboratory definitely exceeds the grasp of ... read more |
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 India set to launch Mars mission in 2013 India plans to launch a mission to Mars next year, putting an orbital probe around the red planet to study its climate and geology, top space department officials said on Thursday. ... more | .. |
Successes and failures in past Mars attempts Fewer than half of the attempts by global space agencies to reach Mars have succeeded since 1960, with the United States in the clear lead. Here is a list of past key Mars missions: ... more | .. |
 NASA braces for 'terror' in Mars landing The biggest, baddest space rover ever built for exploring an alien planet is nearing its August 6 landing on Mars, and the US space agency is anxious for success despite huge risks. ... more | .. |
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 Strange but True: Curiosity's Sky Crane On August 5th at 10:31 p.m. Pacific Time, NASA will gently deposit their new, 2000-pound Curiosity rover on the surface of Mars, wheels-first and ready to roll. Quite a feat - because it will come s ... more | .. |
 Driving on Mars, There's an App for That Upon entering the Land of Oz, Dorothy Gale met several creatures along the way who needed her help to find what they were missing. One of those, the Scarecrow, needed a brain. With the help of his f ... more | .. |
 Mars Landing Sky Show Every time NASA lands a rover on Mars--or even makes the attempt--it is cause for celebration. On August 5th, the heavens themselves are aligning to mark the event. Only a few hours before the ... more | .. |
New York's Times Square to broadcast Mars landing The highly anticipated landing of NASA's sophisticated $2.5 billion rover on Mars will be broadcast on a large screen in New York City's Times Square, NASA said on Tuesday. ... more |
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  Planetary missions probe giant eruptions in the Sun's corona Scientists have probed the corona of the Sun by studying the disturbances that it causes to radio transmission from three of ESA's planetary missions: Mars Express, Venus Express and Rosetta. The me ... more | .. |
 Sending Our Curiosity to Mars After more than eight months en route to the red planet, NASA's nuclear-powered Mars Science Laboratory, or MSL, is nearing final approach for a touchdown on the evening of August 5. As has become t ... more | .. |
 Martian polygons and deep-sea polygons on Earth: More evidence for ancient Martian oceans? Debate over the origin of large-scale polygons (hundreds of meters to kilometers in diameter) on Mars remains active even after several decades of detailed observations. Similarity in geometric patt ... more | .. |
 ESA's Mars Express supports dramatic landing on Mars On 6 August, NASA's Mars Science Laboratory will make a spectacular landing to deliver the Curiosity rover to the Red Planet. ESA's Mars Express will track the mission's progress, recording crucial ... more |
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 Taking the Heat Lockheed Martin Aeroshell Will Protect Mars Science Lab Descent After a journey of 245 days across 352 million miles, the moment of truth for the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) begins late in the evening of August 5 when the spacecraft roars into the Martian atmo ... more | .. |
 Opportunity Picks up the Pace With Several Drives This Week Opportunity is roving at the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater. Progress was again impacted by a second safe mode entry by the Mars Odyssey orbiter. With normal Ultra-High ... more | .. |
 Mars Orbiter Repositioned to Phone Home Mars Landing NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft has successfully adjusted its orbital location to be in a better position to provide prompt confirmation of the August landing of the Curiosity rover. NASA's Mar ... more | .. |
Mystery of missing Mars signals solved A spacecraft sending data from Mars to Earth had its signal repeatedly interrupted in 2005 and scientists say they've learned the culprit - the sun. ... more |
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As world burns, India's Amitav Ghosh writes for the future
Fire on Ice: The Arctic's Changing Fire Regime
Cosmic krypton timestamps reveal Australia landscape evolution and resources | .. |
 Slow-Going at Cape York for Opportunity Opportunity is roving at the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater. However, her progress has been impacted by the recent safe mode entry by the relay orbiter, Mars Odyssey. On Sol 3 ... more | .. |
 ExoMars program gathers strength The Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos and the European Space Agency (ESA) are expected to sign an agreement on the implementation of the second stage of the ExoMars program in the fall of 2012. ... more | .. |
 Opportunity Runs the First Martian Marathon With all the fanfare about Mars rover Curiosity landing on the Red Planet in August 2012, it's easy to forget that there's already a rover on Mars-an older, smaller cousin set to accomplish a feat u ... more | .. |
 NASA Conducts Mission Simulations In Hawaii NASA is conducting a nine-day field test starting Tuesday outside Hilo, Hawaii, to evaluate new exploration techniques for the surface of the moon. These mission simulations, known as analog mission ... more |
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 Opportunity Continues to Explore Rocks on the Rim of Endeavour Crater Opportunity is still exploring the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater. Most of this period focused on analyzing the rock target "Grasberg" with the Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT) ... more | .. |
 Follow Your Curiosity: Some New Ways to Explore Mars As NASA's Mars Rover Curiosity prepares to land on Mars, public audiences worldwide can take their own readiness steps to share in the adventure. Landing is scheduled for about 10:31 p.m. PDT on Aug ... more | .. |
India likely to approve Mars mission India's government is expected to give its approval for the country to embark on an unmanned mission to Mars, the Indian Space Research Organization said. ... more | .. |
 NASA's Car-Sized Rover Nears Daring Landing on Mars NASA's most advanced planetary rover is on a precise course for an early August landing beside a Martian mountain to begin two years of unprecedented scientific detective work. However, getting the ... more |
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 Curiosity Rover on Track for Early August Landing A maneuver on Tuesday adjusted the flight path of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft for delivering the rover Curiosity to a landing target beside a Martian mountain. The car-size, one- ... more | .. |
Orbiter Enters, Then Exits, Standby Safe Mode NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter experienced about 21 hours in a reduced-activity precautionary status ending at about 10 a.m. PDT (1 p.m. EDT) on Thursday, July 12. The orbiter put itself in the precaut ... more | .. |
 NASA's Mars rover two weeks from landing NASA's Curiosity rover is on target to arrive on Mars on August 6 for a two-year mission to find out whether microbial life once existed on the Red Planet, the US space agency said Monday. ... more | .. |
Developing Technologies For Living Off the Land...In Space Each spacecraft, crewed or robotic, encounters an extraordinary spectrum of vast resources throughout its journey. From the first space missions onward, space architects and scientists have consider ... more |
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  NASA 3-D App Gives Public Ability to Experience Robotic Space Travel A NASA-created application that brings some of the agency's robotic spacecraft to life in 3-D now is available for free on the iPhone and iPad. Called Spacecraft 3D, the app uses animation to show h ... more | .. |
 Life's molecules could lie within reach of Mars Curiosity rover Stick a shovel in the ground and scoop. That's about how deep scientists need to go in order to find evidence for ancient life on Mars, if there is any to be found, a new study suggests. That's with ... more | .. |
Opportunity Celebratres 3,000 Martian Days of Operation on the Surface of Mars! Opportunity has now exceeded 3,000 sols, or Martian days, of operation on the surface of Mars! The rover is still exploring the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater. On Sol 29 ... more | .. |
 NASA Mars images 'next best thing to being there' The US space agency NASA has recently pieced together a panoramic view from the camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, calling it the "next best thing to being" on the Red Planet. ... more |
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