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January 21, 2013

Martian Crater May Once Have Held Groundwater-Fed Lake
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 21, 2013
A NASA spacecraft is providing new evidence of a wet underground environment on Mars that adds to an increasingly complex picture of the Red Planet's early evolution. The new information comes from researchers analyzing spectrometer data from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, which looked down on the floor of McLaughlin Crater. The Martian crater is 57 miles (92 kilometers) in diameter and 1.4 miles (2.2 kilometers) deep. McLaughlin's depth apparently once allowed underground water, which otherw ... read more

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US scientists find evidence of ancient Martian lake A US spacecraft orbiting Mars has provided evidence of an ancient crater lake fed by groundwater, adding further support to theories that the Red Planet may once have hosted life, NASA said Sunday. ... more		Mars image suggests ancient water flow A European spacecraft has captured a striking image of a river-like structure on Mars believe formed when running water flowed in the distant martian past. ... more		Choosing the right people to go to Mars When humans eventually travel to the Red Planet, the voyage will be long and difficult. The simulated Mars500 mission showed that every detail must be planned, including diet and sleep. The findings ... more
				ChemCam follows the 'Yellowknife Road' to Martian wet area Researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory and the French Space Agency have tracked a trail of minerals that point to the prior presence of water at the Curiosity rover site on Mars. Rese ... more		NASA Mars Rover Preparing to Drill Into First Martian Rock NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is driving toward a flat rock with pale veins that may hold clues to a wet history on the Red Planet. If the rock meets rover engineers' approval when Curiosity rolls up ... more

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Mars rover readies first rock drilling The Mars rover Curiosity will soon begin to drill into the Red Planet for the first time, mission officials said Tuesday ahead of the highly anticipated endeavor. ... more		Bacteria In Rio Tinto Could Be Like Those On Mars Researchers at the have identified microorganisms that live inside salt deposits in the acidic and ferrous environment of the Tinto River in Huelva, Spain. The extreme conditions of these micronich ... more		Greenland is helpful, but not vital, for US missile defense European military mission in Greenland as US aim 'remains intact' Amazon expands 'sovereign cloud' in Europe		Opportunity Heading Toward Light-Toned Veins Opportunity is on the inboard edge of "Cape York" on the rim of Endeavour Crater at the local region called "Matijevic Hill." The rover completed the in-situ (contact) analysis at the location ... more
				Mars One announces requirements for Red Planet colonists Mars One, a Netherlands-based non-profit company that hopes to deliver the first humans to the Red Planet by 2023, has issued a list of basic requirements for those willing to become Mars colony pio ... more		NASA Researchers Studying Advanced Nuclear Rocket Technologies Advanced propulsion researchers at NASA are a step closer to solving the challenge of safely sending human explorers to Mars and other solar system destinations. By using an innovative test facility ... more

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Mars500 project - salt balance of the Mars 'astronauts' For 205 days in 2011, Jens Titze, Professor of Electrolyte and Circulatory Research at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, and his team strictly controlled the diet for the Mars500 test subjects d ... more		Simulated mission to Mars reveals critical data about sleep needs for astronauts In the first study of its kind, a team of researchers led by faculty at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and the Baylor College of Medicine, has analyzed data on the ... more		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		Simulated Mars mission shows good sleep is critical Astronauts chosen for a manned mission to Mars could be in serious trouble if their sleep patterns are disrupted on the lengthy journey, a 520 day simulation has found. ... more
				NASA's Big Mars Rover Makes First Use Of Its Brush NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has completed first-time use of a brush it carries to sweep dust off rocks. Nearing the end of a series of first-time uses of the rover's tools, the mission has cleared d ... more		Curiosity Rover Explores Yellowknife Bay After imaging during the holidays, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity resumed driving Jan. 3 and pulled within arm's reach of a sinuous rock feature called "Snake River." Snake River is a thin curvin ... more

Russia to Launch Lunar Mission in 2015

US, Europe team up for moon fly-by

US, Europe team up for moon fly-by

China to launch 20 spacecrafts in 2013

Mr Xi in Space

China plans manned space launch in 2013: state media

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ISS to get inflatable module

Competition Hopes To Fine Tune ISS Solar Array Shadowing

The PI's Perspective: The Seven-Year Itch

New Horizons Gets a New Year's Workout

Halfway Between Uranus and Neptune, New Horizons Cruises On

	Lockheed Martin Delivered Core Structure For First GOES-R Satellite Lockheed Martin delivered the core structure for the first in a series of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s next-generation geostationary weather satellites to the company ... more		Opportunity Scores Another Dust Cleaning Event At Vermillion Opportunity is on the inboard edge of "Cape York" on the rim of Endeavour crater. The rover has been conducting in-situ (contact) science investigations with the robotic arm instruments at a locatio ... more		India scales down experimental flying payloads for exploring Mars India has scaled down its flying experimental payloads for exploring the Mars by reducing the payload from 25 kg to 15 kg, local media reported on Sunday. The Mars Orbiter Mission, expected to ... more		'Black Beauty' could yield Martian secrets A fist-sized meteorite nicknamed "Black Beauty" could unlock vital clues to the evolution of Mars from the warm and wet place it once was to its current cold and dry state, NASA said Thursday. ... more

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Pendulum device taps power from ocean currents

Ancient Water-rich Meteorite Linked to Martian Crust		Stanford researchers develop acrobatic space rovers to explore moons and asteroids		Researchers Identify Water Rich Meteorite Linked To Mars Crust		Mars meteorite has significant water		'Spiky' rovers could explore martian moon
ASI, ISRO hold planetary science workshop		ARCA will test the parachutes for the ExoMars spacecraft		Curiosity Rover Takes Detailed Self-Portrait on Mars		Autonomous Landing Hazard Avoidance Technology		Working Through the Holidays

Russia May Join ExoMars Project in Q1 2013

Clays on Mars: More Plentiful Than Expected

Opportunity For Some Shoulder Workout At Copper Cliff

Enabling ChemCam to Measure Key Isotopic Ratios on Mars and Other Planets

Curiosity Rover Explores 'Yellowknife Bay'

Curious About Life: Interview with Darby Dyer

Opportunity Checking Out Some Rocks At Matijevic Hill

Curiosity Rover Nearing Yellowknife Bay

Charitum Montes: a cratered winter wonderland

Opportunity Continues Rock Studies

Orbiter Spies Where Rover's Cruise Stage Hit Mars

NASA to send new rover to Mars in 2020

Ancient Mars May Have Captured Enormous Floodwaters

Safe Driving on Mars

NASA Announces Multi-Year Mars Program With New Rover In 2020

Opportunity Rover Does Walkabout Of Crater Rim

Curiosity Shakes, Bakes, and Tastes Mars with SAM

NASA Mars Rover Fully Analyzes First Soil Samples

China prepares to grow vegetables on Mars: state media

Opportunity Gets to Work on Interesting Rock Targets

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