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April 04, 2013

Collision Course? A Comet Heads for Mars
Huntsville AL (SPX) Apr 04, 2013
Over the years, the spacefaring nations of Earth have sent dozens of probes and rovers to explore Mars. Today there are three active satellites circling the red planet while two rovers, Opportunity and Curiosity, wheel across the red sands below. Mars is dry, barren, and apparently lifeless. Soon, those assets could find themselves exploring a very different kind of world. "There is a small but non-negligible chance that Comet 2013 A1 will strike Mars next year in October of 2014," says Don Yeoman ... read more

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Used Parachute on Mars Flaps in the Wind These seven HiRISE images were acquired between August 12, 2012 and January 13, 2013, and show distinct changes in the parachute (at bottom, attached to the backshell at top). In the first four imag ... more		BusinessCom Networks Connects Mars 2013 Last month in the northern Sahara desert in Morocco, an international group of scientists conducted a series of experiments in preparation for future human missions to Mars. With 100 members f ... more		Opportunity Moves Into Place for Quiet Period of Operations This location, called 'Big Nickel,' is the last in-situ (contact) target before the rover departs from Cape York, once solar conjunction is concluded. Solar conjunction is when the Sun comes b ... more
				SwRI study finds liquid water flowing above and below frozen Alaskan sand dunes, hints of a wetter Mars The presence of liquid water at and beneath frozen Alaskan sand dunes during Arctic winter suggests that liquid water could also be temporarily stable (or metastable) at frost-covered sand dunes on ... more		Dawn remains in silent pursuit of dwarf planet Ceres In the depths of the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, far from Earth, far even from any human-made object, Dawn remains in silent pursuit of dwarf planet Ceres. It has been more than six ... more

CubeSats, SmallSats and MicroSats

Measuring Mars: The MAVEN Magnetometer When the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission begins its journey to the Red Planet in 2013, it will carry a sensitive magnetic-field instrument built and tested by a team at NASA's ... more		Digging for hidden treasure on Mars ESA's Mars Express has spent nearly ten years imaging the Red Planet, and there are plenty of hidden treasures buried in the mission's rich picture archive. HRSCview is a web interface to the ... more		GE and Lockheed validate compact rotating detonation ramjet for hypersonic missiles Danish PM says Greenland showdown at 'decisive moment' after new Trump threats Russia claims Oreshnik missile hit Ukrainian aviation plant		Opportunity Heads to Matijevic Hill After returning to the location called 'Kirkwood,' Opportunity completed a busy contact investigation of the mysterious 'newberry' spherules seen there. On Sol 3248 (March 13, 2013), using the robot ... more
				Curiosity Resumes Science Investigations NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has resumed science investigations after recovery from a computer glitch that prompted the engineers to switch the rover to a redundant main computer on Feb. 28. Th ... more		Where Life Could Thrive: Interview With John Grotzinger On Tuesday March 13, NASA's Curiosity science team announced that the Martian rover had found the first confirmed site other than Earth where conditions were right to have once hosted ancient life ... more

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				Curiosity Rover Exits 'Safe Mode' NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has returned to active status and is on track to resume science investigations, following two days in a precautionary standby status, "safe mode." Next steps will i ... more		Curiosity Mars Rover Sees Trend in Water Presence NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has seen evidence of water-bearing minerals in rocks near where it had already found clay minerals inside a drilled rock. Last week, the rover's science team announ ... more

Pre-existing mineralogy may survive lunar impacts

Lunar cycle determines hunting behaviour of nocturnal gulls

Ultraviolet spectrograph observes mercury and hydrogen in GRAIL impact plumes

Shenzhou 10 sent to launch site

Shenzhou's Shadow Crew

China's Next Women Astronauts

Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer Team Publishes First Findings

New crew takes express ride to space station

Soyuz Docks At Space Station Four Orbits After Launch

'Vulcan' wins Pluto moon name vote

Public to vote on names for Pluto moons

The PI's Perspective: The Seven-Year Itch

	ISS Cosmonauts Model Manually Controlled Landing on Mars For the first time, two Russian cosmonauts simulated a manually controlled landing from the orbit on Mars after they spent half a year in the space, a deputy head of the Russian Space Training Cente ... more		NASA's next Mars mission invites public to come aboard NASA's next Mars mission is giving students and the public worldwide an opportunity to have a personal connection with space exploration through a new education and public outreach effort called the ... more		Software glitch in NASA Mars rover NASA says its Mars Curiosity rover that put itself into "safe mode" because of a software issue is expected to resume science investigations in a few days. ... more		NASA Curiosity rover back online after memory glitch NASA's Curiosity rover, which has been exploring Mars since it landed to much fanfare last August, is back on active status Tuesday, after a memory glitch set the robot back. ... more

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Self-healing composite can make airplane, automobile and spacecraft components last for centuries

Pendulum device taps power from ocean currents

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Curiosity Rover's Recovery Moving Forward

New 3-D reconstructions show buried flood channels on Mars

Neptec wins contract to develop cameras for European Space Agency's ExoMars Programme

Mars rover 'sleeping' through solar storm

Curiosity Rover's Recovery on Track

Comet to Make Close Flyby of Red Planet in October 2014

NASA's Curiosity rover to be back online next week

Short Bump Gets Robotic Arm Closer to Rock Target

Inspiration Mars to Pursue Human Mission to the Red Planet in 2018

NASA fixing computer glitch on Mars Curiosity rover

Comet may give Mars a close shave in 2014

Computer Swap on Curiosity Rover

First-ever space tourist plans mission to Mars

Lab Instruments Inside Curiosity Eat Mars Rock Powder

Mars rover ingests rock powder for tests

Opportunity Is On A Rock Hunt

Big Nickel Rock Target Ahead

NASA Rover Confirms First Drilled Mars Rock Sample

India plans mission to Mars in 2013

Rover finds gray rock beneath Red Planet's surface

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