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November 08, 2013

Mythbusting India's Mars Mission
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 06, 2013
The successful launch of India's Mars Orbiter Mission is a major step forward for an advancing Asian space power. The global space community has applauded the flight, which will help the world to better understand the red planet. It's thus surprising to see such a high tide of denouncements and misjudgements for this mission circulating in the media and online forums. Weeks ago, we saw naive criticisms of China's upcoming Moon rover by a Chinese scientist in the Hong Kong press. Now India is in th ... read more

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Six-tailed asteroid stuns scientists A strange asteroid that appears to have multiple rotating tails has been spotted with NASA's Hubble telescope between Mars and Jupiter, astronomers said Thursday. ... more		Multiple Missions Will Get China Moving On Mars In early December, China will land its first robot spacecraft on the surface of the Moon. Shortly after landing, the Chang'e-3 lander will release a six-wheeled rover that will trundle across the re ... more		India reaches for Mars on prestige space mission India began a countdown Sunday to the launch of its most ambitious and risky space mission to date, sending a probe to Mars which was conceived in just 15 months on a tiny budget. ... more
				Dawn Enjoying Smooth Travels Deep In The Main Asteroid Belt Deep in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, Dawn is continuing its smooth, silent flight toward dwarf planet Ceres. Far behind it now is the giant protoplanet Vesta, which the spacecraf ... more		Mars Mission: India's Tryst with the Red Planet India's first ever Mars mission would begin its travel towards the Red planet on November 5 .2013. It would take around nine-months of time for this satellite to reach Mars orbit and start taking th ... more

India mission to Mars blasts off successfully India's first mission to Mars blasted off Tuesday with the country aiming to become the only Asian nation to reach the Red Planet with a programme showcasing its low-cost space technology. ... more		Students crash rockets into the ground to test sample return proposal University of Washington students are crashing rockets into the ground - on purpose, they say - to see if samples can be returned from extreme environments. ... more		Eutelsat orders 340 new OneWeb LEO satellites from Airbus Planet secures multi year satellite contract with Swedish Armed Forces EU should consider forming combined military force: defence chief		Martian box of delights This spherical container has been engineered to house the most scientifically valuable cargo imaginable: samples brought back from the Red Planet. Still probably many years in the future and most li ... more
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				Scientists discover how the atmosphere of Mars turned to stone Scientists at the Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre, the University of Glasgow and the Natural History Museum in London may have discovered how Mars lost its early carbon dioxide-r ... more		Mars Crater May Actually Be Ancient Supervolcano Scientists from NASA and the Planetary Science Institute in Tucson, Ariz., have identified what could be a supervolcano on Mars-the first discovery of its kind. The volcano in question, a vast ... more

Moon mission yields clues to face of 'man in the moon'

Shanghai-built lunar rover set for lunar landing

Crowdfunded Lunar Spacecraft Reaches Funding Milestone

China shows off moon rover model before space launch

China providing space training

China launches experimental satellite Shijian-16

Russia launches Sochi Olympic torch into space

Spaceflight Joins with NanoRacks to Deploy Satellites from the ISS

Crew Completes Preparations for Soyuz Move

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Martian scars Run Deep		Russia to make another attempt to bring back Mars moon material		Curiosity rover finds proof of Mars origin of meteorites		US shutdown not to hit Indian Mars mission		Martian settlement site to be printed on a printer

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NAU researcher's closer look at Mars reveals new type of impact crater

Mars Hand Lens Imager Sends Ultra High-Res Photo From Mars

ESA's test rover begins exploring Atacama Desert

Making Martian clouds on Earth

First HiRISE Images of Comet ISON

NASA Mars mission escapes government shutdown, will launch

European rover meant for Mars to undergo earthly desert test

A Seasonal Ozone Layer Over The Martian South Pole

Taking Snapshots Galore at 'Solander Point'

First ARCA flight in the ExoMars Program completed successfully

NASA Wants Investigations for a Mars 2020 Rover

Suggestion of supervolcanoes on Mars ignites controversy

NASA Rover Inspects Pebbly Rocks at Martian Waypoint

Martian chemical complicates hunt for life's clues

Scientists find a martian igneous rock that is surprisingly Earth-like

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Dawn Marks Six Years In Space

Water for future Mars astronauts

Australia's new prototype vehicle to improve Earth observation satellites' accuracy

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