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December 12, 2013

Bid to colonize Mars wins high-profile backing
Washington (AFP) Dec 10, 2013
A Dutch entrepreneur's bold quest to colonize Mars won high-profile support Tuesday from a US aerospace giant, although the timetable for putting humans on the red planet has been pushed back two years. Mars One chief executive Bas Lansdorp said Lockheed Martin would, for $250,000, produce a "mission concept study" for an unmanned Martian lander that would precede the $6 billion manned mission. Britain's Surrey Satellite Technology will meanwhile turn out a similar study, for 60,000 euros ($80,0 ... read more

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MRO Reveals A More Dynamic Red Planet NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has revealed to scientists slender dark markings - possibly due to salty water - that advance seasonally down slopes surprisingly close to the Martian equator. ... more		Mars One spaceflight project 'can succeed' A permanent human colony may be established on Mars in the nearest future. Under the Mars One spaceflight project first four Martians are expected to land on the Red Planet already in 2023 and stay ... more		One-way ticket to Mars: space colonists wanted! Bas Lansdorp, the founder of Mars One colony project, believes that in about a decade from now a colony of people from the Earth will appear on Mars. Experts confirm that with the current technologi ... more
				Opportunity ascending Solander Point at rim of Endeavour Crater The rover is maintaining favorable northerly tilts for improved energy production. In place for the long Thanksgiving Holiday, Opportunity conducted some in-situ (contact) science at another exposed ... more		NASA poised to launch Mars atmosphere probe What happened to the water on Mars? How did the Red Planet's atmosphere become so thin over time? NASA's MAVEN probe is scheduled to launch Monday on a mission to find out. ... more

Mars lake may have been friendly to microbes: NASA A US space agency rover tooling around on the surface of Mars has found remnants of an ancient freshwater lake that may have supported tiny life forms, scientists said Monday. ... more		Rover results include first age and radiation measurements on Mars The U.S. space rover Curiosity is providing critical information about Mars' past and present to help plan future missions, NASA officials said. ... more		Netanyahu says wants Israel to cope without US aid within decade Fresh from China, South Korea president to visit Japan Turning point? Canada's tumultuous relationship with China		Three NASA space instruments hit a science 'trifecta' NASA says three of its space instruments hit the trifecta Wednesday, operating on the same day at the moon, on Mars and en route to Mars. ... more
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Quietly Cruising Through The Asteroid Belt Gliding smoothly through the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, Dawn continues to make good progress on its ambitious mission of exploration. It is patiently but persistently pursuing Cere ... more		Controllers prepare for spacecraft's rendezvous with protoplanet Ceres NASA scientists say they've finalized flight plans for the Dawn spacecraft when it arrives at the dwarf planet Ceres in late March 2015. ... more		NATO chief talks Arctic security with Rubio amid US Greenland push Danish PM says Greenland showdown at 'decisive moment' after new Trump threats Ankara city hall says water cuts due to 'record drought'		NASA's Dawn Fills out its Ceres Dance Card It's going to be a ball when NASA's Dawn spacecraft finally arrives at the dwarf planet Ceres, and mission managers have now inked in the schedule on Dawn's dance card. Dawn has been cruising toward ... more
				Opportunity Rover Robotic Arm Within Reach of Rock Outcrop Opportunity is ascending 'Solander Point' at the rim of 'Endeavour Crater.' The rover is maintaining favorable northerly tilts for improved energy production. On Sol 3496 (Nov. 23, 2013), the ... more		MAVEN Performs First Trajectory Correction Maneuver MAVEN mission controllers performed a successful trajectory correction maneuver, also known as a TCM. Post-maneuver data review shows that TCM-1 went according to plan. This maneuver removed the pla ... more

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Silent Orbit for China's Moon Lander

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China moon rover enters lunar orbit: Xinhua

Turkey keen on space cooperation with China

NASA reports coolant loop problem at ISS

New crew to run space station in March

Russian android may take on outer space operations at ISS

The Sounds of New Horizons

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The Overprotection of Mars?

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The Plan for Inspiration Mars

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NASA launches spacecraft to study Mars atmosphere

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Martian moon samples will have bits of Mars

NASA release 'tour' of ancient, wet Mars as YouTube video

Curiosity Out of Safe Mode

MAVEN Aims To Answer Where Did the Water on Mars Go

Mission to Mars moon could be a sample-return twofer

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NASA says new deep space vehicle on time for 2014 test

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