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July 07, 2014

Dropship offers safe landings for Mars rovers
Paris (ESA) Jul 07, 2014
The dramatic conclusion to ESA's latest StarTiger project: a 'dropship' quadcopter steers itself to lower a rover gently onto a safe patch of the rocky martian surface. StarTiger's Dropter project was tasked with developing and demonstrating a European precision-landing capability for Mars and other targets. The Skycrane that lowered NASA's Curiosity rover onto Mars showed the potential of this approach, precisely delivering rovers to their science targets while avoiding rock fields, slopes and ot ... read more

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ATK Provides Propulsion, Structure for Test of New Technologies to Land Larger Payloads on Mars ATK (ATK) supported NASA Saturday as it moved one step closer to landing advanced payloads on Mars following the successful test of a next generation braking system. A world-leading producer of rock ... more		First LDSD Test Flight a Success NASA representatives participated in a media teleconference to discuss the June 28, 2014 near-space test flight of the agency's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD), which occurred off the coas ... more		Rover Has Enough Energy for Some Late-Night Work Opportunity is exploring the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is continuing south along the ridgeline that forms the spine of the crater rim, collecting color imagery of targets and outcrops ... more
				New Type of Dust in Martian Atmosphere Discovered A group of French and Russian scientists, including three MIPT specialists, has discovered a new peculiarity of the Martian atmosphere. The scientists had analyzed satellite-acquired data and conclu ... more		Curiosity travels through ancient glaciers on Mars 3,500 million years ago the Martian crater Gale, through which the NASA rover Curiosity is currently traversing, was covered with glaciers, mainly over its central mound. Very cold liquid water also ... more

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Aluminum-Bearing Site on Mars Draws NASA Visitor With its solar panels their cleanest in years, NASA's decade-old Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is inspecting a section of crater-rim ridgeline chosen as a priority target due to evidence of a w ... more		Mars Curiosity Rover Marks First Martian Year with Mission Successes NASA's Mars Curiosity rover will complete a Martian year - 687 Earth days - on June 24, having accomplished the mission's main goal of determining whether Mars once offered environmental condition ... more		OPERA satellite data sharpens US crop and water management Neural network sharpens satellite ocean color in complex coastal waters Deep Arctic gas hydrate mounds host ultra deep cold seep ecosystem		Curiosity celebrates one-year Martian anniversary For exactly one year now, the beloved Mars rover Curiosity has delivered knowledge to NASA scientists and joy to science lovers across the globe. ... more
NASA Invites Comment on Mars 2020 Environmental Impact Statement NASA is requesting the public and interested organizations to review and comment on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the agency's proposed Mars 2020 mission. The comment period ru ... more		Opportunity is exploring the west rim of Endeavour Crater On Sol 3684 (June 4, 2014), Opportunity drove over 62 feet (19 meters) south along the ridgeline of the crater rim. Over Sols 3686 to 3688 (June 6 to June 8, 2014), the plan was to perform a ' ... more		NASA's Swift Satellite Tallies Water Production of Mars-bound Comet In late May, NASA's Swift satellite imaged comet Siding Spring, which will brush astonishingly close to Mars later this year. These optical and ultraviolet observations are the first to reveal how r ... more		Discovery of Earth's Northernmost Perennial Spring A Canadian team lead by Stephen Grasby reports the discovery of the highest latitude perennial spring known in the world. This high-volume spring demonstrates that deep groundwater circulation throu ... more

	US Congress and Obama administration face obstacles in Mars 2030 project Experts in their new report are warning US President Barack Obama about possible failure of NASA project with astronauts reaching Mars in 2030s. In their 285-page review of human spaceflight program ... more		Opportunity Recovering From Flash Memory Problems Opportunity is exploring the west rim of Endeavour Crater. However, the rover experienced a set of reset events triggered by an error writing to flash memory. On Sol 3677 (May 28, 2014), Oppor ... more

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