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August 04, 2014

Mars 2020 rover will carry tools to make oxygen
Washington (AFP) July 31, 2014
The suite of space-age tools loaded on NASA's next robotic vehicle, bound for the Red Planet in 2020, will include a device for making oxygen out of carbon dioxide. Designed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Mars Oxygen ISRU (in situ research utilization) Experiment (MOXIE), aims to see if Martian air could be converted for astronauts to breathe. NASA has sent a series of robotic vehicles to Mars - the latest is the Curiosity rover which launched in 2012 - and hopes to have peo ... read more

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NASA Announces Mars 2020 Rover Payload to Explore the Red Planet as Never Before The next rover NASA will send to Mars in 2020 will carry seven carefully-selected instruments to conduct unprecedented science and exploration technology investigations on the Red Planet. NASA ... more		Los Alamos Laser Selected for 2020 Mars Mission NASA has announced that laser technology originally developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory has been selected for its new Mars mission in 2020. "We are extremely excited to be going to Mar ... more		NASA's Mars Spacecraft Maneuvers to Prepare for Close Comet Flyby NASA is taking steps to protect its Mars orbiters, while preserving opportunities to gather valuable scientific data, as Comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring heads toward a close flyby of Mars on Oct. 19. ... more
				NASA Long-Lived Mars Opportunity Rover Passes 25 Miles of Driving NASA's Opportunity Mars rover, which landed on the Red Planet in 2004, now holds the off-Earth roving distance record after accruing 25 miles (40 kilometers) of driving. The previous record was held ... more		NASA Seeks Proposals for Commercial Mars Data Relay Satellites NASA has issued a Request for Information (RFI) to investigate the possibility of using commercial Mars-orbiting satellites to provide telecommunications capabilities for future robotic missions to ... more

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Emirates paves way for Middle East space program with mission to Mars The United Arab Emirates has announced plans to launch a mission to Mars by 2021. A first for the Arab world, the mission and accompanying Space Agency are a big deal for the UAE - scientifically an ... more		NASA's Mars orbiters to witness comet flyby Comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring won't whiz by Mars for another two-plus months, but NASA is already preparing its Mars orbiters for the flyby. ... more		Terran Orbital to build satellite buses for SDA Tranche 3 Tracking Layer AST BlueBird 6 enters orbit as record low Earth orbit cellular array North Korea's Kim touts new rocket launchers that could target South		Transiting Exoplanet with Longest Known Year Astronomers have discovered a transiting exoplanet with the longest known year. Kepler-421b circles its star once every 704 days. In comparison, Mars orbits our Sun once every 780 days. Most of the ... more
				NASA's Next Giant Leap The first humans who will step foot on Mars are walking the Earth today. It was 45 years ago that Neil Armstrong took the small step onto the surface of the moon that changed the course of history. ... more		Curiosity's images show Earth-like soils on Mars Soil deep in a crater dating to some 3.7 billion years ago contains evidence that Mars was once much warmer and wetter, says University of Oregon geologist Gregory Retallack, based on images and dat ... more

India could return to Mars as early as 2017 India is ramping up for a follow-up mission to Mars between 2017 and 2020 which will be scientific in scope, the chairman for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has said. The final ... more		NASA Rover's Images Show Laser Flash on Martian Rock Flashes appear on a baseball-size Martian rock in a series of images taken Saturday, July 12 by the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera on the arm of NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover. The flashes occurr ... 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		Scientists release most thorough map yet of Mars Scientists in the United States have produced a new map of Mars that experts say is unprecedented in detail and reveals previously unknown information about the Red Planet. On Monday, the US ... more
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Elon Musk plans to take people to Mars within 10 years

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Curiosity celebrates one-year Martian anniversary

NASA Invites Comment on Mars 2020 Environmental Impact Statement

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Discovery of Earth's Northernmost Perennial Spring

US Congress and Obama administration face obstacles in Mars 2030 project

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NASA again delays flying saucer test

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