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September 21, 2014

NASA's Mars spacecraft to begin orbit of Red Planet
Washington (AFP) Sept 21, 2014
A NASA spacecraft that aims to study the upper atmosphere of Mars and reveal how its climate changed over time is poised to begin orbiting the Red Planet on Sunday. After a 10-month journey, the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) probe is making its final approach to Mars and will begin circling Earth's neighbor after 9:30 pm Sunday (0130 GMT Monday). MAVEN's findings are expected to help pave the way for a future visit by humans to the Red Planet, perhaps as early as 2030. MAVEN ... read more

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India A New Contender in Asian Space Race or Technological Breakthrough India's first Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) is ready to enter the Red Planet's orbit on September 24, after a ten-month journey through space. The Indian Space Research Organization says that India wil ... more		NASA Mars Spacecraft Ready for Sept. 21 Orbit Insertion NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft is nearing its scheduled Sept. 21 insertion into Martian orbit after completing a 10-month interplanetary journey of 442 million mile ... more		NASA spacecraft to begin orbiting Mars within days An unmanned NASA spacecraft launched last year to study the history of climate change on Mars is to begin orbiting the Red Planet on Sunday after a 10-month journey. ... more
				MAVEN on course for Mars Arrival Sept 21 Everything continues to go well with MAVEN as it is readied for arrival at Mars on Sunday, September 21st. All spacecraft systems are operating nominally. We had scheduled a final Trajectory Correct ... more		Martian meteorite yields more evidence of the possibility of life on Mars A tiny fragment of Martian meteorite 1.3 billion years old is helping to make the case for the possibility of life on Mars, say scientists. The finding of a 'cell-like' structure, which investigator ... more

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India's spacecraft 'on target' to reach Mars An Indian spacecraft is on course to reach Mars, an official said Monday, following a 666-million-kilometre voyage that could see New Delhi's low-cost space programme win Asia's race to the Red Planet. ... more		Flash-Memory Reformat Successful Opportunity is on the west rim of Endeavour Crater heading towards 'Marathon Valley,' a putative location for abundant clay minerals. The rover's Flash file system was successfully reformatted ... more		Terran Orbital to build satellite buses for SDA Tranche 3 Tracking Layer UAV swarm algorithm boosts spectrum resilience in contested airspace Spatiotemporal resilience model targets IoT unmanned fleets		NASA's Mars Curiosity rover reaches 'far frontier' NASA's $2.5 billion Curiosity rover has reached the base of the Martian mountain it aims to explore and should start drilling rocks there soon, US space agency scientists said Thursday. ... more
				NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover Arrives at Martian Mountain NASA's Mars Curiosity rover has reached the Red Planet's Mount Sharp, a Mount-Rainier-size mountain at the center of the vast Gale Crater and the rover mission's long-term prime destination. "Curios ... more		Mars Rover Opportunity's Vista Includes Long Tracks From a ridgeline viewpoint, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity recently recorded a scene looking back over its own tracks made from nearly half a mile (more than 700 meters) of southbound dri ... more

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Opportunity Flash-Memory Reformat Planned Opportunity is on the west rim of Endeavour Crater heading toward 'Marathon Valley', a putative location for abundant clay minerals. However, flash-memory induced resets have increased in occurrence ... more		Memory Reformat Planned for Opportunity Mars Rover An increasing frequency of computer resets on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has prompted the rover team to make plans to reformat the rover's flash memory. The resets, including a dozen ... more		NASA deep-space rocket, SLS, to launch in 2018 The US space agency's powerful deep-space rocket, known as the Space Launch System (SLS), aims to blast off for the first time in 2018, NASA said Wednesday. ... more		Scientist uncovers red planet's climate history in unique meteorite Was Mars - now a cold, dry place - once a warm, wet planet that sustained life? And if so, how long has it been cold and dry? Research underway at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory m ... more

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