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January 16, 2015

Long-lost British space probe found on Mars: agency
London (AFP) Jan 16, 2015
A British-built space probe that disappeared without trace more than a decade ago has been spotted on the surface of Mars, the UK Space Agency said on Friday. The Beagle 2 lander was found partially deployed with one of its parachutes still attached in images taken by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). Scientists said it would be impossible to renew contact or retrieve data from the machine, which was lost without trace on December 26, 2003. "These images are consistent with the Beagl ... read more

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Team Working on Strategy to Fix Flash Memory Issue Opportunity is on the west rim of Endeavour Crater heading towards "Marathon Valley," a putative location for abundant clay minerals now less than 1,969 feet (600 meters) to the south. The Fla ... more		Crystal-Rich Rock 'Mojave' is Next Mars Drill Target A rock target where NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is using its sample-collection drill this week may have a salty story to tell. This target, called "Mojave," displays copious slender features, slight ... more		Russia-EU Mars Research Program to Be Completed Works on Russia-EU Mars research program ExoMars will be completed, and two missions will be launched in 2016 and 2018, Sergei Savelev, deputy head of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), s ... more
				NASA Mars Rover Opportunity Climbs to High Point on Rim After completing two drives this week, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has paused to photograph the panoramic vista from the highest point the rover has reached during its 40 months of exp ... more		Mars is warmer than some parts of the U.S. and Canada On Thursday, the daily high temperature at Gale Crater - a depression in the northwestern portion of Mars' Aeolis quadrangle - climbed to negative 8 degrees Celsius (17.6 degrees Fahrenheit). It was like a sauna for the Mars rover Curiosity, which is used to temperatures that often dip below minus 100 degrees Celsius. ... more

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Potential Signs of Ancient Life in Mars Rover Photos A careful study of images taken by the NASA rover Curiosity has revealed intriguing similarities between ancient sedimentary rocks on Mars and structures shaped by microbes on Earth. The findings su ... more		Inflatable 'Donut' to Bring Astronauts to Mars NASA is crafting a donut-shaped inflatable landing mechanism, which will become the key to sending a manned expedition to Mars, AP reports. Leaving a human footprint on Mars has been a cherished dre ... more		UAV swarm algorithm boosts spectrum resilience in contested airspace China announces 'major' military drills around Taiwan Israeli air force deploys first laser interception system		New Project Scientist for Mars Rover The new project scientist for Mars Rover Curiosity is Ashwin Vasavada of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California. Vasavada had been deputy project scientist for NASA's Mars Science La ... more
				NASA exploring inflatable spacecraft designs for future Mars missions Slinging a fast-moving probe into orbit around a faraway planet is hard enough; landing a hefty, astronaut-carrying spacecraft on an alien surface is beyond difficult. ... more		New analyses suggests water binds to sulfates in Martian soil A research team led by LSU Geology and Geophysics Assistant Professor Suniti Karunatillake reveals a spatial association between the presence of sulfur and hydrogen found in martian soil. The ... more

Isro's Mangalyaan Completes 100 Days in Mars Orbit India's Mars Orbiter (Mangalyaan) completed 100 days of its Martian orbit on the New Year's Day 2015 Thursday, space agency officials said. The Mars Orbiter was inserted in Martian orbit September ... more		Russian space medic who led Mars experiment dies at 64 Boris Morukov, a Russian cosmonaut and doctor who led an extraordinary experiment in which volunteers simulated a flight to Mars while never leaving a Moscow car park, has died at 64, his scientific institute said Friday. ... more		Under CERES watch Earth radiation budget record reaches 25 years Multi core wildfire soot particles found to boost global warming impact Wildland fires estimated to release more organic air pollutants		Mars mission boost welcomed by scientists University of Leicester scientists, who are closely involved in the European mission to Mars -ExoMars- have welcomed support from the Government for the project. Following the Chancellor's Aut ... more
Mars rover Opportunity suffering from 'amnesia' says NASA Researchers at NASA are working to improve the memory of the Mars exploration rover Opportunity after a series of glitches in recent weeks led to what officials are describing as "amnesia" within the its memory banks. ... more		U.K. researchers plan to grow lettuce on Mars A group of students at Southampton University in England are looking to grow lettuce on Mars. The researchers - a combination of undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral students - are currently lobbying for their lettuce-growing experiment to be included on the Mars One lander payload. ... more		Tales from a Martian Rock A new analysis of a Martian rock that meteorite hunters plucked from an Antarctic ice field 30 years ago this month reveals a record of the planet's climate billions of years ago, back when water li ... more		Russian scientists 'map' water vapor in Martian atmosphere Russian scientists from the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), together with their French and American colleagues, ... more

	Flying over Becquerel This latest release from the camera on ESA's Mars Express is a simulated flight over the Becquerel crater, showing large-scale deposits of sedimentary material. The 167 km-diameter Becquerel c ... more		New idea for transporting spacecraft could ease trip to Mars Scientists say a new method, called ballistic capture, for transporting robotic rovers, satellites and astronaut-carrying spacecraft to Mars could save space agencies time and money. ... more

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