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July 14, 2015

Never Get Lost on Mars Again With NASA's New Red Planet Map
Pasadena CA (Sputnik) Jul 14, 2015
An application called 'Mars Trek', which was released by NASA on Friday, lets you explore the red planet from your computer or mobile phone. The volcanos and craters of Mars can now be explored on a mobile phone or computer, thanks to a new application recently released by NASA which combines data from several Mars missions to produce a map of the red planet. b>Men Are From Mars (And So Are Women): Seeds of Life May Have Come From Red Planet br> /b> Called 'Mars Trek,' the program allows u ... read more

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Curiosity Mars Rover Studies Rock-Layer Contact Zone NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is examining a valley where at least two types of bedrock meet, for clues about changes in ancient environmental conditions recorded by the rock. In addition to two rock ... more		Prandtl-m prototype could pave way for first plane on Mars NASA researchers are preparing to test the prototype that may pave the way for the first plane to fly Martian skies. The airplane is called the Prandtl-m. ... more		SDA expands Tracking Layer satellite awards and related missile defense contracts Space Systems Command activates System Delta 80 for assured space access Rheinmetall ICEYE Space Solutions to provide SAR reconnaissance data to German military		New plan proposed to send humans to Mars A new, cost-constrained U.S. strategy to send humans on Mars, could be achieved within projected NASA budgets by minimizing new developments and relying mainly on already available or planned NASA a ... more
				Rover In Good Health After Communication Blackout Opportunity is on the west rim of Endeavour Crater at the 'Spirit of St. Louis' crater near the entrance of 'Marathon Valley.' The Earth-Mars Solar Conjunction command moratorium and communica ... more		Veteran NASA Spacecraft Nears 60,000th Lap Around Mars, No Pit Stops NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft will reach a major milestone June 23, when it completes its 60,000th orbit since arriving at the Red Planet in 2001. Named after the bestselling novel "2001: A Space O ... more

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Scientists find methane in Mars meteorites An international team of researchers has discovered traces of methane in Martian meteorites, a possible clue in the search for life on the Red Planet. The researchers examined samples from six ... more		NASA Signs Agreements to Advance Agency's Journey to Mars NASA Administrator Charles Bolden signed agreements with two European partners to advance Mars exploration and our journey to the Red Planet during meetings Tuesday at the Paris Air Show. Bolden and ... more		OPERA satellite data sharpens US crop and water management Alen Space begins SATMAR satellite validation over Bay of Algeciras Deep Arctic gas hydrate mounds host ultra deep cold seep ecosystem		New study favors cold, icy early Mars The high seas of Mars may never have existed, according to a new study that looks at two opposite climate scenarios of early Mars and suggests that a cold and icy planet billions of years ago better ... more
Scientists find methane in Mars meteorites An international team of researchers has discovered traces of methane in Martian meteorites, a possible clue in the search for life on the Red Planet. The researchers examined samples from six meteo ... more		UCLA-led NASA mission provides closest ever look at dwarf planet Ceres A NASA mission led by UCLA professor Christopher Russell has released new images of the dwarf planet Ceres, the largest asteroid between Mars and Jupiter. The photos were produced by the spacecraft ... more		NASA Prepares for First Interplanetary CubeSats When NASA launches its next mission on the journey to Mars - a stationary lander in 2016 - the flight will include two CubeSats. This will be the first time CubeSats have flown in deep space. If thi ... more		Red Planet Rising Fresh off successfully retrieving samples from an asteroid in 2011, Japan's space agency, JAXA, has just unveiled an even loftier goal: to land a probe on one of Mars' two moons. It would be a major ... more

	Japanese space agency plans to get samples from Martian moon The Japanese space agency announced Thursday a plan to send a spacecraft to one of the two Martian moons for surface samples to bring back to Earth for analysis. ... more		Martian glass: Window into possible past life? Researchers from Brown University have used satellite data to detect deposits of glass within impact craters on Mars. Though formed in the searing heat of a violent impact, the glasses just might pr ... more

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