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September 24, 2015

The Fact and Fiction of Martian Dust Storms
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 23, 2015
For years, science fiction writers from Edgar Rice Burroughs to C. S. Lewis have imagined what it would be like for humans to walk on Mars. As mankind comes closer to taking its first steps on the Red Planet, authors' depictions of the experience have become more realistic. Andy Weir's "The Martian" begins with a massive dust storm that strands fictional astronaut Mark Watney on Mars. In the scene, powerful wind rips an antenna out of a piece of equipment and destroys parts of the astronauts' camp ... read more

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NASA's MAVEN Celebrates One Year at Mars NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft has been in orbit around Mars for one Earth year. MAVEN was launched to Mars on Nov. 18, 2013 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station i ... more		India's Mars mission to last many years: top space official India's Mars mission will last for many years as it has so far not experienced any failures, a top space official has reportedly said. "Mars (mission) is expected to last for many years now be ... more		NASA Seeks Big Ideas from Students for Inflatable Heat Shield Technology NASA is giving university and college students an opportunity to be part of the agency's journey to Mars with the Breakthrough, Innovative, and Game-changing (BIG) Idea Challenge. NASA's Game ... more
				ExoMars 2016 targets March launch window A problem recently discovered in two sensors in the propulsion system of the entry, descent and landing demonstrator module has prompted the recommendation to move the launch of the ExoMars 2016 mis ... more		Opportunity Continues Search for Clay Minerals On Mars Opportunity is within 'Marathon Valley' on the west rim of Endeavour Crater conducting a walk-about in search of clay minerals. The rover is operating in persistent RAM mode (not using Flash f ... more

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Expect Martian Colonies to Build Themselves First Space explorers will travel to prefabricated colonies on the Moon, Mars and elsewhere, says the Self-deployable Habitat for Extreme Environments project (SHEE). SHEE is developing domiciles to ... more		Record-breaking astronauts return to Earth Expedition 44 to the International Space Station has been successfully completed after three astronauts landed in Kazakhstan. The mission saw a cosmonaut clock up more days in space than any other h ... more		SpaceX scrubs Starship launch in latest setback Iran talks with European powers to be held in Geneva as sanctions loom National Guard troops begin carrying weapons in US capital		Supervising two rovers from space ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen is proving to be an expert space driver after commanding two rovers from space this week. As part of ESA's Meteron project, Andreas drove a second, car-sized rover fro ... more
				Team Continues to Operate Rover in RAM Mode Opportunity is within 'Marathon Valley' on the west rim of Endeavour Crater exploring for clay minerals. The rover is operating in persistent RAM mode (not using Flash for data storage). On So ... more		Mars Panorama from Curiosity Shows Petrified Sand Dunes Some of the dark sandstone in an area being explored by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows texture and inclined bedding structures characteristic of deposits that formed as sand dunes, then were ceme ... more

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Ridley Scott's 'The Martian' takes off in Toronto Matt Damon got to relive his childhood fantasies of being an astronaut in Ridley Scott's 3D space epic "The Martian," where he portrays a character left for dead on the Red Planet. ... more		Sweeping over the south pole of Mars An unusual observation by Mars Express shows a sweeping view over the planet's south polar ice cap and across its ancient, cratered highlands. The image was taken by the high-resolution stereo ... more		Spain heatwave was 'most intense on record' as Fires ravage an ageing rural Spain Trump clashes with Democrats as he expands National Guard plans Hidden order uncovered in geological epochs across Earth's deep history		Opportunity Driving West To Reach New Rock Target Opportunity is within 'Marathon Valley' on the west rim of Endeavour Crater exploring for phyllosilicate clay minerals. The rover is operating in persistent RAM mode (not using Flash for data ... more
Canada Dominates European Rover Challenge 2015 Canadian teams have dominated the second edition of the biggest European competition for Mars rovers that took place on Sept. 5-6 at the Regional Science-Technology Centre in Podzamcze, Poland. The ... more		One small step for man as astronaut controls robot from space European experts have pulled off a major advance that might one day help build new worlds in space after an astronaut in the International Station Station remotely guided a robot on Earth by feel. ... more		'Hedgehog' Robots Hop, Tumble in Microgravity Hopping, tumbling and flipping over are not typical maneuvers you would expect from a spacecraft exploring other worlds. Traditional Mars rovers, for example, roll around on wheels, and they can't o ... more		ASU instruments help scientists probe ancient Mars atmosphere Mars was not always the arid Red Planet that we know today. Billions of years ago it was a world with watery environments - but how and why did it change? A new analysis of the largest known deposit ... more

	What Happened to Early Mars' Atmosphere Scientists may be closer to solving the mystery of how Mars changed from a world with surface water billions of years ago to the arid Red Planet of today. A new analysis of the largest known deposit ... more		NASA Funds Plasma Rocket Technology for Superfast Space Travel Superfast journeys to Mars may be one big step closer for humanity, as NASA has sponsored a private company to develop a high-tech, plasma engine. Ad Astra Rocket Company, specializing in the ... more

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