
Aim Higher: China Plans to Send Rover to Mars in 2020
China plans to land a rover on Mars when the opportunity presents itself in 2020, the country's chief aerospace engineer said Friday.
Ye Peijian, the chief designer of the country's state luna ... more
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Great tilt gave Mars a new face
The surface of the planet Mars tilted by 20 to 25 degrees 3 to 3.5 billion years ago. This was caused by a massive volcanic structure, the Tharsis volcanic dome1, which is the largest in the Solar S ... more
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'Cyborg jellyfish' could aid in deep-sea research, inspire next-gen underwater vehicles
Brazil records 65 percent drop in Amazon area burned by fire
Agriculture spread across Europe through coexistence and gradual mixing
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Space simulation crew hits halfway mark til August re-entry
The six crew members of the fourth Hawai?i Space Exploration Analog and Simulation, or HI-SEAS, have spent more than six months of their 12-month mission in a solar-powered dome on the slopes of Mau ... more
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Monster volcano gave Mars extreme makeover: study
A volcano on Mars half the size of France spewed so much lava 3.5 billion years ago that the weight displaced the Red Planet's outer layers, according to a study released Wednesday. ... more
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SSL developing robotic sample handling assembly for Mars 2020
Space Systems Loral (SSL), a leading provider of commercial satellites, has announced it will design and build a robotic Sample Handling Assembly (SHA) for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) thr ... more
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Rover begins contact science of rock target on Knudsen Ridge
Opportunity is exploring 'Marathon Valley' on the rim of Endeavour crater.
The rover is up on the very steep slopes of 'Knudsen Ridge.'
Opportunity has begun the in-situ (contact) invest ... more
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MAVEN Observes Mars Moon Phobos in the Mid- and Far-Ultraviolet
NASA scientists are closer to solving the mystery of how Mars' moon Phobos formed. In late November and early December 2015, NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission made a seri ... more
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