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Mars probe to carry 13 types of payload on 2020 mission![]() ![]() Beijing (XNA) Oct 02, 2017 China's Mars probe will carry 13 types of payload, including six rovers, in its first mission to the planet, scheduled for 2020. "The Mars exploration program is well underway," said Zhang Rongqiao, chief architect of the Mars mission, at the Beijing International Forum on Lunar and Deep-space Exploration, which opened Wednesday. "The payloads will be used to collect data on the environment, morphology, surface structure and atmosphere of Mars." China plans to sen ... read more |
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![]() Adelaide, Australia (AFP) Sept 29, 2017 Futurist and inventor Elon Musk unveiled ambitious plans Friday to send cargo ships to Mars in five years and use rockets to carry people between Earth's major cities in under half-an-hour. ... more ![]() ![]() Adelaide, Australia (AFP) Sept 29, 2017 A reusable, water-powered Mars lander that will allow humans to explore the Red Planet from an orbiting 'base camp' as early as the 2030s was unveiled Friday by US defence giant Lockheed Martin. ... more ![]() ![]() Adelaide, Australia (AFP) Sept 28, 2017 Setting up a permanent village on the moon is the first step towards exploring Mars, the European Space Agency said Thursday as plans to reach and colonise the Red Planet gathered pace. ... more ![]() ![]() Bristol UK (SPX) Sep 28, 2017 Analysing a mixture of earth samples and meteorites, scientists from the University of Bristol have shed new light on the sequence of events that led to the creation of the planets Earth and Mars. ... more |
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![]() Nagoya, Japan (SPX) Sep 26, 2017 As the NASA Curiosity rover roams the surface of Mars, its ChemCam captures the chemical makeup of its surroundings with a specially designed laser system. It is the most powerful laser to operate o ... more ![]() ![]() Tucson AZ (SPX) Sep 26, 2017 Three-dimensional (3-D) subsurface radar volumes generated from thousands of 2-D radar profiles are revealing new information about the polar regions of Mars, including more accurate mapping of CO2 ... more ![]() ![]() Riga Latvia (SPX) Sep 21, 2017 Swirling columns of sand and dust, known as dust devils, are a feature of desert areas on Mars and on Earth. Now, a study of terrestrial dust devils has shown that around two thirds of the fine part ... more ![]() ![]() Hampton VA (SPX) Sep 21, 2017 NASA heat shield material that could one day be used on an inflatable aeroshell during atmospheric entry on Mars recently underwent testing at Boeing's Large Core Arc Tunnel in St. Louis, Missouri. ... more ![]() ![]() Munich, Germany (SPX) Sep 21, 2017 With the help of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, a German-led group of astronomers have observed the intriguing characteristics of an unusual type of object in the asteroid belt between Mars an ... more ![]() ![]() Houston TX (SPX) Sep 24, 2017 Charged particles may be small, but they matter to astronauts. NASA's Human Research Program (HRP) is investigating these particles to solve one of its biggest challenges for a human journey to Mars ... more |
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![]() ![]() Exploring 'Perseverance Valley' During Winter ![]() ![]() Lawrence KS (SPX) Sep 22, 2017 The search for biology on neighbor planet Mars won't play out like a Hollywood movie starring little green men. Rather, many scientists agree if there was life on the Red Planet, it probably will pr ... more ![]() ![]() Boulder CO (SPX) Sep 21, 2017 River deposits exist across the surface of Mars and record a surface environment from over 3.5 billion years ago that was able to support liquid water at the surface. A region of Mars named Aeolis D ... more ![]() ![]() Beijing (AFP) Sept 20, 2017 China's programme to launch a mission to Mars in 2020 is "well underway", its top planner said Wednesday as the country moves forward with its ambitious space programme. ... more ![]() ![]() Miami (AFP) Sept 19, 2017 Six people have emerged from an isolated dome in Hawaii where they spent the past eight months on a mock Mars mission, living in close quarters, eating dried foods and trying to get along. ... more |
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![]() Beijing (AFP) Sept 28, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Russian space agency, NASA agree to co-build lunar-orbit space station ![]() ![]() NASA, Roscosmos Sign Joint Statement on Researching, Exploring Deep Space ![]() ![]() Moon village the first stop to Mars: ESA |
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![]() Beijing (XNA) Oct 02, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() China's cargo spacecraft separates from Tiangong-2 space lab ![]() ![]() Work on China's mission to Mars 'well underway' ![]() ![]() Chinese company eyes development of reusable launch vehicle |
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![]() Baltimore MD (SPX) Sep 29, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Unexpected Surprise: A Final Image from Rosetta ![]() ![]() NASA's Near-Earth Asteroid CubeSat Goes Full Sail ![]() ![]() Nanosat Fleet Proposed for Voyage to 300 Asteroids |
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![]() Friedrichshafen, Germany (ESA) Oct 03, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Solving the Mystery of Pluto's Giant Blades of Ice ![]() ![]() Global Aerospace Corporation to present Pluto lander concept to NASA ![]() ![]() Pluto features given first official names |
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![]() Tampa FL (SPX) Sep 15, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Cassini Spacecraft Demise Is Bittersweet for PSI's Hansen ![]() ![]() Aerojet Rocketdyne propulsion guides Cassini to its Grand Finale at Saturn ![]() ![]() CU Boulder Scientists Ready for Cassini Mission to Saturn Grand Finale |
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![]() Washington DC (SPX) Oct 03, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Global Airborne Mission to Make Ozone Hole Detour ![]() ![]() Scientists monitor Silicon Valley's underground water reserves - from space ![]() ![]() OSIRIS-REx views Pacifica on Earth Flyby |
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![]() Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Sep 29, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Space Cooperation Between China, Russia Needs Long-Term Mechanism ![]() ![]() NASA's New Hubble E-Book Series Dives into the Solar System and Beyond ![]() ![]() Mapping NASA's Space Missions |
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![]() Cleveland OH (SPX) Oct 02, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Meteors splashing into warm ponds sparked life on Earth ![]() ![]() Searching for Distant Worlds With a Flying Telescope ![]() ![]() Scientists propose new concept of terrestrial planet formation |
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![]() Washington (UPI) Oct 1, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() IAI unmanned helo performs proof-of-concept demo ![]() ![]() Driverless hover-taxi makes first 'concept' flight in Dubai ![]() ![]() Drones, Fighter jets on table as Mattis visits key ally India |
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![]() Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 27, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() A RAVAN in the sun ![]() ![]() Solar antics ![]() ![]() Solar wind impacts on giant 'space hurricanes' may affect satellite safety |
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![]() Lyon, France (SPX) Oct 02, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() New Zealand opens first rocket launch site ![]() ![]() mu Space partners with Blue Origin to launch geostationary satellite ![]() ![]() Ariane 5 rocket puts satellites into orbit on second attempt |
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![]() Garching, Germany (SPX) Oct 03, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() HEIC 1716 is bursting with starbirth ![]() ![]() NASA pushes back launch date for James Webb Space Telescope ![]() ![]() Astronomers detect Freon-40 around infant stars, comet |
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![]() Oxford UK (SPX) Sep 28, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() British Technology at Heart of Gravitational Wave Discovery ![]() ![]() Three Ears Listen Even More Accurately Than Two ![]() ![]() New gravitational wave hits Earth |
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![]() Canary Islands, Spain (SPX) Oct 03, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Ravenous Black Holes Define Type I Active Galaxies ![]() ![]() Supersonic gas streams from Big Bang drive massive black hole formation ![]() ![]() Team led by graduate student at PPPL produces unique simulation of magnetic reconnection |
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![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 03, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Robotic fashion: Wear your heartbeat on your sleeve ![]() ![]() Click beetles inspire design of self-righting robots ![]() ![]() Smash hit: Ping pong robot takes on Olympian at Tokyo tech fair |
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![]() Beijing (XNA) Oct 02, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() China's cargo spacecraft separates from Tiangong-2 space lab ![]() ![]() Work on China's mission to Mars 'well underway' ![]() ![]() Chinese company eyes development of reusable launch vehicle |
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