Tag Archives: Mars exploration

Curiosity Rover Celebrates 1st Martian Year

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NASA announced that the Mars Curiosity rover will complete a Martian year (687 Earth days) today. The Mars Curiosity Rover has accomplished the mission's main goal of determining whether Mars once...

NASA hopes to launch Flying Saucer Soon

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — NASA hopes to try again to launch a "flying saucer" into Earth's atmosphere to test Mars mission technology after losing the chance because of bad weather, project managers said...

NASA postpones ‘flying saucer’ test

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Bad weather is preventing NASA from launching a "flying saucer" into Earth's atmosphere to test technology that could be used to land on Mars.The space agency postponed a launch Wednesday and later...

Curiosity rover spots a light on Mars

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One of the best-explored planets in our solar system, not counting the Earth, is Mars. Mars has probes in orbit and the Curiosity rover prowling around on its surface. We have already seen some...

NASA Rover Camera Captures Light On Mars is Not Alien

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NASA’s Curiosity rover recently rolled to a new vantage point on Mars and started snapping photos to send home, and one shot seems to show that some underground-dwelling martians may have left...

India Launches Mission to Mars

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This week was a big one for scientists in India as the country launched its first attempt at a mission to Mars. India wants to become only the fourth nation on Earth to reach Mars. India has a...

Curiosity Rover Made a Foursquare Check-In from Mars

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NASA made the first foursquare check-in from another planet this week when the Curiosity Rover checked-in using the foursquare mobile app. The Rover checked-in as it makes its way towards Mount Sharp...