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Solar System
Mars
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| Mars Icebreaker Life Mission |
| Topic: Mars |
05/16/13 |
| The Icebreaker Life mission to Mars, currently being developed, would drill down about 3 feet and scan the ice shavings for organic biomarkers — molecules that are too complex to be produced non-biologically and could be conclusive evidence of life. |
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| Curiosity In It for the Long Haul |
| Topic: Mars |
08/27/12 |
| Curiosity’s first successful drive across the martian landscape is cause for celebration. Astrobiology Magazine Field Research Editor Henry Bortman thinks it is also a good moment to pause and reflect on MSL’s long-term goals. |
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| A Curiosity Photo Gallery |
| Topic: Mars |
08/08/12 |
| Astrobiology Magazine looks at the first images of the Curiosity rover at Mars, and the reasons that the MSL team are so excited about what they're seeing. |
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| Curiosity is on Mars |
| Topic: Mars |
08/06/12 |
| Curiosity has successfully touched down on Mars. Several minutes later, amidst the cheers and high-fives at the Jet Propulsion Laboratories, the rover’s first image was received on Earth. |
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| The Least Crazy Option |
| Topic: Mars |
08/05/12 |
| Curiosity is scheduled to touch down on the martian surface at around 10:30 pm PDT on Sunday, August 5. Landing on Mars is an immense challenge, and in order to get to the surface, Curiosity will be using new technologies, like the "sky crane" system, for the first time. |
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| Curiosity’s Search for Organics |
| Topic: Mars |
08/02/12 |
| Soon the rover Curiosity will land on Mars. By design it won’t involve life-detection, but it was assembled to look for the carbon-based building blocks of Martian life and to explore the possible habitats where life might once have existed. |
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| Exploring Mars in the Austrian Alps |
| Topic: Mars |
05/31/12 |
| In the largest ice caves on Earth, spacesuits and remote-controlled planetary rovers were recently tested in a five-day odyssey in the Alps designed to mimic potential future missions on Mars. |
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| Did Ancient Mars Have a Runaway Greenhouse? |
| Topic: Mars |
05/24/12 |
| Cosmic impacts on Mars might have sent temperatures skyrocketing upward on the Red Planet in ancient times, enough to trigger a runaway greenhouse effect. |
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| Martian Volcanic Glass Could Be Hotspot for Life |
| Topic: Mars |
04/26/12 |
| Water may have played a role in forming plains of volcanic glass that spread across nearly a third of Mars. The discovery of this volcanic glass could steer scientists toward subglacial lakes where martian life could thrive. |
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