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Solar System
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On Track for a Mars Landing
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| Topic: Mars |
08/01/12 |
| This past Saturday, NASA's Mars Science Laboratory completed what may be the last flight-path adjustment needed before landing day. |
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Mars Polygons Evidence of an Ancient Ocean?
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| Topic: Mars |
07/31/12 |
| A new study indicates that large polygon features on Mars may have been formed in the same way as similar structures on Earth - at the bottom of an ocean. |
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Opportunity's Mars Marathon
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| Topic: Mars |
07/30/12 |
| NASA's Opportunity Mars rover, which landed on Mars in 2004, is on track to complete the first extraterrestrial marathon. Opportunity has traveled almost 22 miles so far during its mission, collecting valuable data about the martian environment. |
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All Systems Go to Make History on Mars
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| Topic: Mars |
07/19/12 |
| In a recent press conference at NASA's Langley Research Center, researchers and technicians who worked on the Mars Science Laboratory discussed their preparations for the mission's upcoming delivery of the Curiosity rover at Mars. |
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MSL's 76 Fireworks Over Mars
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| Topic: Mars |
07/11/12 |
| On August 5th, NASA will be unleashing a pyrotechnic display in the skies of Mars. The Curiosity rover, carried by the Mars Science Laboratory, will streak through the atmosphere of the red planet on its way to a landing in Gale Crater. |
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Life's Molecules Could Lie Within Reach of MSL
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| Topic: Mars |
07/08/12 |
| A new study suggests that evidence of ancient life on Mars might be found at relatively shallow depths on the martian surface. The findings suggest that, if Mars harbor simple organic molecules, NASA's prospects for discovering them with the Curiosity rover are better than previously thought. |
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Evidence for Mars Life Could Come From Phobos
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| Topic: Mars |
07/03/12 |
| A new study indicates that a mission to the moons of Mars could return valuable data about the potential for life on Mars in the planet's past or present. Such a mission would search for rocks that fell to the moon after being ejected from Mars by impact events. |
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Craters Reveal Mars Water Ran Deep
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| Topic: Mars |
06/30/12 |
| By studying rocks blasted out of impact craters, ESA’s Mars Express has found evidence that underground water persisted at depth for prolonged periods during the first billion years of the Red Planet’s existence. |
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Meteorites Reveal Subsurface Water on Mars
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| Topic: Mars |
06/23/12 |
| By analyzing the water content of two martian meteorites that originate from inside Mars, scientists have determined that the amount of water in the martian mantle is vastly larger than previous estimates. The findings raise questions about the potential for life on present day Mars. |
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