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Mars Rover Discovers Traces of Ancient Martian Beaches
The idea of an ancient Martian ocean has fascinated scientists for decades. Now, groundbreaking research based on radar scans ...
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Where no rover has gone before: how Mars helicopters enable a new era of exploration
And since they can access terrain that no rover or lander could ... more capable flying vehicles for Mars. More recently, India announced plans to fly a helicopter mission called the Martian ...
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'Poppy seeds' and 'leopard spots' on Mars could hint at ancient microbial life
An arrowhead-shaped rock on Mars sporting features that may hint at ancient microbial activity on the Red Planet has left ...
SpaceX’s Starship Plan To Land First Humans On Mars, But Not Till 2031
Robert Zubrin, the planet’s leading strategist for landing humans on Mars, predicts SpaceX’s Starship will win the race to ...
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Perseverance triumphs over challenges to unveil Mars’ geological secrets
NASA’s Perseverance rover is tirelessly exploring Mars and recently overcame a rocky challenge to collect another valuable ...
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Did Mars harbour life? One of the strongest signs yet is spotted in a peculiar rock
The intriguing chemistry of a rock collected by the Perseverance rover could trace to microbial activity — or not.
Cuts to NASA’s budget could derail America’s Mars ambitions
Such major and arbitrary cuts to NASA’s budget would do very little to save money, but they will undercut and decimate one of ...
Surprise at images from the Curiosity rover on Mars: colorful clouds floating over the surface of the red planet
Humans are determined to discover more details about Mars, Earth's neighboring planet, which seems to hide many secrets. So ...
Radioisotope generators − inside the ‘nuclear batteries’ that power faraway spacecraft
Radioisotope thermoelectric generators do not rely on chemical reactions like the batteries in your phone. Instead, they rely on the radioactive decay of elements to produce heat and eventually ...
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How the Zhurong Mars rover’s special features helped it survive on the Red Planet
The Zhurong Mars rover is named after the mythological fire deity Zhurong and is part of China’s Mars Mission. It landed on Mars in 2021 and explored the surface for 358 Mars days before ...