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BBC News
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Nasa says its Phoenix spacecraft is in good health after making the first successful landing in the north polar region of Mars.
Images sent back show a flat valley floor with polygonal features that give the ground a "paved" appearance.
These are be..
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MSNBC
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Sunday's touchdown was the first successful soft landing on Mars since the twin Viking landers touched down in 1976. NASA’s twin rovers, which successfully landed on Mars four years ago, used a combination of parachutes and cushioned air bags to bounce..
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MSNBC
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Scientists have found signs that water may once have gurgled up through the Martian soil in hydrothermal vents similar to those in Yellowstone National Park.
The site of these proposed vents could possibly contain preserved traces of ancient Martian li..
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BBC News
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Nasa's Mars Reconaissance Orbiter (MRO) has captured two stunning images of the Red Planet's major moon, Phobos.
Stickney Crater, a 9km (5.5 mile) -wide depression that is the largest feature on Phobos dominates the pictures.
The images also show a..
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BBC News
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Nasa has released details of its strategy for sending a human crew to Mars within the next few decades.
The US space agency envisages despatching a "minimal" crew on a 30-month round trip to the Red Planet in a 400,000kg (880,000lb) spacecraft.
Deta..
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BBC News
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The European Space Agency (Esa) has drawn up its shortlist of the best places to look for life on Mars.
Esa will launch a mission called ExoMars in 2013 in which a robot rover will search the Martian surface for evidence of past or present life.
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New Scientist
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A new analysis of pictures taken by the exploration rover Opportunity reveals what appear to be small ponds of liquid water on the surface of Mars.
The report identifies specific spots that appear to have contained liquid water two years ago, when Oppo..
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CNN
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The Mars rover Spirit has uncovered the strongest evidence yet that the planet used to be wetter than previously thought, scientists reported Monday.
The robot analyzed a patch of soil in Gusev Crater and found it unusually rich in silica. The presence..
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CNN
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China and Russia will mount a joint effort to explore Mars and one of its moons in 2009, Chinese state media reported on Wednesday following an agreement to boost cooperation between the two ambitious space powers.
A Russian rocket will lift a Chinese..
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National Geographic
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Simultaneous warming on Earth and Mars suggests that our planet's recent climate changes have a natural—and not a human- induced—cause, according to one scientist's controversial theory.
Earth is currently experiencing rapid warming, which the vast..
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Daily Mail
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Striking new images of the Red Planet have raised hopes life could be found on Mars after all...
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BBC News
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The Phoenix spacecraft on Mars is finally getting to grips with the clumpy soil at its landing location.
Early efforts to grab samples for study in the onboard lab had been frustrated by the cloddy nature of the ground.
But by shaking the scoop buck..
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BBC News
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Nasa's new robotic craft on Mars may be resting on a large patch of ice.
The latest images sent to Earth reveal tantalising glimpses of what looks like frozen water.
Scientists think the Phoenix Mars lander's descent engine may have blown away a lay..
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MSNBC
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NASA’s newest spacecraft got down and dirty on Mars, taking its first practice scoop of Martian soil ahead of the actual dig expected later this week, scientists said Monday.
The test dig made Sunday by Phoenix Mars Lander’s 8-foot-long robotic arm..
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MSNBC
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander got down its first full day of work in the Red Planet's chilly north polar region on Monday, while the team behind the mission released an unprecedented picture showing the probe's descent as seen from above.
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BBC News
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A Nasa spacecraft has sent back historic first pictures of an unexplored region of Mars.
The Mars Phoenix lander touched down in the far north of the Red Planet, after a 680 million-km (423 million-mile) journey from Earth.
The probe is equipped wit..
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MSNBC
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It's go time for NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander.
After nearly 10 months speeding across 422 million miles, the Phoenix spacecraft is just days away from plunging into the Martian atmosphere on Sunday to land near the north pole of Mars.
"We've been work..
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MSNBC
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Here is what those details could reveal about ice on Mars: One theory is that the ice is in equilibrium with the scant amount of water vapor in Mars' atmosphere and froze out of the air and into the pore spaces between the soil grains. Because Mars' gravi..
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BBC News
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The wheels continue to turn on Europe's billion-euro project to put a robotic rover on the surface of the Red Planet.
Engineers working towards the flagship ExoMars mission have unveiled a sophisticated new vehicle prototype.
The demonstrator will t..
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BBC News
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Scientists are preparing for "seven minutes of terror" as a Nasa spacecraft makes a nail-biting descent to the surface of Mars.
The Phoenix lander will begin its plunge through the Martian atmosphere on 25 May (GMT) as it attempts to land in the planet..
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