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A spacecraft orbiting Mars has photographed the Phoenix Mars Lander on the surface of the red planet, NASA scientists announced Tuesday.
Mission controllers also said the mission has hit its first snag, as the radio on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbite..
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Phobos-Grunt is currently scheduled for launch in October 2009, with arrival at Mars set for August or September of 2010 and the return of the Phobos samples scheduled for 2012.
Scientists believe that Phobos and Mars' smaller moon, the 7.5-mile-wide (..
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An ambitious vision to take people to the moon and Mars may fall apart before it even gets off the ground because of uncertain planning and inadequate funding, several experts said on Thursday.
A congressional report said NASA's replacement for the spa..
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A NASA spacecraft has taken the first-ever image of an avalanche in action near Mars' north pole.
The High Resolution Imaging Experiment on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took the photograph Feb. 19. The image, released today, shows tan clouds bill..
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A major dust storm on Mars could hamper operations of NASA's Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity if it balloons, as dust storms have done in the past, SPACE.com has learned.
It is not known how large the storm might grow, but already it is thousands of..
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BBC News
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The project to design and build a European rover to send to Mars has passed an important milestone.
Engineers have demonstrated a vented, or dead-beat, airbag technology that could be used to cushion the vehicle's landing on the Red Planet.
An effec..
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