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Mars the Red Planet: Latest News and Discoveries

The twin of NASA Spirit rover, the robotic explorer Opportunity is also alive and well more than four years after its Jan. 25, 2004 (ET) landing.<br><br> Opportunity landed on the flat plains of Meridiani Planum, which sits on the side of Mars opposite Gu

Mars, The Red Planet, Fourth Planet From The Sun

Whatever it is, it's not alive, scientists say.
The rover should start drilling within two weeks or so, scientists say.
Scientists have discovered strange magnetic ropes hundreds of miles long above the poles of Venus.
Comet ISON could put on an amazing show when it passes close to the sun late this year.
Mars One has released its basic astronaut requirements.
The record-setting Mars500 mission locked six men in a mock spaceship for 520 days.
The rover's Dust Removal Tool clears away the ubiquitous Red Planet dust.
A proposed $2.6 billion asteroid-retrieval mission could help jump-start manned exploration of deep space, proponents say.
A Martian meteorite that landed in Morocco in 2011 is revealing the Red Planet's secrets
NASA's Spirit rover landed nine years ago today, and its twin Opportunity followed three weeks later.
A brief rundown of the intrepid spacecraft currently sending data home from beyond Earth orbit.
Earth has been sending probes to Mars for decades, but some missions stand above the rest.
Experts weigh in on NASA's direction and its ultimate goals of sending astronauts into deep space.
The latest self-portrait of Curiosity on Mars is an eye-popping Martian sight.
The Curiosity rover searched a shallow depression known as “Yellowknife Bay” to find a new rock to chemically analyze
Being developed for missions in 2015 and beyond, the Z-1 could be used for exploring the moon and Mars.
Radiation risk currently limits space journeys to about one year, experts say.
Adam Steltzner led the team that landed Curiosity on Mars this past August.