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Mars the Red Planet: Latest News and Discoveries
Mars, The Red Planet, Fourth Planet From The Sun
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Don't expect a historic announcement, agency officials say.
Comment by NASA scientist sparks Mars rumors.
The Grand Canyon in Arizona stands in for Mars for NASA's 2012 Lunar and Planetary Science Academy intern trek.
Curiosity hasn't yet found organic compounds in the Martian soil.
The scientists and engineers who operate Curiosity are finally adjusting back to Earth time after months of working according to Martian time. Because a day on Mars lasts about 40 minutes longer, work shifts for the MSL team were based on Mars days
Curiosity launched on Nov. 26, 2011, and landed on Mars Aug. 5 of this year.
Experts offer guesses about NASA's major Red Planet find.
NASA's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator project's goal is to develop devices to slow the rate of descent of spacecraft entering another planet's atmosphere. The SIAD-R device was tested in China Lake, California in fall 2012.
Elon Musk wants to help put 80,000 people on the Red Planet.
The six-wheeled robot will scout out possible target rocks for its first drilling activity.
Earth's stratosphere and the Martian surface are similar in key ways, researchers say.
A study of two Martian meteorites revealed secrets from Mars' past.
The news is apparently big, but we won't hear any details for several weeks.
Martian caves are more likely to host evidence of life than the surface, researchers say.
Moon water could be transformed into propellant, fueling forays toward destinations in deeper space such as Mars.
A space station beyond the moon's far side could help humanity dip its toes in deep space.
A look at a few of the many entry points to the Red Planet's subsurface.
Since arriving on the Red Planet in August, Curiosity's been analyzing its environment with an array of sensors. Pressure readings indicate the presence of dust devils, but the twisters likely haven't been dusty enough to photograph yet.
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