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Mars Was Habitable Longer Than We Thought, New Study Suggests

It is a scientific consensus that water once flowed on Mars, and that it had a denser atmosphere, meaning that it was once ...
SpaceNews

NASA Mars Science Laboratory Rover Laser Tool Ready for Testing

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NASA discovers rock on Mars that shouldn’t be there - and scientists think it’s a visitor from outer space

NASA scientists were baffled after uncovering a rock on Mars that didn’t belong there — with a composition pointing to ...
The Daily Galaxy on MSN

That Strange Signal Under Mars’ Ice? NASA’s Orbiter Uncovered Something Bigger Than a Hidden Martian Lake

It was one of the most provocative findings of the past decade in planetary science: a potential underground lake of liquid ...
SpaceNews

Lockheed Martin Completes Mars Science Laboratory Heatshield For NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has completed production and testing of the heatshield for NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL). The heatshield is half of the large and sophisticated two-part aeroshell ...
The University of Chicago Chronicle

Was Mars doomed to be a desert? Study proposes new explanation

One of the great unsolved problems in modern planetary science is written on the surface of Mars. Mars has canyons that were carved by rivers, so it was once warm enough for liquid water.
EDN

Image of the Day: Mars Science Laboratory Mission Update

This is an artist’s concept of NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft during its cruise phase between launch and final approach to Mars. The spacecraft includes a disc-shaped cruise stage (on ...

Rocket Lab-Built Twin Spacecraft Begin Mars Journey for NASA and UC Berkeley’s ESCAPADE Mission

Rocket Lab-Built Twin Spacecraft Begin Mars Journey for NASA and UC Berkeley’s ESCAPADE Mission Twin satellites built by ...

OTD In Space - November 26: Curiosity Rover Launches to Mars

On November 26, 2011, the NASA Curiosity rover launched to Mars. Curiosity was the biggest and most powerful rover anyone had ever sent to the Red Planet. The two-ton science laboratory is about the ...