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    NASA's diagram of Mars opposition shows the Sun, the Earth and Mars lining up every two years.
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    Don't Miss Your Socially Distanced Date With Mars

    Oct 11, 2020
    Mars will be in "opposition" on Oct. 13: the sun and Mars will be on opposite sides of Earth. It's going to be ideal for viewing the red planet.
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    UNLV Professor Part Of NASA's Newest Mars Rover Team

    Jul 24, 2020

    On July 30, NASA will launch its newest Mars rover. 

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    The Tianwen-1 Mars probe launches successfully from the Wenchang Spaceport on Hainan Island, China, on Thursday.
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    China Launches Ambitious Mission To Mars

    Jul 23, 2020
    Tianwen-1, which combines an orbiter, lander and rover in a single shot, would be China's second attempt to reach the red planet after a 2011 mission failed.
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    The Mars Hope probe will launch from Tanegashima Space Center in Japan and will reach Mars in February, 2021.
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    It's A Good Time To Head To Mars

    Jul 16, 2020
    NASA is sending a 6-wheeled rover to Mars to look for signs of microbial life stored in the rocks at Jezero crater. The rover is also the first step in returning samples of Martian rock to Earth
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    This undated artist rendering from the European Space Agency, shows the European-Russian ExoMars rover.
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    Mars Rover Launch Delayed Until 2022 Over Software Tests And Coronavirus

    Mar 13, 2020
    The European Space Agency and Russia's Roscosmos planned for a July launch for the ExoMars. They said "the epidemiological situation in Europe" factored into the delay.
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    Science
    A photo of the mole on NASA's InSight lander trying to drill into the Martian surface.
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    A 'Mole' Isn't Digging Mars: NASA Engineers Are Trying To Find Out Why

    Nov 29, 2019
    After the InSight lander had trouble drilling a sophisticated thermometer into the Martian surface, a Plan B also didn't work, and the instrument ended up backing itself out of the ground.
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    NASA's Opportunity rover used its navigation camera to capture this northward view of tracks in May 2010 during its long trek to Mars' Endeavour crater.
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    NASA's Mars Rover Opportunity Is Officially Declared Dead

    Feb 13, 2019
    NASA's six-wheeled rover landed on the red planet in January 2004 for what was billed as a 90-day mission. The plucky robot was still going until a dust storm on Mars last summer killed it.
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    NASA's rover Curiosity crawls up the side of Vera Rubin Ridge on Mars' surface in January 2018. Mount Sharp — a 3-mile-high mountain — can be seen in the distance.
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    Exploring The Mysterious Origins Of Mars' 3-Mile-High Sand Pile

    Jan 31, 2019
    Space scientists on Earth have improvised a tool on the Mars rover to help them figure out how a giant mountain on the Red Planet came to be. Their surprising conclusion: It's likely windswept sand.
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    An artist's depiction of InSight — short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport. The spacecraft has been designed to give Mars its first thorough checkup since the red planet formed, about 4.5 billion years ag
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    Look Out Mars, Here Comes InSight

    Nov 25, 2018
    There's a new probe nearing Mars. After Monday's tricky landing, NASA's InSight spacecraft is to deploy a sensitive seismometer and temperature probe to let scientists explore the planet's interior.
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    This is the south polar cap of Mars as it appeared to the Mars Orbiter Camera on the Mars Global Surveyor on April 17, 2000. An underground lake was found near here.
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    Underground Lake Found On Mars Beneath A Mile Of Ice

    Jul 25, 2018
    Scientists say they've found what appears to be a briny lake near the south pole on Mars. It's possible that some kind of microbial life once lived in the lake.
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    A dust storm has reduced sunlight and visibility on Mars. But NASA's Curiosity rover, seen in a self-portrait taken last week in the Gale Crater, runs on nuclear energy and is powering through.
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    Mars Dust Storm Now 'Planet-Encircling,' Dimming Hopes For NASA Rover

    Jun 21, 2018
    As the dust storm grows and the solar-paneled Opportunity remains asleep, the younger Curiosity rover has been able to power through.
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    A series of images shows simulated views of a darkening Martian sky blotting out the Sun from NASA's Opportunity rover's point of view, with the right side simulating Opportunity's current view in the global dust storm (June 2018).
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    Enormous Dust Storm On Mars Threatens The Opportunity Rover

    Jun 13, 2018
    With the sun entirely blocked out by dust, the solar-powered rover has presumably fallen asleep to wait out the storm. NASA scientists say they are "very concerned," but that they hope for the best.
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    Joe's Big Idea
    Two rock samples taken by NASA's Curiosity rover were found to contain organic molecules.
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    NASA's Curiosity Rover Finds Chemical Building Blocks For Life On Mars

    Jun 07, 2018
    Scientists can't say whether there is, or ever was, life on the Red Planet. But two Martian rock samples contained organic molecules — which contain carbon, the chemical element central to life.
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    The Two-Way
    The Atlas V rocket carrying the Mars InSight lander launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base, as seen from the San Gabriel Mountains more than 100 miles away, on Saturday morning. The InSight probe is the first NASA lander designed entirely to study the d
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    NASA InSight Kicks Off 6-Month Journey To Mars

    May 05, 2018
    The InSight Mars lander was successfully launched on Saturday morning, by an Atlas V rocket taking off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. It will gather data on Mars' interior.
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    The Two-Way
    NASA's InSight Mars lander sits with its solar arrays deployed in a Lockheed Martin clean room near Denver.
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    NASA Is Heading Back To Mars To Peer Inside The Red Planet

    May 04, 2018
    The NASA mission is set to launch Saturday morning. The InSight spacecraft will land in the Elysium Planitia to listen for "Marsquakes" and learn more about what Mars is made of.
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    The Two-Way
    Researchers conducted a series of tests of the new type of nuclear reactor over the winter, culminating in 28 hours of full-power operation.
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    NASA Tests New Nuclear Reactor For Future Space Travelers

    May 03, 2018
    The reactor could keep the lights on during long-duration missions far from Earth.
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    Nuclear Reactor For Potential Mars Mission Successfully Tested In Nevada

    May 03, 2018

    Researchers have successfully tested a new nuclear reactor in Nevada that could provide reliable energy for long-duration manned missions to the moon and to Mars.

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    The Two-Way
    The heat shield is designed to protect the Mars 2020 mission in the initial stages of its descent and landing.
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    NASA Mars Mission Faces Setback After Heat Shield Cracks Under Pressure

    Apr 27, 2018
    The heat shield, made of material that is as light as balsa wood but can withstand temperatures of nearly 4,000 degrees Fahrenheit, broke during testing earlier this month.
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    All Tech Considered
    This artist's-concept illustration depicts NASA's Psyche spacecraft which will carry a deep-space laser communications system.
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    Live High Definition Video From Mars? NASA Is Getting Ready

    Mar 14, 2018
    NASA is building a new space-based laser communication that will allow live, high-definition video from Mars and beyond — something that's not possible with standard radio equipment.
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    13.7: Cosmos And Culture
    The SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off from launch pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center on Feb. 6, 2018, in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
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    Our Ancestors, Elon Musk, And The First Car In Space

    Feb 07, 2018
    Musk's successful rocket launch is a step on the ambitious road to Mars; as with our adventurous ancestors, where we might go seems to be limited only by our imagination, says Marcelo Gleiser.
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    The Two-Way
    NASA's Mars rover Curiosity took photos from the Vera Rubin Ridge showing the interior and rim of Gale Crater. The <a href="https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/images/largesize/PIA22210_hires.jpg" target="_blank">full image</a> features 16 photos stitch
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    Mars Rover Curiosity's Panoramic Photo Depicts Its Epic Journey

    Feb 02, 2018
    It captured images that show some of the key regions NASA's robot has explored since 2012.
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    The Two-Way
    The researchers used the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to make observations about ice on Mars.
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    Thick, 'Rather Clean' Ice Sheets Are Spotted On Mars

    Jan 11, 2018
    The size and accessibility of these ice sheets, as well as the fact that they're made of relatively clean water, could be an important resource for astronauts traveling to Mars.
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    What Does A Newly Born Pacific Island Say About Life On Mars?

    Dec 26, 2017
    Take five minutes of your day, watch this amazing video of the birth of a new island in Tonga, and let its story and science knock you to the floor, says astrophysicist Adam Frank.
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    The Two-Way

    President Trump Is Sending NASA Back To The Moon

    Dec 11, 2017
    "Space Policy Directive 1," which Trump signed Monday, sees Mars as the ultimate destination. But analysts wonder whether money will follow to support the plan.
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    13.7: Cosmos And Culture
    A composite image of Saturn's moon Titan taken by the Cassini spacecraft.
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    Confession Of A Planetary Scientist: 'I Do Not Want To Live On Mars'

    Oct 16, 2017
    Mars is not compelling as a long-term human destination, says guest blogger Amanda Hendrix. But there's a place in our solar system where conditions are right: Saturn's Moon Titan.

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