NASA Viking lander may have killed alien life on Mars by mistake, claims scientist
Dr. Dirk Schulze-Makuch believes his research into extremophiles in the Atacama could help NASA re-assess its search for ...
The new Mars landing approach: How we'll land large payloads on the Red Planet
Back in 2007, I talked with Rob Manning, engineer extraordinaire at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and he told me something shocking. Even though he had successfully led the entry, descent, and ...
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Scientists are going to face off in Los Angeles to decide where the next Mars rover lands
“The landing site for Mars 2020 is of great interest to the planetary community because, among the rover’s new medley of science gear for surface exploration, it carries a sample system that ...
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Amazing dunes reveal climate change on Mars
The orbiter is being used to identify minerals and individual rock outcrops - information needed to choose future Mars landing sites. Alfred McEwen, HiRISE principal investigator, is involved in ...
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Mars Alert: Why Three Spacecraft Must Leave For The Red Planet Within Weeks Or Miss Their Chance
That’s the next “year of Mars.” Jezero Crater on Mars, the landing site for NASA's Mars 2020 mission. The oval indicates the landing ... [+] ellipse, where the rover will be touching down on ...
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NASA Rovers Are Finding Human-Made Debris On Mars. This Is Why It’s Treasure, Not Trash
Glance at a list of artificial objects on Mars and you’ll discover that the red planet is covered in remnant-strewn landing sites. Some have been pinpointed and examined from orbit while others ...
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Nasa's Perseverance Mars rover finds its 'baseline' rocks
Nasa's Mars rover Perseverance has identified what are probably the oldest rocks at its crater landing site. They are volcanic in origin, perhaps the product of some ancient lava flow. It's an ...