By Paul Scott Anderson, on February 19th, 2018
Martian dawn as seen by Opportunity on sol 4,499 (Feb. 15, 2018). Photo Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell/Arizona State Univ./Texas A&M
NASA’s Opportunity rover has just crossed another amazing threshold – passing the 5,000-sol mark on Mars. That is a phenomenal achievement, considering that the plucky little machine was designed for a hopeful lifetime of at […]
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By Press Release, on March 24th, 2014 Photo Credit: The Mars Society Crew 137
The following is the final mission report of Mars Desert Research Station (http://mdrs.marssociety.org/) (MDRS) Crew 137 (http://mdrs.marssociety.org/home/crew-137) . A complete review of this year’s activities at MDRS will be presented at the 17th Annual International Mars Society Convention (http://www.marssociety.org/a/marssociety.org/www/conventions/2014) , which will be held August 7-10, […]
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By Mike Killian, on December 10th, 2013 This illustration depicts a concept for the possible extent of an ancient lake inside Gale Crater. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
This week, NASA released some very interesting findings regarding water on Mars, from both the agency’s Curiosity rover and the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). It has been known for years that Mars did indeed […]
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By Mike Killian, on November 19th, 2013 The workhorse ULA Atlas-V rocket thunders into overcast skies with NASA’s $670 million MAVEN mission Monday afternoon, beginning a 10-month, half-billion mile journey to Mars. Photo Credit: AmericaSpace / Alex Menendez (www.instinctfilms.com)
After a decade of work from a team spread across the country, NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft is on its way to Mars, […]
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By Mike Killian, on November 17th, 2013 The Atlas-V rocket with NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft onboard minutes after arriving at the launch pad Saturday afternoon. Photo Credit: AmericaSpace / Mike Killian
The clocks are ticking and the launch team at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 41 in Florida is preparing to send NASA’s next Mars-bound spacecraft on an epic […]
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By Mike Killian, on September 30th, 2013 Comet ISON, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope in April. The comet was near Jupiter’s orbit at the time. Photo Credit: NASA
This Tuesday, Oct. 1, NASA will again attempt to do something that has never been done before: photograph a comet from another world. Various spacecraft on the surface and in orbit […]
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By Mike Killian, on September 29th, 2013 NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft in pre-launch processing at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credit: John Studwell
NASA’s next spacecraft destined for Mars, MAVEN, is in its final month of pre-launch processing at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. After a decade of work from people across the country, and having passed some 270 reviews, […]
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By Mike Killian, on September 20th, 2013 NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has reported back findings that might impact the discovery of life on Mars. Image Credit: NASA / JPL
For years the planetary science community has speculated, with much optimism, that methane exists in the environment of Mars. Data from observations of the Red Planet made from Earth and from […]
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By Mike Killian, on September 5th, 2013
NASA has selected four landing sites for the upcoming InSight mission to the Red Planet. Image Credit: NASA
In late November, NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft is expected to thunder away from Earth on a one-way trip to study the thin atmosphere of Mars, but the next mission to land on the Red Planet’s […]
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By Jason Rhian, on September 1st, 2013 SpaceX’s customer on the upcoming launch of the Cassiope mission, MacDonald Ditwiller & Associates Inc., has blocked all media from covering the launch. This is the latest in a series of issues relating to SpaceX’s media relations. Image Credit: Alan Walters / AmericaSpace
Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has had its fair share of […]
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