Istvan Szunyogh, Texas A and M professor of atmospheric sciences has been awarded a NASA grant to analyze and forecast Martian weather.Mars is the most Earth-like planet we know, but it is still quite different. For example, it is much colder on Mars.The south pole of the Earth is covered by water ice, but the south pole of Mars wears a dry ice (frozen carbon dioxide) cap.In winter, the temperature...
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Scientists at the US Geological Survey (USGS) have detected a series of depressions on Mars that may harbor caves beneath them, which could provide shelter for future Mars exploration missions.The depressions were detected by the USGS Astrogeology Science Center using high-resolution images conveyed through Mars-orbiting satellites.Scientists believe some of these caves were created from a massive...
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Scientists at the US Geological Survey (USGS) have detected a series of depressions on Mars that may harbor caves beneath them, which could provide shelter for future Mars exploration missions.The depressions were detected by the USGS Astrogeology Science Center using high-resolution images conveyed through Mars-orbiting satellites.Scientists believe some of these caves were created from a massive...
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WASHINGTON:Nasa and Microsoft launched an interactive website that allows web surfers tobecome Mars explorers.The“Be a Martian” website invites members of the public to helpscientists perform such research tasks as improving maps of the red planet, theUS space agency and US software giant said.“We’re at a pointin history where everyone can be an explorer,” Doug McCuistion, directorof Nasa’s Mars Exploration...
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and European space agencies have signed the "letter of intent" that ties together their Mars programmes.The agreement, which was penned in Washington DC, gives the green light to scientists and engineers to begin the joint planning of Red Planet missions.The union will start with a European-led orbiter in 2016, and continue with surface rovers in 2018, and then perhaps a network of landers in 2018.The...
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NASA and an international team are developing plans and seeking recommendations to launch the first Mars mission to bring soil samples back to Earth. The ability to study soil from Mars here on Earth will contribute significantly to answering questions about the possibility of life on the Red Planet. Returned samples also will increase understanding of the useful or harmful properties of Martian soil,...
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Russia hopes nuclear ship will fly humans to Mars < ');" class="arial11blue1"> RateRussia should build a new nuclear-powered spaceship for prospective manned missions to Mars and other planets, the nation's space chief said Thursday.Anatoly Perminov first proposed building the ship at a government meeting Wednesday but didn't explain its purpose. President Dmitry Medvedev backed the project and urged...
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NASA and Microsoft launched an interactive website on Tuesday that allows Web surfers to become Mars explorers.The "Be a Martian" website invites members of the public to help scientists perform such research tasks as improving maps of the red planet, the US space agency and US software giant said."We're at a point in history where everyone can be an explorer," Doug McCuistion, director of NASA's Mars...
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Martian caves may provide shelter for future Mars explorers < ');" class="size11 blue"> RateScientists at the US Geological Survey (USGS) have detected a series of depressions on Mars that may harbor caves beneath them, which could provide shelter for future Mars exploration missions.The depressions were detected by the USGS Astrogeology Science Center using high-resolution images conveyed through...
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recent NASA report has suggested that Martian water most likely flowed as slurries of mud rather than trickling streams., the report, which compared signs of recent water activity in gullies on Mars with similar deposits on Earth, has implications for searching for evidence of water on the red planet.It could also indicate whether Mars has had liquid water within the last decade.In 2004 and 2005, images...
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