Mars Rover Opportunity Update: September 01-07, 2011 “Photo taken by Mars Rover Opportunity of itself on 11 Sep 2011 showing piece of metal taken from the Twin Towers – with […]
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A Fading NASA, Afraid Of Its Own Shadow
Space agencies set two courses, MSNBC “NASA spokesman Michael Braukas told me that the roadmap was not yet available for public release, but space officials agreed that an initial version […]
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Confusion About Russian Space Policy
Russia may curtail permanently inhabited orbital stations program – Roscosmos deputy chief (Part 2), Interfax “The Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) could phase out its program of building orbiting stations […]
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Why Can't Everyone Get A Chance To Name Things on Mars?
Images: Opportunity Arrives At Endeavour Crater “Opportunity had arrived at the western rim of 13-mile-diameter (21-kilometer-diameter) Endeavour crater four days earlier. A portion of the northeastern rim of Endeavour forms […]
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Rover Opportunity Arrives at Spirit Point, Endeavour Crater
NASA Mars Rover Arrives At New Site On Martian Surface, NASA “After a journey of almost three years, NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has reached the Red Planet’s Endeavour crater […]
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MRO News Conference: Water Flowing on Mars
NASA Spacecraft Data Suggest Water Flowing on Mars “Observations from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have revealed possible flowing water during the warmest months on Mars. “NASA’s Mars Exploration Program keeps […]
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Musk Talks About Getting to Mars
Marc’s Note: Today SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and President Gwynne Shotwell are speaking at the AIAA 47th Joint Propulsion Conference. At 4:00 PM EST/1:00 PM PST, Elon Musk will discuss […]
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DC-Only Media Event for MSL Landing Site Announcement
NASA Announcing Landing Site For New Mars Rover “NASA and the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum will host a news conference at 10 a.m. EDT, Friday, July 22 to […]
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Eager to See Mars – in 1964
First TV Image of Mars From Mariner IV in 1964 – Hand Colored “A ‘real-time data translator’ machine converted a Mariner 4 digital image data into numbers printed on strips […]
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MEPAG Set for 1st International Meeting
Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group (MEPAG) Meeting 24, NASA Marc’s note: For the first time NASA’s community-based forum, the Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group (MEPAG), will be holding its meeting […]