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We Are Going: NASA Announces Plans to Put a Man on Mars Within 20-Years

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More than 45 years since we last set foot on the Moon, the president has renewed the nation’s focus on expanding humanity’s presence beyond Earth. Space Policy Directive-1 provides the direction for NASA to organize more effectively government, commercial and international efforts to develop a permanent presence off Earth that generates new markets and opportunities, both scientific and economic. Related: […]
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NASA To Send Burrowing Robot To Mars To Study Its 70,000’ Volcanos & More

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This blog post first appeared on NASA.gov Ambitious climbers, forget Mt. Everest. Dream about Mars. The Red Planet has some of the tallest mountains in the solar system. They include Olympus Mons, a volcano nearly three times the height of Everest. It borders a region called the Tharsis plateau, where three equally awe-inspiring volcanoes dominate the landscape. But what geologic […]
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Is there Life on Mars? Scientists Have Discovered Huge Lake Beneath South Pole of the Red Planet

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Scientists have uncovered ‘a stable body of liquid water’ on Mars, in what some are calling a “game changer” in the search for alien life. Reported in the journal Science, researchers led by Dr Roberto Orosei from the National Institute of Astrophysics (INAF) in Rome say they have found a vast reservoir of water beneath the south pole of Mars. So […]
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Gargantuan Planet Encircling Dust Storm on Mars Affecting Rovers Operations

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NASA scientists are still holding out hope they will hear from the surprisingly long-lived Mars rover. It went into snooze mode earlier this month, thanks to a ‘planet-encircling’ dust storm that’s blocking beams from reaching the solar panels that recharge the rover’s batteries, reports NPR. NASA says the two-week-old storm doubled in size over the weekend and is now officially […]
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