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78,000 People Apply for One-Way Trip to Mars
The mission aims to send a crew to the Red Planet in 2022.

Why Veronica Mars‘ Kickstarter May Be A Sign of Bad Things To Come
Are crowdfunding campaigns that bring back cancelled TV shows really a good thing?

Mars Rover Curiosity Stands Down After New Problem
After recovering from a computer problem, the Mars rover Curiosity is sidelined again, further delaying the restart of science experiments.

Mars Rover Shows Planet Could Have Supported Life
The Curiosity rover has answered a key question about Mars: The red planet in the past had some of the right ingredients needed to support primitive life.

Reading While Eating for March 14: The Pope, The “God Particle,” and Veronica Mars
From the birth of Michael Caine to the death of Google Reader, here are the must-read links for your lunch break.
Photo Essays

Mars on Earth: A Look at the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah
At the Mars Desert Research Station outside Hanksville, Utah, a group of scientists are taking advantage of Mars-like terrain to investigate the possibility of...

Forty Years Later: Apollo 17′s Final Footprints
The thinking 40 years ago was simple: After six lunar landings in less than three and a half years, humanity was clearly on its way to becoming a multi-world...
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Mars Rover Sets Distance Record
[ Eugene Cernan on the moon: ]'' Okay, here we go. [ More ] ...
Mars Rover Sets Distance Record
[ Eugene Cernan on the moon: ]'' Okay, here we go. [ More ] ...
Swiss Cheese and Dust Devils: 7 High- Resolution Shots of Surface Activity on Mars...
The arrival of NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) at the Red Planet in 2006 ushered in a whole new era of Mars observation. With its ultrapowerful HiRISE camera, the...
Mars Rover Breaks U. S. Record for Off- Planet Driving
NASA's long-lived Opportunity Mars rover is the new American champion of off-planet driving, breaking a distance record set more than 40 years ago by an Apollo moon buggy. [...


