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NASA's Curiosity Rover Eats 1st Mars Rock Sample

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NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has consumed its first samples from inside a Martian rock in order to analyze the chemistry and mineralogy of the Red Planet. The Curiosity rover deposited the powder-like samples, drilled from the interior of the Mars rock “John Klein,” into two onboard laboratories so they could be studied in detail, rover mission scientists said in a statement Monday (Feb. Continue reading →

NASA's older Mars rover begins 10th year of exploration

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The Associated Press Published Monday, Jan. 21, 2013 8:23AM EST LOS ANGELES — Opportunity, NASA’s other Mars rover, has tooled around the red planet for so long it’s easy to forget it’s still alive. Some 8,000 kilometres away from the limelight surrounding Curiosity’s every move, Opportunity this week quietly embarks on its tenth year of exploration — a sweet milestone since it was only tasked to work for three months Continue reading →

Nasa to send new rover to Mars in 2020 – Video

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Nasa to send new rover to Mars in 2020 The US space agency (Nasa) says it will launch a new rover to Mars in 2020. The vehicle will be based on its Curiosity robot, which landed on the Red Planet in August. It is hoped that the robots will pave the way for a manned mission to Mars.From:DailyMaiilViews:0 0ratingsTime:01:00More inNews Politics Continue reading →

Scientist unlocks the quantum secrets of the moon's bizarre soil, which hangs suspended above the surface when touched

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Soil would hang above the surface, withstand heat – and would stick to astronauts like glue By Eddie Wrenn PUBLISHED: 02:51 EST, 20 June 2012 | UPDATED: 05:44 EST, 20 June 2012 A soil scientist has uncovered the mechanics behind some of the weird properties of lunar soil. Continue reading →