Mars Exploration

• Mission to Mars detects ‘green glow’ of oxygen around the Red Planet

  It's the first time astronomers have seen the green glow around a planet other than Earth.

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  Jun 18, 2020
  
• Images show evidence of underground lakes system on Mars, scientists say

  Data collected by NASA and ESA probes orbiting the red planet provide the first geological evidence for an ancient Martian groundwater system, according to researchers.

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  Mar 1, 2019
  
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• NASA says goodbye to Opportunity, the Mars rover that bit the dust after 15 years

  Opportunity was built to operate for just three months but kept going and going, was pronounced dead 15 years after it landed on the red planet.

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  Feb 13, 2019
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• 3 more Mars landers planned to follow NASA’s InSight in 2 years

  InSight — the eighth successful Martian lander — should be wrapping up two years of digging and quake monitoring by the time rovers arrive from the U.S., Europe and China.

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  Dec 2, 2018
• Quebec scientists preparing medical database for astronauts heading to Mars

  It might be another decade before human beings touch down on the our neighbouring planet, but Canadian researchers are helping to get things off the ground.

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  Jul 30, 2018
• Concordia team uses gravity-simulating plane for rover breakthroughs on Mars

  A team at Concordia University has recently completed a series of tests it hopes will help the next Mars rover mission succeed where others have failed.

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  Apr 18, 2018
• Trump directs NASA to send Americans to the Moon, lay foundations for Mars mission

  "This time we will not only plant our flag and leave our footprint."

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  Dec 11, 2017
• NASA and Russia team up to build space station near the moon

  The announcement is part of a project NASA unveiled earlier this year, dubbed "Deep-Space Gateway."

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  Sep 27, 2017
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• Mars’ toxic surface could force scientists to search for life underground

  In their research paper, Wadsworth and Cockell refer to the surface of Mars as hostile or "inimical to life." 

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  Jul 9, 2017
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• Mars lander likely lost after thrusters cut off earlier than expected during descent

  Scientists at the European Space Agency downplayed the likely loss of its Mars lander, saying Thursday that a wealth of data sent back by the experimental probe would help them prepare for a future mission to the red planet.

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  Oct 20, 2016