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ISRO announces plans to make India the third country to reach Mars, draws inspiration from NASA’s probes
ISRO is all set for the historic Mangalyaan-2 mission where the space agency will land a rover and …
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UP, Bihar towns on Mars? Indian scientists name newly discovered Martian craters Mursan and Hilsa
Scientists at the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) in Ahmedabad have not only discovered a trio o…
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China lands its secretive space plane after 9 months in orbit
The mysterious "experimental" space plane could be a round-trip vehicle for "peaceful" use of outer…
Natalie Musumeci,Morgan McFal…
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NASA images show a meteor crashed into Mars, triggered a big quake, and kicked up surprise water ice
NASA's InSight lander detected an unusual quake on Mars. Then the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spott…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Mariann…
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China's Mars spacecraft has photographed the entire red planet, state media says
China's space agency released sharp images, revealing Mars craters, a volcano, and a canyon that's …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Mangalyaan Completes One Month In Martian Orbit
In its 25th flight, the PSLV C25 had launched the Mars Orbiter Mission. After five orbit raising m…
ANI
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Congratulations! ISRO's Mangalyaan Brings Glory For India, Successfully Enters Martian Orbit
After Mangalyaan entered the Mars orbit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was present at the ISRO …
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ISRO's MOM captures Mars' biggest moon that's on a collision course for the Red Planet
The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) has captured the Red Pla…
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ISRO’s Mangalyaan Completes 100 Days In Martian Orbit
When the Mangalyaan scripted its first date with Mars on September 24, India made history by becomi…
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China's ambitious Tianwen-1 Mars mission - involving an orbiter, lander, and rover - just reached the red planet
China is the sixth nation ever to reach Mars. It could soon become the third to successfully land a…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Mars Orbiter Mission completes 4 years: In pictures
In order to fulfil its mission of collecting data to study the Martian atmosphere and observe …
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The United Arab Emirates' Mars probe just entered orbit around the red planet, the first in a Mars-mission bonanza
The UAE's first interplanetary mission could help solve the mystery of what happened to the Martian…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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China just launched an ambitious Mars mission that could be its first to reach the red planet — and make it just the third nation to explore the Martian surface
The Tianwen-1 orbiter, lander, and rover mission successfully launched on a Long March 5 rocket Thu…
Dave Mosher
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The United Arab Emirates launched a mission to Mars on Sunday. NASA and China are about to follow with their own rovers, an orbiter, and a helicopter.
NASA is planning to send its fifth rover to the red planet. China and the UAE have never been to Ma…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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China wants to launch to Mars next year - part of an ambitious plan to bring the first Martian soil samples back to Earth
The mission plans call for sending a lander, rover, and satellite to Mars, with the lander and rove…
Dave Mosher
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Kenya could be the heart of moon colonization, says 'The Martian' author Andy Weir - here's why
"One of the biggest impediments to the commercial space industry right now isn't technology, its po…
Dave Mosher
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Elon Musk says people can buy seats to Mars after the first orbital Starship prototype completes its test flight
Starship is a multibillion-dollar, 180-foot-tall rocket that SpaceX says could one day take people …
Rosalie Chan
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'The Martian' author Andy Weir solved moon economics to make his new book 'Artemis' believable
The thing that matters most about rocket fuel is a property called "specific impulse." I don't want…
Andy Weir
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'The Martian' is the best space sci-fi movie of my time
In short, it's inspiring. And not in a "gee, wouldn't it be cool if we had warp drives or teleporta…