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Mars 2020 mission: Nasa rover to use X-ray techniques to find signs of life
Mars 2020 takes the next natural step in its direct search for evidence of ancient microbial life
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Nasa's golf-cart-sized Opportunity Rover feared dead as storm engulfed Mars
The six-wheeler rover landed in a region of Mars called Meridiani Planum on January 24, 2004, sending its first signal back to Earth from the surface of the Red Planet
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Nasa's curiosity rover finds diverse minerals in Martian rocks
Orbital infrared spectroscopy shows that mountain's lowermost layers have variations in minerals
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Nasa test launches supersonic parachute for future Mars missions
The test was meant to mimic the conditions that a spacecraft would experience during a red planet entry, descent and landing
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Mars Curiosity rover tastes sample of Martian 'Clay-Bearing Unit': NASA
The rover's drill chewed easily through the rock, unlike some of the tougher targets it faced nearby on Vera Rubin Ridge
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Nasa wants to send a mini-helicopter to explore secrets of the Red Planet
Flying on the red planet is not easy. The thin air at the surface of Mars is the equivalent of being 100,000 feet above Earth
NASA's MAVEN spacecraft beams back selfie to mark its 4 years in orbit
The selfie was made from 21 different images, obtained with the IUVS in different orientations, that have been stitched together, NASA said
Growing up in Space Age: We need a moonshot of the first footstep on Mars
Moonshot is necessary not because more flags need to be planted and more footsteps left behind on a distant world, but because of the need to inspire present and future generations
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NASA's Curiosity rover finds highest amounts of clay minerals on Mars
This clay-enriched region, located on the side of lower Mount Sharp, stood out to NASA orbiters before Curiosity landed in 2012
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Nasa's Mars InSight spacecraft to explore mysterious history of red planet
Mars is smaller and geologically less active than its neighbour Earth
Nasa's Kilopower - This tiny nuclear reactor could power life on Mars
On the Moon, Kilopower could be deployed to help search for resources in permanently shadowed craters
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3-year Mars mission: Nasa to explore how space affects humans
Typical missions to the International Space Station (ISS) last just six months
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Nasa successfully tests first supersonic parachute for Mars 2020 mission
This is the first of several tests in support of NASAs Mars 2020 mission
How Nasa plans sending humans to Mars in 2030s, protect them from radiation
Space radiation is quite different and more dangerous than radiation on Earth
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Mars mission: Nasa to probe red planet's deep interior
The mission will place a stationary lander near Mars' equator
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In pics: Stunning images of snowy dunes on Mars captured by Nasa
On the rough surface between the dunes, frost is trapped behind small sheltered ridges
Lake on Mars? Nasa probe spots evidence of life on the red planet
NASA's Opportunity rover found rocks at the edge of Endeavour Crater
