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Russia's Mars probe deflected shortly after launch
The Russian space exploration ship, scheduled to collect samples of rock on a moon of Mars, flew off course a few minutes after the start of its 33-month-long mission.
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America is about to launch the most advanced ship on Mars
The US Aerospace Agency (NASA) will launch the largest and most advanced self-propelled probe that humans have ever built on Mars in two weeks.
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Chance to save Russian Mars explorer ship
Russian news agency Interfax said today there is little chance to save Russia's rare Mars detective ship, trapped in Earth orbit, after the ship was diverted to the Red…
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Russian spacecraft is rushing to Earth
According to an AP source, a Russian spaceship containing 12 tons of toxic materials is traveling in the wrong direction, instead of being launched to Mars, it tends to…
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What happens if the Russian spacecraft falls to earth?
If the 12 tons of fuel of the Phobos Grunt ship does not freeze, it is capable of causing damage when dropped.
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Russia is about to take land on Mars's satellite
Russia's Phobos-Grunt spacecraft and China's Yinghuo 1 will be launched on Mars's Phobos satellite using Zenit missiles at the Baikonur space airport in Kazakhstan on No…
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New sign of life in Mars
Scientists have discovered that hot water mixed with rocks lies beneath the surface of Mars. They argue that the hot water has been in place for hundreds of millions of…
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End of flight simulation 520 days to Mars
According to Reuters, six members of the international crew on November 4 appeared from a Moscow space research facility after spending 520 days of isolation in the fram…
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Europe invited Russia to join the Mars project
Europe has officially invited Russia to join the mission of exploring Mars to be implemented in 2016 and 2018.
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A 4.5 billion year meteorite pierced the ceiling
A family in Paris after the vacation found a mysterious hole on the roof, which the culprit was a 4.5-billion-year-old meteorite about the size of an egg.
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Ice melts on Mars
Summer on Mars, similar to Earth, most of the planet's ice around the South Pole is melting in warm weather.
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America announced the design of missiles to send people to Mars
AFP reported that Charles Bolden, NASA director, said the new missile would be called Space Launch System (SLS).
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Want to go to Mars, must know to grow and cook
The astronauts on the first manned Mars flight could also be experts in farming and cooking.
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Nuclear reactors can go to Mars
The first people to set foot on Mars will need nuclear power to survive on the red planet, US scientists say.
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Creates creatures that help people settle on Mars
A group of scientists are creating synthetic organisms that can use CO2 to make materials necessary for life