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Landslide on Mars
Space science

Landslide on Mars

The photographs were completely random and showed that the sepia clouds moved right at the foot of a giant slope up to 760m long, from which an ice and dust eruption was…

December 17, 2018
Mars and Venus: surprising similarities
Space science

Mars and Venus: surprising similarities

Mars and Venus are still thought to be very different, but there are more similarities than people think. Two nearly identical spacecraft flew around Mars and Venus comp…

December 17, 2018
Detecting salt deposits on Mars
Space science

Detecting salt deposits on Mars

The US Aerospace Agency (NASA) announced on March 20 that the Mars probe Mars Odyssey has discovered evidence of salt sediments, dating back about 3.5 to 3.9 billion yea…

December 17, 2018
Sulfur dioxide helps maintain the flow on Mars
Space science

Sulfur dioxide helps maintain the flow on Mars

A new study shows sulfur dioxide (SO2), not CO2, as people think has heated Mars and helped maintain its positive belt. SO2 is such a powerful greenhouse gas that it can…

December 17, 2018
Mars has been the closest to Earth since 2003
Space science

Mars has been the closest to Earth since 2003

According to astronomers, Mars will be the closest to Earth at 11:45 am international time since 2003 and is the closest planet to Earth until 2016. Mars can be observed…

December 17, 2018
NASA will take people to Mars in 2031
Space science

NASA will take people to Mars in 2031

At a recent meeting in the city of Houston in the state of Texas, the US Air and Space Administration (NASA) published in detail the plan to bring people to Mars in the…

December 17, 2018
2037: NASA will send people to Mars
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2037: NASA will send people to Mars

NASA has the ambition to bring people to Mars from now until 2037. Director of the US Space Agency Michael Griffin has just confirmed this at a conference on space techn…

December 17, 2018
Mars soil may have live bacteria
Space science

Mars soil may have live bacteria

Latest tests of Mars soil samples obtained by Viking ship show that the Red planet may have the existence of live bacteria.

December 17, 2018
Russia prepares to simulate a flight to Mars
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Russia prepares to simulate a flight to Mars

According to the Russian Institute of Biomedical Affairs, two Europeans and three Russians will join the trial to prepare for future missions to explore Mars.

December 17, 2018
People will migrate to Mars
Space science

People will migrate to Mars

The current exploration of Mars has entered a decisive stage: bringing people to Mars. Initially will build a base on the Moon - a stop from which to launch a spacecraft…

December 17, 2018