A month on 'Mars': First journeys

"We relocated to the operations tent for a safety briefing on how to react if one or more of us encounters a polar bear, a not-infrequent occurrence …

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A month on 'Mars': Traveling to the Red Planet

The site is a dead ringer for Mars — a barren, bleak, ruddy expanse of rock. Two a.m. is not a fit hour for travel, but that was the rise-and-shine …

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The Curiosity rover has been exploring Mars for 10 years. Here's what we've learned.

"We're still able to do the same quality and breadth of science that we were 10 years ago, and that's pretty extraordinary." NASA's Curiosity rover …

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A month on 'Mars': Preparing to visit the Red Planet ... on Earth

Many Mars-like features make Devon Island possibly the best Red Planet analog on Earth. On Monday (Aug. 1), a group of eight researchers and their …

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Explosive volcanism on Mars deposited rare mineral into Gale Crater, NASA rover finds

A new scenario suggests how a rare form of quartz came to be found in a dried lake bed by the Curiosity rover. The mysterious discovery of a …

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