Human Missions to Mars
Human flights to Mars will likely be the next major milestone in humankind's expansion into the solar system. Solving the complex problems of Mars' origin and hist...
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Did Water Once Flow on the Surface of Mars ?
Viewpoint: Yes, evidence from various Mars missions indicates that water once flowed on Mars and helped shape the current landscape.
Viewpoint: No, the top...
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Should a Manned Mission to Mars Be Attempted?
Viewpoint: Yes, a manned mission to Mars is the next logical step for space exploration.
Viewpoint: No, a manned mission to Mars would be an enormously ex...
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The plan was originally constructed by the first President Bush back in 1989, and called for a human landing on Mars no later than 2019. However, the requirements for such a trip were too extreme for ...
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Washington (dpa) - In a first for Mars exploration, a new probe,
Phoenix, due to launch in August will touch and examine water in the
form of ice on the northern frozen plai...
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Washington (dpa) - Thirty-five years after the last man stood on
the moon, the US space agency remains focused on returning humans to
Earth's satellite as a launching pad fo...
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - NASA will miss a
precious opportunity to fly a probe to Mars due to a conflict
of interest in picking a contractor, delaying the mission by
more than two years, of...
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The chief scientist behind the twin Mars rovers said he supports a human presence on the moon, but hopes the journey won't dead-end there.Earlier this month, NASA announced its plan to return to th...
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The chief scientist behind the twin Mars rovers said Wednesday he supports a human presence on the moon but hopes the journey won't dead-end there.NASA this month announced that a plan to return to...
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BEIJING, Jan 8 (Reuters) - China is to launch 15 rockets,
17 satellites and its third manned mission in 2008, flexing its
muscle in space in a year in which it will host the summer
Olympics. Huang...
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BEIJING, Dec 4 (Reuters) - China's space programme will
maintain steady long-term growth to serve strategic national
interests, but it is peaceful in nature and costs just a
fraction of NASA's spe...
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NASA's new
administrator, Michael
Griffin
, who was sworn in on April 14, 2005, overruled the agency's top safety officer and chief engineer and directed that the July 2006 launch of the space sh...
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Human Missions to Mars
Did Water Once Flow on the Surface of Mars
Human Exploration in Mars
ROUNDUP: In first for Mars exploration, probe will examine water
