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Water Rich Meteorite from Mars

January 4, 2013

Water Rich Meteorite from Mars

Researchers identify water rich Meteorite linked To Mars crust, containing 10 times more water than other Martian meteorites from unknown origins.   Image © NASA

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Ice Spiders of Mars

December 16, 2012

Ice Spiders of Mars

On Mars the seasonal polar caps are composed of dry ice (carbon dioxide). In the springtime as the sun shines on the ice, it turns from solid to gas and causes erosion of the surface.   Image credit: NASA HiRISE/JPL/University of Arizona

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Plans for 80,000-person Mars Colony

November 27, 2012

Plans for 80,000-person Mars Colony by SpaceX

Plans for 80,000-person Mars colony presented by Elon Musk, the billionaire founder and CEO of spaceflight company SpaceX.   Image credit: wikipedia

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Winter view of Dunes on Mars

November 23, 2012

Winter view of Dunes on Mars

Winter view of Dunes located in the Southern hemisphere on Mars, taken from HiRISE instrument aboard the robotic Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.    Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA 

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They found something important on Mars!

November 21, 2012

Mars rover Curiosity dug up five scoops of sand

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Scientists working on NASA’s Curiosity rover they found something important on Mars! But they have to wait to be sure of their results.   NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity dug up five scoops of sand from a patch nicknamed “Rocknest.” Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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The Spaceship that will take us to Mars

November 14, 2012

Spaceship that will take us to Mars

This is the Spaceship that will take our brave astronauts to Mars. Small! NASA is constructing next-generation Space Habitat, resembling a smaller size Space Station, for missions to near-Earth asteroids and Mars.

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Red Journey by Louis Vuitton [video]

November 5, 2012

Red Journey by Louis Vuitton

Ready to take a fascinating trip to the Red Planet? Louis Vuitton pushes his desire to travel to new limits in this adventure on the planet Mars. Red Journey a fascinating footage in 3D by Maneki Lab for Louis Vuitton.   Watch the video…

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Curiosity Rover Self-Portrait

November 3, 2012

Curiosity Rover Self-Portrait

This is the first NASA’s Curiosity Rover self-portrait on Sol 84 (Oct. 31, 2012), made by the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) to capture this set of 55 high-resolution images, which were stitched together to create this full-color self-portrait.   Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Malin Space Science Systems

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Valles Marineris greatest Canyon in our Solar System [video]

October 23, 2012

Valles Marineris in Mars

Valles Marineris greatest Canyon in our Solar System (or Mariner Valley), is 4000 km (2500 mi) long and reaches depths of up to 7 km (4 mi)!  Image credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (G. Neukum)

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Panorama from an Alien world

October 14, 2012

Panorama from Mars Alien world

What it’s like a surface of an alien world? These panorama images were composed from separate pictures of the surface of Mars, obtained by Nasa’s Curiosity rover.

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