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Cosmic Log

Feast your eyes on a fake Martian iguana — and a brand-new panorama

Mars
University of Washington, MSNW
Mars

To Mars and back quickly: Improved propulsion technology in works

Image: Maven preparation
NASA
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Maven's mysteries: An inside look at NASA's next Mars mission

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Mars Orbiter

India blasts off in race to Mars with low-cost space mission

Indian security forces keep watch near the PSLV-C25 launch vehicle, carrying a Mars orbiter probe as its payload, at the Indian Space Research Organiz...
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India hopes Mars mission puts it among elite space pioneers

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NASA / JPL-Caltech
Mars

Mars rover Curiosity hopes for home run at next stop: Cooperstown

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LASP
Mars

NASA's next Mars mission poised to launch on Nov. 18

Image: Tissint meteorite
National History Museum, London
Mars

Mars Curiosity rover proves some meteorites on Earth are Martian

Penny
NASA / JPL-Caltech / MSSS / PSI
Curiosity

One red cent: Curiosity snaps high-res pictures of penny payload on Mars

Mars

Competition to develop equipment for Mars and beyond

Image: Low Mars orbit way station
Art: Anna Nesterova / Concept: John K. Strickland
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Spaceflight experts work on alternate vision for Mars trips

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Space.com/ Bahar Gholipour
Mars

3-D printing seen as key to sustaining human colony on Mars

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NASA / GSFC
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NASA's Maven mission to Mars is back on track after shutdown holdup

Rover
NASA / JPL-Caltech
Mars

Ideas wanted for 2020 Mars rover; government shutdown doesn't help

Image: Eden Patera
NASA / JPL / GSFC / ASU
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Ancient supervolcanoes on Mars? Claims set off a scientific rumble

Image: Maven
Kim Shiflett / NASA
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Government shutdown could threaten NASA's next Mars mission

Water
NASA / JPL-Caltech / Malin Space Science Systems
Mars

A 'wow moment': Curiosity finds water on Mars as common as dirt

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Sickness
Mars One / Bryan Versteeg
Mars

What if Mars astronauts pick up a bug? It's being given a lot of thought

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NASA / JPL-Caltech / MSSS
Mars

Water on Mars: Curiosity uncovers a flood of evidence

Snake
NASA / JPL-Caltech / Ken Kremer / Marco Di Lorenzo
Mars

Slithering snake robots could give future Mars rovers an assisssst

Methane
NASA / JPL / MSSS / Marco Di Lorenzo / Ken Kremer
Mars

Mars mystery deepens: Curiosity finds no sign of methane

Curiosity
NASA / JPL-Caltech / MSSS
Mars

Curiosity takes its longest drive on Mars yet

Image: Mars One settlement
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More than 2,700 pay up for a chance to take a one-way trip to Mars

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Skywatching

5 bright planets align, but daylight prevents us from seeing it

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Mars

NASA studying four landing site options for 2016 Mars mission

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NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI / AURA)
Comet ISON

Potential 'comet of the century' ISON to buzz Mars soon

Image: Hubble view of Mars
AURA / STSCI / NASA
Mars

Ingredient for life may have been surprisingly plentiful on early Mars

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Maven

Next Mars mission seeks to unravel secrets of Red Planet's atmosphere

Image: Mars with ocean
NASA / GSFC
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'We are all Martians': Chemist's otherworldly claim stirs debate

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NASA / JPL-Caltech
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NASA's Curiosity rover finds its own way on Mars for the first time

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Will Mars look as big as the moon? Sorry, that's just a Facebook hoax

Image: Mars One
Bryan Versteeg / Mars One
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One-way Mars trip attracts 165,000 would-be astronauts ... and counting

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Inspiration Mars
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Millionaire seeks an assist for Inspiration Mars mission

Oleg Abramov on EVA
HI-SEAS
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For dining on Mars, the couscous gets the most stars

These craters may have formed when meteors smashed directly into -- and through -- ice sheets that were many meters thick.
NASA
Mars

Big ice may explain Mars' double-layer craters

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NASA / GSFC
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MAVEN mission team / picks haiku for Red Planet / We're green with envy

Image: Curiosity celebration
Damian Dovarganes / AP
Virtually Speaking Science

Relive Curiosity rover's triumphs ... and find out what's next on Mars

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Ad Astra
Mars

Fly to Mars in a month, ex-astronaut's Kickstarter bid says

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NASA
Mars

NASA's next Mars probe, MAVEN, arrives at launch site

Image: Curiosity on Mars
NASA via YouTube
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One year later, NASA looks back at Curiosity rover's scariest moment

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Mattel
Mars Explorer Barbie

The Pink Planet? Meet Mattel's astronaut Barbie, a Mars explorer