Mars Landing Site Named for Ray Bradbury
August 23rd, 2012 - 6:35 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Aug 23 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The late scientist Ray Bradbury has been given a privilege even when he is deep into his grave. The NASA agencies named their new chapter of ... Read more...
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China sets eyes on Mars
March 2nd, 2011 - 4:58 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 2 (IANS) China will upgrade its lunar probe spacecraft for Mars exploration in the future, the country's top space scientist has said.Modifications will be carried out on the ... Read more...
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Send 60-year-old astronauts on a one-way trip to Mars: Scientists
November 17th, 2010 - 2:26 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 17 (ANI): Colonization of Mars would be faster and cheaper if astronauts behaved like the first settlers to come to North America - not expecting to go home, according to ... Read more...
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China eyeing independent Mars exploration
October 22nd, 2010 - 5:44 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Oct 22 (ANI): The Chinese Academy of Space Technology (CAST) plans to send an orbiter to Mars in 2013 for exploring the planet, the Xinhua reports.The earliest possible launch date for ... Read more...
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Lost Soviet rover on moon traced
March 17th, 2010 - 10:33 am ICT by IANS
Toronto, March 17 (IANS) In an amazing breakthrough, a Canadian researcher has located the Soviet-era rover Lunokhod-2 stuck on the moon 37 years ago.
Phil Stooke, a professor at departments of physics & ... Read more...
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One more try to free plucky Mars rover: NASA
November 13th, 2009 - 3:57 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 13 (DPA) The Spirit Mars rover may have met its match in a patch of sandy soil that has ensnared it on Mars, but NASA scientists said Thursday they will ... Read more...
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NASA announces naming contest for new Mars rover
November 19th, 2008 - 2:29 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 19 (ANI): NASA, in cooperation with Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures movie WALL-E from Pixar Animation Studios, has announced a naming contest for its car-sized Mars Science Laboratory rover ... Read more...
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Brackish water might have thwarted development of life on early Mars
February 16th, 2008 - 1:00 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Feb 16 (ANI): New discoveries by NASAs Opportunity rover has led scientists to suggest that life might have been thwarted from developing in the early history of Mars because of high ... Read more...
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