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A Swarm of Robots to Explore Mars’ Valles Marineris
Mars is known for its unique geological features. Olympus Mons is a massive shield volcano 2.5 times taller than Mt.…
Finally! Mars InSight’s Mole is Now Underground
It looks like the InSight Lander's Mole instrument is making some progress. After months of perseverance, the team operating the…
Finally! InSight’s Mole is Making Slow and Steady Progress
Personnel at NASA and the DLR have been working for months to get InSight's Mole working. They're at a disadvantage,…
Scientists are Trying to Figure Out Why InSight’s “Mole” Can’t Dig Any Deeper
Engineers at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) are busy working with a replica InSight…
Six People Have Begun a 122-Day Simulated Mission on the Moon
The SIRIUS-19 experiment recently kicked off, with six cosmonauts entering a simulated lunar environment (where they will spend the next…
InSight’s Rock-hammer is About Half a Meter Down and has Already Run into Rocks.
NASA's InSight lander is busy deploying its Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package (HP3) into the Martian soil and has…
2016 Launch of NASA’s InSight Mars Lander Postponed Due to Instrument Vacuum Leak
NASA managers have just made the difficult but unavoidable decision to scrub the planned March 2016 launch of the InSight…
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‘The Martian’ is a Cinematic Triumph – Follow Mark Watney’s Trail across the Real Mars in Photos and Flyover Video
Scene from ‘The Martian’ starring Matt Damon as NASA astronaut Mark Watney contemplating magnificent panoramic vista while stranded alone on…
5 Landing Site Candidates Selected for Rosetta’s Historic Philae Comet Lander
Five candidate sites were identified on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko for Rosetta’s Philae lander. The approximate locations of the five regions are…
Asteroid Vesta Floats in Space in High Resolution 3-D
[/caption] The giant Asteroid Vesta literally floats in space in a new high resolution 3-D image of the battered bodies…