Mars
Take a Ride on a Rocket Sled To Test Supersonic Decelerators
Landing large payloads on Mars -- large enough to bring humans to the Red Planet's surface -- is still beyond…
Ice Sculptures Fill The Deepest Parts of Mars
[/caption] One of the "weirdest and least understood" areas of Mars, the enormous Hellas Impact Basin contains strange flowing landforms…
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Curiosity Halfway to Red Planet Touchdown
[/caption] As of today, NASA’s car sized Curiosity rover has reached the halfway point in her 352 million mile (567…
Did Water or Lava Carve the Outflow Channels on Mars?
Large features on Mars called outflow channels have been a point of contention among planetary scientists. “Most Mars scientists accept…
Clouds Get in the Way on Mars
[/caption] The science team from the HiRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter wanted to take another look at a…
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Orion Crew Capsule Targeted for 2014 Leap to High Orbit
[/caption] NASA is on course to make the highest leap in human spaceflight in nearly 4 decades when an unmanned…
Twister on Mars: The Movie
As we reported earlier this month, The HiRISE camera captured a tornado in action on Mars, and this dramatic new…
Weekly SkyWatcher’s Forecast – March 19-25, 2012
[/caption] Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! The week starts off with new Moon and the perfect opportunity to do a Messier Marathon.…
New Analysis of Clay Deposits in Ancient Martian Lakes
[/caption] Mars was once a much wetter world than it is now, with hot springs, rivers, lakes and perhaps even…
Does Mars Still Shake, Rattle and Roll?
[/caption] Compared to Earth, Mars is a relatively quiet planet, geologically speaking. Actually, very quiet, as in pretty much dead. While it…