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China unveils plan to catch can of Martian rock samples in space and bring it back

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2 months, 1 week ago

How SpaceX's rocket landing could pave the way for trips to Mars: Elon Musk predicts a 'sustainable city' could be built on the Red Planet by 2054

Daily Mail

For decades, sending humans on the 140 million-mile journey from Earth to Mars has seemed like a distant pipedream. But as SpaceX successfully lands its Starship rocket booster, Elon Musk says that trips to the Red Planet could be common within 30 years. After five minutes the booster detaches and flies back down to Earth where it is caught by …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

China plans to return Martian soil to Earth by 2028, invites global scientists to collaborate

China Daily

China is aiming to bring Martian soil back to Earth by 2028, with a historic mission encouraging foreign scientists to take part in the ambitious project. Liu Jizhong, chief planner of China’s Martian soil-return mission and a leading scientist in the country’s deep-space exploration programs, said on Thursday that the mission, Tianwen 3, will be the third in China’s interplanetary …

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1 year, 3 months ago

India's Mangalyaan captured Martian moon Phobos passing over Red Planet | Video

India Today

India's Mars Orbiter Mission, also known as Mangalyaan, has captured a stunning video of Phobos, the larger of Mars' two moons, passing over the Red Planet. The video was processed and shared by space enthusiast Andrea Luck from Mangalyaan's scientific data archive on social media platform X, previously known as Twitter. WATCH PHOBOS AS SEEN BY MANGALYAAN The spacecraft orbited …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Goodbye Mangalyaan! Netizens bid farewell as India's Mars Orbiter floats into oblivion after 8 years

India TV News

India's Mars Orbiter Mangalyaan has floated into oblivion, eight years after it was put into Martian orbit. Sample some of these tweets to know more: Mangalyaan runs out of battery ISRO said at a national meet to commemorate the Mars Orbiter Mission on Monday that late last month it was deliberated that the propellant must have been exhausted, and therefore, …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Mars Orbiter craft non-recoverable; Mangalyaan mission over, confirms ISRO

The Hindu

The Indian Space Research Organisation confirmed on Monday that the Mars Orbiter craft has lost communication with ground station, it's non-recoverable and the Mangalyaan mission has attained end-of-life. The ISRO gave an update on the Mars Orbiter Mission and the national meet held on September 27 to commemorate the MOM, on the event of completion of its eight years in …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Seeing Mars like never before

The Hindu

Nearly 20 years after the U.S. probes Viking 1 and Viking 2 successfully landed on Mars in 1976, America’s next successful mission to our neighbouring red planet began. Launched from the Kennedy Space Center aboard a Delta II rocket on November 7, 1996, MGS went into Earth orbit before firing its engines once more to accelerate towards Mars. A little …

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2 years, 11 months ago

Rosalind Franklin Mars rover has passed its latest tests

Daily Mail

The Rosalind Franklin Mars Rover has passed its latest round of tests and is on course to blast off for the Red Planet in September, the UK Space Agency has revealed. The Rosalind Franklin Mars Rover has passed its latest round of tests, and is on course to blast off for the Red Planet in September, the UK Space Agency …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Watch | Mangalyaan: 7 years in orbit

The Hindu

Mangalyaan, India's Mars Orbiter Mission spacecraft has completed seven earth years in its orbit in 2021. The orbiter got inserted into Martian orbit on September 24, 2014 in its first attempt, making India the first Asian country to have successfully launched its Mars orbiter mission and also the first country to have entered the Martian orbit in its first attempt. …

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3 years, 2 months ago

ISRO's Mars orbiter was made for mission life of six months, completed seven years in orbit this month

Firstpost

The lessons learnt have raised the confidence of ISRO scientists for taking up future interplanetary missions. India’s Mars Orbiter spacecraft has completed seven years in its orbit, well beyond its designed mission life of six months. The main lessons learnt were in the field of design and realisation of systems and subsystems, launch for interplanetary mission, insertion into other planet’s …

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3 years, 2 months ago

India's Mars probe completes 7 years in orbit

The Hindu

India's Mars Orbiter spacecraft has completed seven years in its orbit, well beyond its designed mission life of six months. The main lessons learnt were in the field of design and realisation of systems and subsystems, launch for interplanetary mission, insertion into other planet's orbit, operation of the spacecraft and scientific instruments around Mars orbit, they said. On the reasons …

India Mars Spacecraft Mission Pti Isro Orbit

3 years, 5 months ago

Mars' auroras happen all over the planet and UAE's Hope orbiter captures new images

Firstpost

While Earth’s magnetic field is like one large bar magnet, Mars’ magnetic field is like if someone has taken “bag of magnets and dumped them into the crust of the planet. “It will allow new doors of study to be opened when it comes to the Martian atmosphere,” said Hessa al-Matroushi, the science lead for the first interplanetary mission by …

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3 years, 5 months ago

祝融号火星表面移动视频发布

China Daily

6月27日，国家航天局发布我国天问一号火星探测任务着陆和巡视探测系列实拍影像。 The clips recorded the Tianwen 1's landing rover deploying its parachute and descending to the Martian surface, and its Mars rover Zhurong driving away from its landing platform and moving over the surface of Mars. 视频片段记录了天问一号着陆巡视器开伞和下降过程、祝融号火星车驶离着陆平台及火星表面移动过程。【知识点】 2020年4月24日，国家航天局公布：中国行星探测任务（planetary exploration missions）被命名为“天问（Tianwen）系列”，首次火星探测任务（first Mars exploration mission）被命名为“天问一号”，后续行星任务依次编号。“天问”来自中国伟大诗人屈原的长诗《天问》。“天问”这个名字表达了中华民族对于真理追求的坚韧与执着（the Chinese nation's perseverance in pursuing truth），体现了对自然和宇宙空间探索的文化传承（culture of exploring nature and the universe）。 The ambient sound during …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Tianwen-1: How China's Mars lander Zhurong will attempt to touch down on the red planet

Firstpost

Tianwen-1 will use a laser range finder to work out where it is relative to Martian terrain and microwave sensor to determine its speed more accurately. A successful Mars landing requires entering the atmosphere at very high speeds, then slowing the spacecraft down just the right way as it approaches its landing location. Mars Pathfinder spacecraft used parachutes to decelerate …

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3 years, 10 months ago

NASA Mars Rover Perseverance Makes Historic Landing on Red Planet, Shares First Photo

News 18

NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance is one step ahead of Elon Musk when it comes to getting to the red planet, which it called its ‘forever home.’ Perseverance, the most advanced astrobiology laboratory ever sent to another world, streaked through the Martian atmosphere on Thursday and landed safely on the floor of a vast crater, its first stop on a search …

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3 years, 10 months ago

NASA’s Perseverance rover makes historic Mars landing

The Hindu

NASA's science rover Perseverance, the most advanced astrobiology laboratory ever sent to another world, streaked through the Martian atmosphere on Thursday and landed safely on the floor of a vast crater, its first stop on a search for traces of ancient microbial life on the Red Planet. Mission managers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory near Los Angeles burst into applause …

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3 years, 10 months ago

NASA rover Perseverance hurtles toward historic landing attempt on Mars

Live Mint

NASA's Mars rover Perseverance hurtled into the final stretch of its seven-month journey from Earth en route to a nail-biting landing attempt Thursday on an ancient, alien lake bed, where scientists hope to find signs of fossilized microbial life. Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory near Los Angeles hope to receive confirmation of the landing, and possibly a first image …

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3 years, 10 months ago

Mars Photo Shows Solar System's Largest Volcano in Image Sent Home by UAE Hope Probe

News 18

A first photograph of the Mars surface was sent home by the United Arab Emirates probe, Hope, showing, among other features, Olympus Mons – the largest known volcano of our solar system. أول صورة للمريخ بأول مسبار عربي في التاريخ The first picture of Mars captured by the first-ever Arab probe in history, 25,000 km above the Red Planet's surface …

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3 years, 10 months ago

UAE's 'Hope' probe sends home its first picture of Mars after successfully entering Red Planet's orbit

Firstpost

Dubai: The UAE’s “Hope” probe sent back its first image of Mars, the national space agency said Sunday, days after the spacecraft successfully entered the Red Planet’s orbit. The image was taken from an altitude of 24,700 kilometres above the Martian surface on Wednesday, a day after the probe entered Mars’ orbit, it said in a statement. Hope became the …

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3 years, 10 months ago

UAE publishes first photo from Mars probe

The Hindu

The UAE's "Hope" probe sent back its first image of Mars, the national space agency said on Sunday, days after the spacecraft successfully entered the Red Planet's orbit. The image was taken from an altitude of 24,700 kilometres above the Martian surface on Wednesday, a day after the probe entered Mars' orbit, it said in a statement. Hope became the …

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3 years, 10 months ago

Never-before seen halogen gas discovered on Mars

The Independent

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The ESA-Roscosmos ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter spacecraft detected hydrogen chloride, which is comprised of one hydrogen atom …

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3 years, 10 months ago

Netizens Applaud as UAE’s Hope Probe Successfully Enters Mars Orbit After 7 Months in Space

News 18

After holding their breaths for hours as the Hope probe approached the Martian orbit, Ground controllers at the UAE’s Space Centre in Dubai can finally relax as the spacecraft entered the orbit safely. The Historic Moment: Announcing the success of Mars Orbit Insertion!#ArabsToMars #HopeProbe pic.twitter.com/4N1uaHb0GS— Hope Mars Mission February 9, 2021 As the announcement was made, Twitter exploded with congratulatory …

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3 years, 10 months ago

Tianwen 1 is 1st Chinese spacecraft to reach Mars

China Daily

Illustration of Tianwen 1 probe entering Martian obit. China's Tianwen 1 robotic probe entered a Martian orbit on Wednesday night after a lengthy interplanetary voyage, becoming the first Chinese spacecraft to reach the red planet. Then the probe moved into an elliptical orbit with a perigee of about 400 kilometers and a circling period of 10 days, then started flying …

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3 years, 10 months ago

Chinese Probe Enters Mars Orbit With Plan For May Landing

NPR

Chinese Probe Enters Mars Orbit With Plan For May Landing Enlarge this image toggle caption China National Space Administration/AP China National Space Administration/AP China's space agency, fresh off a successful sample-return mission to the moon, announced Wednesday that an ambitious rover mission it launched in July had reached orbit around Mars. "China's Tianwen 1 robotic probe entered Martian orbit on …

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China unveils plan to catch can of Martian rock samples in space and bring it back

How SpaceX's rocket landing could pave the way for trips to Mars: Elon Musk predicts a 'sustainable city' could be built on the Red Planet by 2054

China plans to return Martian soil to Earth by 2028, invites global scientists to collaborate

India's Mangalyaan captured Martian moon Phobos passing over Red Planet | Video

Goodbye Mangalyaan! Netizens bid farewell as India's Mars Orbiter floats into oblivion after 8 years

Mars Orbiter craft non-recoverable; Mangalyaan mission over, confirms ISRO

Seeing Mars like never before

Rosalind Franklin Mars rover has passed its latest tests

Watch | Mangalyaan: 7 years in orbit

ISRO's Mars orbiter was made for mission life of six months, completed seven years in orbit this month

India's Mars probe completes 7 years in orbit

Mars' auroras happen all over the planet and UAE's Hope orbiter captures new images

祝融号火星表面移动视频发布

Tianwen-1: How China's Mars lander Zhurong will attempt to touch down on the red planet

NASA Mars Rover Perseverance Makes Historic Landing on Red Planet, Shares First Photo

NASA’s Perseverance rover makes historic Mars landing

NASA rover Perseverance hurtles toward historic landing attempt on Mars

Mars Photo Shows Solar System's Largest Volcano in Image Sent Home by UAE Hope Probe

UAE's 'Hope' probe sends home its first picture of Mars after successfully entering Red Planet's orbit

UAE publishes first photo from Mars probe

Never-before seen halogen gas discovered on Mars

Netizens Applaud as UAE’s Hope Probe Successfully Enters Mars Orbit After 7 Months in Space

Tianwen 1 is 1st Chinese spacecraft to reach Mars

Chinese Probe Enters Mars Orbit With Plan For May Landing