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Beagle failed 'after Martian heatwave'
1 year, 3 months ago

Beagle failed 'after Martian heatwave'

Daily Mail  

Last updated at 14:07 24 May 2004 The failure of Britain's ill-fated Beagle II mission could have been down to a Martian heatwave caused by dust storms ripping up the atmosphere, the mission's chief scientist has said today. Professor Colin Pillinger spoke as the British Government and the European Space Agency refused to reveal the detailed findings of an inquiry …

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NASA’s Plan to Get Ingenuity Through the Martian Winter
2 years, 6 months ago

NASA’s Plan to Get Ingenuity Through the Martian Winter

Wired  

Ingenuity, NASA’s autonomous Mars helicopter, was only meant to complete five flights. But now Ingenuity faces a new challenge: It’s unclear if the helicopter will survive the coming Martian winter, which begins in July. Since a Martian year amounts to roughly two years on Earth, and the helicopter is in the northern hemisphere, this is Ingenuity’s first winter. “We believe …

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Why are winds blowing on Mars so dangerous? Mystery solved
2 years, 6 months ago

Why are winds blowing on Mars so dangerous? Mystery solved

India Today  

When astronaut Mark Watney tries to evacuate from his base in the film The Martian, inspired by the book of the same name, he is taken out by a ghastly storm, forcing his crew to abandon him on the alien world alone. While the storm was blown way out of proportion for the film, the wind gusts and dust storms …

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Watch | Mangalyaan: 7 years in orbit
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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Martian landslides may be caused by melting ice and salt under the surface
3 years, 10 months ago

Martian landslides may be caused by melting ice and salt under the surface

CNN  

CNN — Mars may seem like a still, frozen desert, but more evidence suggests that the red planet is active in subtle ways. Yoseph Yechieli and Gideon Baer/Geological Survey of Israel The scientists modeled the briny water beneath the surface of Mars in a lab by taking the collected soil samples and exposing them to water and chlorine salts and …

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Scientists Dive Deep into How Mars Lost its Ocean of Water and Continues to Lose Today
4 years, 1 month ago

Scientists Dive Deep into How Mars Lost its Ocean of Water and Continues to Lose Today

News 18  

Scientists have further decoded the phenomenon that led Mars to lose the equivalent of a global ocean of water up to hundreds of feet deep over billions of years. Scientists, using an instrument aboard NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution spacecraft, have discovered that water vapour near the surface of the Red Planet is lofted higher into the atmosphere than …

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