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Curiosity Celebrates Its Two-Year Anniversary On Mars

How time flies. Can you believe the Curiosity Rover has been on Mars for two years already? Sure, Opportunity’s got …

10 years ago

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Gravity’s Filming Cost More Than India’s Mars Mission

Here’s a newsflash: Going to space is expensive. And it should be — second-hand or knock-off rockets seem like a …

10 years ago

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SpaceX Wants To Put People On Mars Before NASA Does

The race to Mars is on. And by race I mean “painfully slow planning and plodding.” Not that I’m complaining, …

10 years ago

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The House Seems To Be Supporting Manned Flight To Mars

Perhaps the recent National Research Council report lambasting NASA’s plan to get humans to Mars was the wake-up call the …

10 years ago

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Is Going To Mars A NASA Pipe Dream?

Both NASA and President Obama—at least, early on, before budget realities called for revisions—have outlined goals to get humans to …

10 years ago

NASA Builds Inflatable Saucers And Giant Parachutes For Mars Landings

The Opportunity and Curiosity rovers are triumphs for NASA, but why should the space agency rest on its laurels? Even …

10 years ago

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Urgent Launch Of Air Force Satellites Delays NASA’s Orion Spacecraft Flight Test

NASA’s next manned spacecraft — its first new model in 40 years — is called the Orion, or “Apollo on …

10 years ago

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Lionsgate TV Joins The Mars One Reality Show

For those of you who haven’t heard, the Dutch nonprofit Mars One is aiming to start sending humans to the …

10 years ago

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Is A Manned Mars Mission Suicide? According To A UAE Fatwa, Yes.

Mars One, the Dutch nonprofit that plans to send colonists on a one-way trip to Mars in 2024, narrowed down …

10 years ago

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Opportunity Rover Solves Rock Mystery

A few weeks ago, the Opportunity Rover’s cameras picked up a mystery rock on Mars. The rock, which was compared …

10 years ago

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There Might Be Water Flowing On Mars Right Now

Earlier in the Curiosity Rover‘s travels around the Red Planet it gleaned a bunch of information about the water-soaked soil, …

10 years ago

Tumbleweed Robot May Help Stop Desertification

All you ballad writers and singers, get ready to croon. Drifting along with the tumbling tumbleweeds is a robot designed …

10 years ago

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Happy Tenth Anniversary, Opportunity

Ten years might not seem old, but for a rover that was only meant to conduct a three-month-long mission, a …

10 years ago

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Mystery Rock Appears On Mars

Meteorite? Rover antics? Elvis? All of these theories are on the table when it comes to the mysterious rock that …

10 years ago

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Mars One Narrows The Field For One-Way Mars Colonists

I have a fair share of lofty goals in my life, though most of them include adding one more piece …

10 years ago

The Most Amazing Science Stories Of 2013

Humanity at its best.

10 years ago

Meet Valkyrie, NASA’s Superhero Robot

We’ve done lots of posts here on GFR about NASA, many of which bemoan the state and the budget of …

10 years ago

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Curiosity Finds A Lake Bed On Mars, Though Drowning Isn’t An Issue

NASA’s Curiosity rover has been slowly traveling across Mars since last August, and it has told us more about the …

10 years ago

NASA Animation Shows Ancient Mars As A Lush World

Scientists know that Mars has changed a lot over the years. It used to be warm and wet, and quite …

10 years ago

Mars MAVEN Hopes To Crack The Mystery Of Mars

If the weather cooperates, tomorrow will mark another step in our long journey toward the Red Planet, with the launch …

10 years ago

Evidence Of 3.48-Billion-Year-Old Microbial Life Found In Australia

Why does Australia get all the cool fossils and signs of ancient life? It must be the jolly spirit and …

10 years ago

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Mars One Infographic Breaks Down The Ambitious Plan To Colonize The Red Planet

Of all the plans to put human boots on Martian soil in the not-too-distant future, Mars One’s scheme is perhaps …

10 years ago

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NASA Prepares Orion For Unmanned Flight Tests

Despite the government shutdown, NASA was able to continue working on the Orion, NASA’s next manned spacecraft. Before any humans …

10 years ago

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India Is About To Launch Its First Mission To Mars

Mars sure is popular! There are currently five active Mars missions, including Curiosity, and soon there will be another — …

10 years ago

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Remote-Controlled Space Robots Will Work Better When They Can See The Future

While remote-controlled robots are awesome and can do loads of tasks that are too difficult and dangerous for humans, there’s …

10 years ago

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The CW Goes To Mars And NBC Travels Through Time

Science and science fiction have and will always have a place on TV, since there are now more channels than …

10 years ago

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Martian Soil Is Full Of Water. Seriously.

Future colonists and tourists on Mars probably don’t need to worry about bringing their swimsuits and inflatable floats, but a …

11 years ago

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Mars Drama Red Headed To The CW

Mars has been in the news a lot this past year, what with the still-impressive feat of dropping the Curiosity …

11 years ago

Han Solo Spotted On Mercury And Incredible Blue Dunes On Mars

Everyone knows that once you go looking for something, you’re bound to find something that at least resembles what you’re …

11 years ago