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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 …
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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 …
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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, …
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Cibola Burn: The Latest Expanse Novel Lands On The Giant Freakin’ Bookshelf
As much as we love science fiction on TV, on the big screen, on the comics page, and in video …
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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 …
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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 …
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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, …
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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 …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
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The Most Amazing Science Stories Of 2013
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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 …
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 — …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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 …
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