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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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Hopper Craft May Leap Instead Of Drive Across Mars
Let’s get one thing straight: the Curiosity Rover is bad-ass. It has uncovered all kinds of amazing evidence supporting the …
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Curiosity Provides A Flood Of Information About Water On Mars
The Curiosity Rover has had one hell of a ride on Mars. Unless you’ve been hiding under a Martian rock, …
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Mars Colony Proposal Would Send Robots Ahead To Carve Out Underground Facilities
We’ve heard a lot about Mars, and the dream of sending humans there, in recent years. The landing of the …
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Mars One Colonists Will Face Psychological As Well As Physical Challenges
By now you’ve probably heard of Mars One, the Dutch nonprofit that aims to put colonists on Mars permanently by …
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Solar-Powered Autonomous Greenhouse Could Produce Fresh Spinach On Mars
As plans for a Mars colony are underway, at least preliminarily and tentatively, scores of questions arise about the logistics …
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Did Life Begin On Mars? New Evidence Suggests It Did
Some people are very particular about where they come from. While I’m an American, and a Louisianan, I prefer to …
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Applications For One-Way Mars Mission Are Lower Than Expected, But Hope Is Not Lost
It’s been just over four months since the nonprofit Mars One first opened their mailboxes for applications to the upcoming …
Space Always Wins: A Martian Lunar Eclipse And An Exploding Meteor
In outer space, even the most trivial events are undoubtedly more important on the grand scale than whatever asinine behavior …
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Mars’ First Settlers? Meet The People Who Want To Move To The Red Planet Permanently
If you’ve been reading GFR for a while, or any science- or space-related publication, you’ve likely heard of Mars One, …
Mars MAVEN Arrives At Kennedy Space Center For Launch Prep
If you saw the 55th anniversary infographic of NASA’s planned missions through 2030, you will have already heard about MAVEN, …
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NASA Is Taking Leisurely Virtual Reality Strolls Around Mars
If you think you’ve missed the train to Mars, don’t bother settling for counting stars. (Hum reference!) Just head on …
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NASA’s Planned Missions Through 2030 In One Neat Infographic
Happy birthday, NASA! Everyone’s favorite underfunded government organization is turning 55. Instead of buying NASA a tattoo or a new …
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Curious To See What Curiosity’s Been Up To? Watch This.
The video about, entitled “Twelve Months in Two Minutes,” speed-chronicles Curiosity’s time on Mars over the past year. It’s like …
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Stranded Brings Bad Acting To Mars: Nick’s Giant Freakin’ Queue Review
Get your ass to Mars.
Star Trek Deflector Device Could Protect From Radiation During A Trip To Mars
Another bit of Trek-dom could become a reality.
Fake Astronauts Undertake Four-Month Fake Mission To Mars
It might be awhile before we actually put a human on Mars, but Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS) …
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Expert Says NASA Won’t Be Able To Boldly Go To Mars On Its Current Budget
NASA’s budgetary woes, made even worse by the sequester, could dash dreams of putting a human on Mars. On Wednesday, …
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NASA’s Billion-Pixel Mars Panorama Shows The Red Planet In Amazing Detail
NASA’s Curiosity rover has been providing plenty of amazing images from the Red Planet for armchair astronauts such as myself …
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Take On Mars Game Lets You Explore The Red Planet With Your Own Rover
Have you ever wanted to control NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover from the comfort of your own living room? Well, now …
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Martian Craters May Once Have Harbored Primordial Life
The possibility of finding life on other planets has been a fascinating prospect pretty much from the moment our species …
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First Female In Space Volunteers For One-Way Mars Mission
June 16, 2013 will mark the 50th anniversary of the launch of the Russian Vostok 6 mission, which was the …
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Mars Wearing An Ice Hat
In this picture Mars appears to be wearing a hat, only a cold hat, one that will do nothing to …
Three Stunning Martian Panoramas Courtesy Of Curiosity
More beauty from Curiosity.
Space Entrepreneur Predicts A Permanent Mars Colony Within Sixty Years
There have been some exciting landmarks in space exploration in the past year or so. Private corporations like SpaceX have …
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NASA Wants To Send Your Name And Haiku To Mars
If aliens come Have them know that I’m watching Big ole telescope For those of you out there with something …
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Mars One Gets Over 20,000 Applicants For Permanent Mars Mission
When the Dutch nonprofit Mars One first announced they’d be taking applications for those interested in taking a permanent trip …
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Mars One Reality TV Series Now Taking Applications To Send People Into Space
Have you ever wanted to go to Mars? Now here’s your chance. A non-profit organization reality TV series based in …
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Possible Photographic Evidence Of Soviet Lander on Mars
While I admit finding a needle in a haystack would be a tough task, it isn’t exactly compatible to the …
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A Day In The Life Of A Terraformed Mars
Ever wonder what the landscape of Mars would look like if, you know, it were a little more like Earth? …
