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More than 200,000 people from 140 countries have applied to go to Mars and never return.

• 10 сентября 2013, 13:36

The dazzling success of NASA's rover Curiosity has paved the way for a human conquest of Mars, scientists say, almost one year after the groundbreaking probe first touched down on the Red Planet.

• 06 августа 2013, 10:30

The next robotic rover to explore Mars in 2020 should scour the surface of the red planet more closely than ever for signs of past life.

• 11 июля 2013, 11:29

NASA scientists said Friday they were testing a prototype of a robot the US space agency hopes to send to Mars in 2020 in Chile's Atacama desert.

• 29 июня 2013, 19:51

Canadian authorities charged Nestle, Mars and a network of independent wholesale distributors on Thursday over an alleged criminal conspiracy to fix the prices of leading chocolate bars.

• 07 июня 2013, 17:53

NASA's Curiosity rover, which has been exploring Mars since it landed to much fanfare last August, is back on active status Tuesday, after a memory glitch set the robot back.

• 22 марта 2013, 19:36

NASA's Curiosity rover, which has been exploring Mars since it landed to much fanfare last August, should be running at full capacity next week, after a memory glitch set the robot back.

• 06 марта 2013, 18:47

The world's first space tourist, US multimillionaire Dennis Tito, unveiled plans Wednesday to send a manned mission to Mars and back, targeting a launch date less than five years away.

• 01 марта 2013, 13:52

So much for Mars being "The Red Planet."

• 21 февраля 2013, 14:36

A US spacecraft orbiting Mars has provided evidence of an ancient crater lake fed by groundwater, adding further support to theories that the Red Planet may once have hosted life.

• 21 января 2013, 13:24

The Mars rover Curiosity will soon begin to drill into the Red Planet for the first time, mission officials said Tuesday ahead of the highly anticipated endeavor.

• 17 января 2013, 12:45

A fist-sized meteorite nicknamed "Black Beauty" could unlock vital clues to the evolution of Mars from the warm and wet place it once was to its current cold and dry state.

• 04 января 2013, 18:40

NASA plans to send a new rover to Mars in 2020 as it prepares for a manned mission to the Red Planet, the US space agency said Tuesday.

• 05 декабря 2012, 15:01

NASA downplayed Wednesday talk of a major discovery by its Martian rover after remarks by the mission chief raised hopes it may have unearthed evidence life once existed on the Red Planet.

• 23 ноября 2012, 14:50

A rock analyzed by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has a surprising and more varied composition that resembles rare rocks from the bowels of our planet.

• 12 октября 2012, 16:59

NASA's Mars rover has discovered gravel once carried by the waters of an ancient stream that "ran vigorously" through the area.

• 28 сентября 2012, 13:23

NASA's Opportunity rover, older brother to the Curiosity rover that landed on Mars last month, has made a new discovery that geologists find both puzzling and exciting.

• 17 сентября 2012, 10:49

NASA's Curiosity rover has temporarily halted its journey across the surface of Mars as it tests the tools on its robotic arm.

• 07 сентября 2012, 17:22

NASA transmitted the first song to be broadcast from Mars on Tuesday, by Grammy-winning US musician will.i.am, as part of efforts to inspire young people to get interested in science.

• 30 августа 2012, 11:02

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity made its first test drive, leaving wheel tracks near its landing spot.

• 23 августа 2012, 17:09