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NASA to probe why Mars lost its atmosphere NASA said Monday it is on track to launch its Maven probe to Mars next month to find out why the Red Planet lost much of its atmosphere.
29 October 2013
Life on Mars hopes fade after rover findings: study Hopes of finding life on Mars suffered a setback after new findings from NASA's Curiosity rover detected only trace amounts of methane gas in the Red Planet's atmosphere.
21 September 2013
Space Cadets line up for one-way Mars trip More than 200,000 people from 140 countries have applied to go to Mars and never return.
10 September 2013
Mars rover hoping to yield more secrets, one year on 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 August 2013
NASA's next Mars rover will advance hunt for past life 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 July 2013
NASA tests Mars rover prototype in Chile 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 June 2013
Canada accuses Nestle, Mars of chocolate price-fixing 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 June 2013
NASA Curiosity rover back online after memory glitch 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 March 2013
NASA's Curiosity rover to be back online next week 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 March 2013
First-ever space tourist plans Mars mission 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 March 2013
Rover finds gray rock beneath Red Planet's surface So much for Mars being "The Red Planet."
21 February 2013
US scientists find evidence of ancient Martian lake 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 January 2013
Mars rover readies first rock drilling 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 January 2013
'Black Beauty' could yield Martian secrets 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 January 2013
NASA to send new rover to Mars in 2020 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 December 2012
Life on Mars? Maybe not. NASA rows back on findings 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 November 2012
Mars rover makes surprising rock find 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 October 2012
Mars rover finds gravel left by 'vigorous' stream NASA's Mars rover has discovered gravel once carried by the waters of an ancient stream that "ran vigorously" through the area.
28 September 2012
Aging Mars rover discovers geological mystery 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 September 2012
NASA's Mars rover parked to test robotic arm NASA's Curiosity rover has temporarily halted its journey across the surface of Mars as it tests the tools on its robotic arm.
07 September 2012
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