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How to Keep Time on Mars: Clocks on the Red Planet Would Tick a Bit Differently Than Those on Earth

On average, Martian time ticks roughly 477 millionths of a second faster than terrestrial clocks per Earth day. But the Red ...
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Camera on NASA Mars probe snaps its 100,000th photo of the Red Planet

The HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter just notched a big milestone, snapping its 100,000th photo of the Red ...
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Martian moon Phobos looks like a tiny rock flying above Red Planet. See pics

Phobos appears silhouetted against Mars between the colossal Tharsis volcanic province and the canyoned region spanning ...

Orion Capsule’s Lunar Flyby: A Precursor To Lofting Astronauts To Mars

The world’s most advanced deep-space capsule, the Orion, is set to speed astronauts around the Moon, a trek that could ...
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The Mars mission problem: Why we still can't send humans to the red planet

We've walked on the Moon and live on the International Space Station, but Mars remains our greatest unclaimed prize. This ...
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Nasa to lose all contact with Mars, rovers to go silent: Here's why

Every two years, the Sun blocks communication between Earth and Mars during solar conjunction, forcing NASA to pause commands ...
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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover could break the record for miles driven on another planet

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover may soon set a record for the longest distance driven on another planet.

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter snaps 100,000th image

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) officially went into service above the Red Planet in November 2006. The spacecraft ...

NASA’s MAVEN Spacecraft May Actually Be Lost in Space

This could be the end of the orbiter that studies the Red Planet’s atmosphere and relays communications between NASA and its ...
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NASA reveals why Mars changed from a blue world into a red desert

Mars changed from a blue world with water to a red desert because its atmosphere escaped into space over billions of years.

One of NASA's key cameras orbiting Mars takes 100,000th image

After nearly 20 years on the Red Planet, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has snapped its 100,000th image of the ...
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NASA's MAVEN spacecraft is still silent at Mars — and apparently is spinning, too

MAVEN (short for "Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution") has been silent since Dec. 4, despite repeated efforts to hail the spacecraft, NASA announced in an update on Monday (Dec. 15). And a ...