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Tag Archives: European Space Agency
HRSC: From canals to craters
Mars was once believed to be criss-crossed by a system of irrigation canals – dark troughs that sliced across the planet’s surface, excavated by an intelligent society of thirsty martians. The astronomer who promoted this idea lends his name to … Continue reading
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Tagged DLR, ESA, European Space Agency, FU Berlin, High Resolution Stereo Camera, HRSC, Lowell Crater, Mars Express, MEX
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Trace Gas Orbiter: First science results
New evidence of the impact of the recent planet-encompassing dust storm on water in the atmosphere, and a surprising lack of methane, are among the scientific highlights of the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter’s first year in orbit. Two papers [here … Continue reading
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Tagged atmosphere, ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, global dust storms, methane, Roscosmos, TGO, Trace Gas Orbiter, water vapor
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Trace Gas Orbiter: Dust devil detail
Mars may have a reputation for being a desolate world, but it is certainly not dead: its albeit thin atmosphere is still capable of whipping up a storm and, as this image reveals, send hundreds – maybe even thousands – … Continue reading
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Tagged CaSSIS, Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System, dust devil tracks, dust devils, ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, TGO, Trace Gas Orbiter
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Could detoxing Mars soil lead to new medicines?
Bacterial resistance to antibiotics is one of humankind’s major long-term health challenges. Now research into helping humans live on Mars could help address this looming problem. Dennis Claessen, associate professor at the Institute of Biology in Leiden University, the Netherlands … Continue reading
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Tagged bacteria, ESA, European Space Agency, life, microbial life, perchlorates, subsurface life
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Mars Express saw same methane spike detected by Curiosity
A reanalysis of data collected by ESA’s Mars Express during the first 20 months of NASA’s Curiosity mission found one case of correlated methane detection, the first time an in-situ measurement has been independently confirmed from orbit. Reports of methane … Continue reading
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Tagged Curiosity, ESA, European Space Agency, Gale Crater, Mars Express, Mars Science Laboratory, methane, MEX, MSL, PFS, Planetary Fourier Spectrometer
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Mars Express: Dark dust devil tracks
The winds of Mars are responsible for myriad features across the planet’s surface – including the dark dunes and wispy, filament-like streaks seen in this image from ESA’s Mars Express. The intriguing features shown here are ‘dust devil’ tracks: as … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazonis Planitia, Argyre Planitia, Chalcoporos Rupes, DLR, dust devil tracks, dust devils, ESA, European Space Agency, FU Berlin, Hellas Basin, High Resolution Stereo Camera, HRSC, Mars Express, MEX, Noachis Terra, Proctor Crater, Russell Crater
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ExoMars: Mars calling
An exciting new competition is giving citizens of planet Earth the opportunity to get their voices to Mars in the next phase of the ExoMars programme. The ExoMars rover and platform will launch to the Red Planet in 2020. The … Continue reading
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Tagged ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, ExoMars 2020, ExoMars 2020 rover, Kazachok, Oxia Planum, Rosalind Franklin, Roscosmos
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ExoMars rover landing platform gets a name
The platform destined to land on the Red Planet as part of the next ExoMars mission has arrived in Europe for final assembly and testing – and been given a name. An announcement was made by the Russian State Space … Continue reading
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Tagged ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, ExoMars 2020, ExoMars 2020 rover, Kazachok, Rosalind Franklin, Roscosmos, TGO, Trace Gas Orbiter
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ExoMars: Images of InSight lander and more
Curious surface features, water-formed minerals, 3D stereo views, and even a sighting of the InSight lander showcase the impressive range of imaging capabilities of the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter. The ESA-Roscosmos Trace Gas Orbiter, or TGO, launched three years ago … Continue reading
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Tagged CaSSIS, chlorides, Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System, Elysium Planitia, ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, InSight, Interior Exploration Using Seismic Investigations Geodesy and Heat Transport, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, JPL, NASA, Roscosmos, salts, TGO, Trace Gas Orbiter
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Defining the goals for collecting Mars samples
Returning samples from the surface of Mars has been a high-priority goal of the international Mars exploration community for many years. Although randomly collected samples would be potentially interesting, they would not be sufficient to answer the big questions that … Continue reading
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Tagged ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, ExoMars 2020, ExoMars 2020 rover, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Jezero Crater, JPL, M2020, Mars 2020, Mars 2020 rover, Mars sample return, NASA, Oxia Planum, Rosalind Franklin
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