After a 10 month journey between planets, NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft has arrived at the Mars on Sunday, 21 September 2014 for a mission dedicated to detailed exploration of the Martian atmosphere. Insertion into Martian orbit occurred at around 21:50 EDT, followed by a commissioning period and observation of comet Siding Spring throughout October.
"Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter"
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This past week, NASA announced the approval of construction of the Interior Exploration Using Seismic Investigations,…
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Ten years ago, 25 January 2004, the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity slammed into the Martian…
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2013 was another year dominated by the increase in robotic exploration of humanity’s most sought-after…
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India launched its first interplanetary spacecraft Tuesday, with a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle sending the…
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The year 2012 was a year like none other for NASA, one dominated not by…
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Eight years ago today (January 25, 2004), the Mars Exploration Rover -B (MER -B) slammed…
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NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida has selected Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services Inc.…
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NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has successfully entered an elliptical orbit around the planet, following…
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A space mission which could uncover Britain’s lost Mars probe Beagle 2 has blasted off…
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A year and a half after twin robot rovers thrilled space fans with their hijinks…
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Belt-tightening at NASA has forced the space agency to cancel a planned $500 million Mars…
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The Chinese space program has resumed launches after going over a month without a single…
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InSight’s importance: Seismic measurements, new terrain highlight ground-breaking mission
by Joseph NavinNASA’s InSight lander, formally known as the Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy, and Heat…
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60 years ago, on May 8, 1962, Atlas-LV3C Centaur-A – designated Atlas Centaur-1 (AC-1) –…
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On the 50th anniversary of Black Arrow, British space industry is on the verge of a return
Fifty years ago, a small rocket lifted off from the Australian Outback on a mission…
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As Martian spacecraft experience solar conjunction, Perseverance confirms Jezero Crater’s watery past
On October 2, 2021, all actively operating spacecraft at Mars ceased major communication with Earth…
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Perseverance’s first sample collection fails, new science points to subsurface Martian clay lakes
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover recently attempted its first-ever sample collection of the Martian surface on…
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On June 10, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced that they had selected their next…
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After successfully touching down on the Martian surface on February 18, 2021, NASA teams have…