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Ordnance Survey creates map for Martian ramblers
Posted in Science on 16th Feb, 2016
by Alex Muller
OS says the map could prove helpful for future Mars mission planning as well as providing a compelling visual way of informing the public about them.
NASAs Mega-Rocket Will Launch Craft to Mars and Carry 13 CubeSats
Posted in Science on 15th Feb, 2016
by Alex Muller
The first flight of NASA's new rocket, the enormous SLS, will carry 13 CubeSats and a spacecraft bound for the Red Planet.
Ancient Martian lakes may have harboured life, researchers say
Posted in Science on 11th Feb, 2016
by Alex Muller
Deep water basins formed on Mars more than three billion years ago may have once been habitable, according to new research.
France and India To Jointly Explore Mars And Venus
Posted in Science on 1st Feb, 2016
by Alex Muller
France and India will put a lander on Mars in a bid to explore the planet, according to the chief of the French space agency.
Moon formed by a head-on collision between Earth and young planet
Posted in Science on 31st Jan, 2016
by Alex Muller
The moon was formed by a collision between the Earth and a "planetary embryo" called Theia approximately 100 million years after the Earth formed.