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Send Your Haiku To Mars! NASA Seeks Poets
May 2, 2013 NASA is looking for three haiku to include on a DVD that will travel to Mars aboard a spacecraft this fall. And everyone who submits a poem will have their name included.
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Mars Rovers Go Quiet, As Sun Blocks Transmissions
April 14, 2013 Communications between the Earth and Mars are going on a month-long hiatus, thanks to interference from the sun. That means NASA's spacecraft on Mars will be on their own until NASA's radio signals can reach them again.
13.7: Cosmos And Culture
Second Genesis: Looking For Aliens Here, There And Everywhere
April 9, 2013 Did the seeds of life on Earth begin on Mars? Are we part of Earth's first alien invasion? Adam Frank says we may be looking at a future full of discoveries in our own solar system that could reset our understanding of life and its origin.
13.7: Cosmos And Culture
The Siren Call Of The Wilderness Can Be Heard On Mars, Too
March 26, 2013 The wilderness is not just a thing, it's a need. It's an idea that has grown up with humans and it will follow us from this planet to the next, and beyond. Commentator Adam Frank plots our future course.
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Streams Of Water Once Flowed On Mars; NASA Says Photos Prove It
September 27, 2012 NASA's Curiosity rover has found definitive proof that water once ran across the surface of Mars, the agency announced today. NASA scientists say that new photos from the rover show rocks that were smoothed and rounded by water. The rocks are in a large canyon and nearby channels that were cut by flowing water, making up an alluvial fan.
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Jet-Lagged: NASA Engineer And His Family Are Living On Mars Time
August 21, 2012 It's an experiment to make the whole family feel a part of the Mars Curiosity rover mission. And they say it's been magical.
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What A Blast! Curiosity Tests Its Laser; Zaps Rock 30 Times
August 20, 2012 And as Curiosity begins to test its high-powered beam, @SarcasticRover is "reporting" what's up on Twitter: "You laser one stupid rock in the face and suddenly people say you have anger issues. Like the rock wasn't asking for it!"
13.7: Cosmos And Culture
Curiosity And The Search For Life On Mars
August 15, 2012 NASA's Curiosity rover will soon begin to search for signs of life, past or present, on the red planet. But can we make sense of life in strange places? And if we don't find it, what will it mean to us?
13.7: Cosmos And Culture
'Curiosity' Signals From Mars That We Can Solve Our Problems On Earth
August 7, 2012 The Curiosity rover on Mars shows that, perhaps, we are ready to solve our problems. It shows us that we can face impossible challenges and find real, lasting solutions.
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PHOTO: A New Panoramic View Of Mars
July 9, 2012 The scene is stitched from 817 images taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity from Dec. 2011 to May.
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Mars Rover Opportunity Emerges From Winter Doldrums, Gets Back On Move
May 10, 2012 With the darkest days of the Martian winter now over, NASA took its Opportunity Mars Rover for a drive this week. The rover had been stationary while its solar panels lacked enough sunlight to power its batteries.
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Why Astronauts Crave Tabasco Sauce
February 23, 2012 Why do astronauts lose their sense of smell in space, and what's this got to do with their preference for fiery condiments? No one is sure, but NASA food scientists have some plausible ideas.
13.7: Cosmos And Culture
Does It Rain On Mars?
August 14, 2011 No rain on mars but frost and fog are another story.
13.7: Cosmos And Culture
An Image Of Liquid Water On Mars?
August 13, 2011 Are those dark streaks running down the canyon walls martian water?
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NASA's Mars Rover Reaches Huge Crater
August 10, 2011 A piece of U.S. property was recently driving around on the surface of Mars. Tens of millions of miles away from the debt crisis, the heat wave and other big events of the summer, NASA's rover Opportunity just completed a 13-mile trip to allow scientists to examine a Martian crater.
