Mars
(English) A rover gets ready for the long ride
Posted on Tuesday 4 October 2022 by Nadjejda
(English) Rovers are made to roam, and what better place to roam than the great outdoors?
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Mars
(English) Rocketing Mars
Posted on Tuesday 8 February 2022 by Nadjejda
(English) A small rocket to launch samples from the surface of Mars, the first one to fire off from another planet, has a builder – NASA has awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin Space to make the Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV).
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Science
(English) From Antarctica to Mars
Posted on Wednesday 29 July 2020 by Nadjejda
(English) There is something in the frozen lands of Antarctica that lures her. Vinciane Debaille cherishes forgotten rocks that have landed in the midst of the white desert. More than 250 martian meteorites have fallen under the scrutiny of this geochemist who dates rocks using natural radioactivity to understand how planets formed and evolved.
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