Mars
A rover gets ready for the long ride
Posted on Tuesday October 4th, 2022 by Nadjejda
Rovers are made to roam, and what better place to roam than the great outdoors?
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Mars
Rocketing Mars
Posted on Tuesday February 8th, 2022 by Nadjejda
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
From Antarctica to Mars
Posted on Wednesday July 29th, 2020 by Nadjejda
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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