European Space Ball Could Bring Mars Samples To Earth

European engineers have built a novel new container that could bring precious samples of Mars safely back to Earth.

Astronauts to Mars? Water on Mars? Craft ready to go?

Red Planet or Bust: 5 Manned Mars Mission Ideas Space.com A number of organizations, both public and private, are drawing up plans to send astronauts toward the Red Planet, whose allure as an otherworldly destination and potential host of alien lifehas beckoned scientists and dreamers for hundreds of years. See all stories on this topic »

Secret To Water On Mars: Greenhouse Gases Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide iScienceTimes.com Mars, the fourth planet from the sun, has been a huge enigma for scientists for decades. There is no life on Mars, yet there is unmistakable evidence that everything needed to create the condition for life exists on the planet. The latest discovery ... See all stories on this topic »

Mars craft now in final earth orbit Daily News & Analysis India's maiden interplanetary spacecraft Orbiter, headed to Mars, entered the final orbit around earth early Wednesday to prepare for its trans-injection into the sun's orbit early Sunday (Dec 1). Its voyage to the red planet, as Mars is called, will ... See all stories on this topic »

Pyramids, The Face on Mars

The Face On Mars. And the pyramids on Mars. | Moon conspiracy
One was to send a lander down to inspect the surface of Mars. The other was to orbit the red planet, within a 1,000 miles of the surface, and take thousands of ...
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"Rock" moves on Mars 4 times

Mars 'Iguana' Spotted In New NASA Curiosity Rover PHOTO
Huffington Post
"I even found a rock that moved four times in four photos... then vanished on the fifth." Though there's currently no evidence these "extraterrestrial animals" are anything more than strangely shaped rocks, experts say there may have been life on ...
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Martian Moon Origins

New Evidence Supports Asteroid Origin Of Martian Moon
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New research suggests that Mars' larger moon, Phobos, is likely an errant asteroid trapped by the planet's gravitational pull. Astronomers matched the chemical makeup of Phobos' surface to a meteorite that struck Canada, concluding that the Martian ...
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Mars Meteorite, Photo of Earth

Mars meteorite 1st look at Red Planet's ancient crust Fox News The Mars meteorite NWA 7533 is 4.4 billion years old and contains evidence of long-ago asteroid strikes, suggesting that the rock came from the Red Planet's ancient and cratered southern highlands, researchers said. "We finally have a sample of the ... See all stories on this topic »

Mars Mission: Mangalyaan Sends 1st Picture of Earth Indiatimes.com After the successful completion of these operations, the Mars Orbiter mission is expected to take on the "crucial event" of the trans-Mars injection around 12.42 AM on December 1. It will reach the red planet's orbit by September 24, 2014 after an over ... See all stories on this topic »

Aliens or Rocks

7 Photos From Mars That Will Make You Believe In Aliens - Or Rocks
Huffington Post
We already know that the spiders from Mars are real -- but has the NASA rover Curiosity picked up real evidence of extraterrestrial life on the Red Planet? Conspiracy theorists think so. Some of these photos -- taken by the Curiosity over the past year ...

Fossilised Iguana on Mars?

Fossilised iguana (lizard) 'spotted on Mars surface'
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Conspiracy theorists have claimed iguanas have beaten humans to Mars after a photo that allegedly showed a fossilised one on the Red Planet was revealed. The dead creature was apparently spotted in a picture obtained from Nasa's archives by UFO ...
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