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The European Space Agency and the Russian federal space agency, Roscosmos, announced today that they entered a formal agreement to work together on the ExoMars programme, looking ahead to the launch of two missions to the planet Mars in 2016 and 2018.
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Mars rover Curiosity has more than a name going for it. It’s just discovered a Martian “flower”, an unusual mineral formation which has everybody guessing. The “flower" is definitely different.
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The science community has been abuzz with rumours recently that Mars Curiosity rover had found something big on Mars but in a briefing at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union, NASA scientists played down the hype.
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The US space agency (NASA) has announced plans to launch a new robotic rover on Mars in 2020. The new vehicle will be based on the Curiosity Rover, which landed on the Red Planet back in August.
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NASA talked tantalisingly about a discovery made by its Mars Curiosity Rover this week that could "get in the history books" but finding out what exactly that discovery may be will have to wait a few weeks until NASA has checked results.
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NASA’s Curiosity rover sampled the air on Mars this week. At a teleconference on November 2, NASA announced Curiosity had not found any evidence of methane, which is often a sign of life, in the Martian atmosphere.
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NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has continued its solitary mission to the Red Planet, this week making a start on analysing soil samples scooped up from the Martian surface. Initial results show similarities between Martian soil and soil found on Hawaii.
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The small Scottish village Glenelg will hold a ceremony this weekend at which it will officially twin itself with the region on Mars currently being visited by the Curiosity rover.
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NASA’s Mars roving explorer Curiosity has already revealed a treasure trove of discoveries on the Red Planet. Its latest find is a pyramid shaped chunk of rock, that’s proved to be something of a surprise even to NASA.
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An image taken by Curiosity's camera showing its robotic arm scooping sand reveals an object that sparked off speculations online, with guesses from ET earrings to gold tooth, even after NASA said it was likely a bit of the rover that broke off.
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Artist's impression of Curiosity rover on the Martian surface
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