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Get Ready for InSight Mars Landing's '6 Minutes of Terror'

November 24, 2018 | Article

When InSight lands on Mars, no one will see it in real time.
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No More 'BFR': Elon Musk Changes Name of Mars Rocket

November 21, 2018 | Article

Elon Musk is rebranding SpaceX's Mars-colonizing spaceflight system yet again.
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950-Mile-Long Cloud Spotted Over Martian Volcano. And It Has Staying Power.

November 21, 2018 | Article

Unlike other Martian cloud structures that seem to poof in and out of existence, this one has staying power.
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Colonizing Mars Means Contaminating Mars — And Never Knowing For Sure If It Had Its Own Native Life

November 14, 2018 | Article

Before that happens, we need to recognize that a very real possibility exists that the first human steps on the Martian surface will lead to a collision between terrestrial life and biota native to Mars.
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SpaceX's 'Starman' and Its Tesla Roadster Are Now Beyond Mars

November 04, 2018 | Article

Starman has put a lot of miles on his ride in the last nine months.
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The Parachute That Will Help Gently Plop the Rover Down on Mars Also Broke a World Record on Earth

October 30, 2018 | Article

After months of testing supersonic parachutes, NASA is confident they have found the one.
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Astronauts Going to Mars Will Absorb Crazy Amounts of Radiation. Now We Know How Much.

September 21, 2018 | Article

There are plenty of challenges to putting people on Mars, whether you look at the rocket, the astronaut or the planet itself.
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The BFR in Images: SpaceX's Giant Spaceship for Mars Colony & Beyond

September 17, 2018 | Image Album

On Sept. 29, 2017, SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk unveiled the company’s latest Mars-colonization architecture, which centers on a rocket-spaceship combo dubbed the BFR (Big F***ing Rocket). See how it works in images.
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'Foreign Object' on Mars Spotted by Curiosity Rover Is Just a Rock

August 18, 2018 | Article

Curiosity photographed an odd, flat object that mission team members initially thought might have fallen off the car-size robot. But the "debris" turned out to be a Red Planet rock.
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Was a Muppet Just Spotted on Mars?

August 15, 2018 | Article

Muppet Labs did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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