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It's Official - China Targets 2020 Mars Rover Mission
2020 Mars Rover Mission Just One More Step in China's Ambitious Space ProgramOn Friday, in a rare news conference, a top Chinese space official announced ... -
Chinese Next Generation Rockets Aim for Deep Space
Chinese Next Generation Rockets Will Launch This YearLater this year, China will launch it's new heavy lift rocket, the Long March-5. It's a big rocket. Long ... -
Revolutionary Space Transportation System Begins Testing
Forget Solar Sails -- Try an E-sail Instead It's one of the biggest problems in space transportation ... Time. It takes a lot of time for conventional, chemical ... -
Hebes Chasma - Mars Picture of the Week
The Mystery of Hebes Chasma On the western end of Valles Marineris, and just a little bit to the north, lies a canyon system, a chasma, ... -
The New Moon Race -- That Isn't
The Modern Moon Race has only one Contestant Given the the current state of the US political system, it appears safe to say that the ... -
China Aims for Mars Exploration
The mission will include an orbiter, a lander and a rover. 2020 Launch Opportunity Targeted as China Aims for Mars For the last several months, there ... -
Russia's Space Nuclear Engine Receives Fuel
Prototype Space Nuclear Engine To Be Revealed in 2018 Russia's state-run nuclear energy corporation, Rosatom, has been developing a nuclear engine for spacecraft since 2010. The ... -
New Mars Gravity Map Provides Glimpse Into Hidden Interior
Data from Three NASA Spacecraft Provides Most Detailed Mars Gravity Map Ever Spacecraft don't always go where you expect them to... Even if everything works perfectly, gravity ... -
Gale Crater - Mars Picture of the Week
Composite View of Gale Crater Show's Curiosity rover's Landing SpotThe Curiosity rover has returned tons of stunning images from the surface of Mars, but have you ... -
Martian Dust Devil - Mars Picture of the Week
Spring Winds on Mars Create Stunning Martian Dust Devil Amazonis Planitia - Mars. Click to view full size map. Doesn't it seem that everything is ...
