The new photo is the best-ever look at the InSight lander on the surface of Mars
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NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter celebrates a tremendous milestone
The Mars orbiter has recently hit 60,000 orbits around the Red Planet, a feat that took over 13 years to complete
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Buried ice discovered under the steep slopes of Mars
There have been eight sites detailed to harbour water ice under its surface
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New evidence argues against water on Mars’ surface
As dark streaky features extend down the Red Planet’s slopes, scientists now believe it is due to the movement of sand grains and not subsurface water
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Mars orbiter spies Curiosity climbing Mount Sharp
Using the most powerful telescope ever sent to Mars, NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter caught a view of the rover this month amid rocky mountainside terrain
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Fossils suggest a warmer, wetter ancient Mars
Extensive systems of fossilised riverbeds have been discovered on an ancient region of the Martian surface
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Modern Martian gullies not formed by abundant water, spacecraft finds
Data from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show that ravines on the Red Planet could be being made by carbon dioxide
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NASA confirms that liquid water flows on present-day Mars
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has provided the strongest evidence yet
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Starmus 2014: “I’m very sad that the Space Shuttle has gone into retirement,” says Brian May
Queen guitarist Brian May speaks of his sadness about the end of the Space Shuttle Program, over three years after it ended