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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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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Check out this stunning video of Mars – that took 3 months to stitch together
Finnish filmmaker Jan Fröjdman transformed Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter imagery into a three-dimensional overhead view of the Red Planet
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Mars’ ice deposits hold as much water as world’s greatest lake
Frozen beneath a region of cracked and pitted plains on the Red Planet lies about as much water as what’s in Lake Superior
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Beagle 2 Mars mission ‘didn’t crash land’, new research finds
The lander deployed at least three, and possibly all four, of the solar panels it was supposed to after touching down on the Red Planet’s 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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Opportunity completes study of Martian valley with stunning imagery
Marathon Valley has provided fruitful research targets since July 2015, but the rover may soon move on
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Opportunity rover achieves a six-wheeler up a Martian ridge in search of water
This month, the rover will examine rocks that may have been chemically altered by water billions of years ago
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InSight delay: “It’s more important to do it right than take an unacceptable risk”
NASA has decided to call off the planned March 2016 launch of the next mission to the Red Planet
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VIDEO: Take a rover’s-eye view road trip on the surface of Mars
See and hear the incredible experience of trundling along the terrain of the Red Planet