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ISS sets its research scope on longer space missions
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21/04/2021 - 07:48 Astronauts heading to the ISS are laying the groundwork for potential manned missions deeper into Space Gregg Newton AFP/File 4 min
Paris (AFP)
Detect harmful radiation, pilot a rover module, learn better sleep and body maintenance: astronauts aboard the International Space Station are preparing for future missions even further afield from the Moon to, one day, Mars.
The latest arrival of four more astronauts to the ISS, due to blast off aboard a SpaceX rocket from Florida on Thursday, will open the door for new experiments aimed at priming humans for long-distance space travel.
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Perseverance Has Officially Started Its Search For Signs of Life on Mars
MARLOWE HOOD, AFP
10 MARCH 2021
The bundle of instruments known as SuperCam on board the Perseverance Mars rover has collected its first samples in the hunt for past life on the red planet, mission scientists said Wednesday.
The return to Earth years from now of the rocks and soil it retrieves will give scientists the Holy Grail of planetary exploration, Jean-Yves le Gall, president of France s National Centre for Space Studies (CNES), which mostly built the mobile observatory, commented via a YouTube broadcast.
These pieces of Mars , he said, may finally answer this fascinating and fundamental question: was there ever life elsewhere than Earth?
The bundle of instruments known as SuperCam on board the Perseverance Mars rover has collected its first samples in the hunt for past life on the Red Planet, mission scientists said.