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New era of Mars exploration begins as craft nears Red Planet By (0) An illustration shows the United Arab Emirates' Mars Hope orbiter firing thrusters to slow itself down as it enters Mars orbit, which is scheduled to happen Tuesday. Image courtesy of Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre An illustration depicts the Mars rover Perseverance as thrusters on a descent vehicle slow its landing on the Red Planet, scheduled for Feb. 18. Image courtesy of NASA China's Tianwen-1 spacecraft is shown in a photo taken in deep space on the way to Mars in December by a tiny remote camera ejected from the ves...

Everything we hope to learn from 3 historic missions to Mars NASA's Perseverance rover is planned to land on the red planet in February. Image: bob al-greene / mashable UPDATE: Feb. 10, 2021, 11:43 a.m. EST The UAE's on Feb. 10, and will make its attempt to reach the surface in May. With missions from three nations expected to reach the Red Planet this month, 2021 might be the most illuminating year in the history of Mars research. Earthlings have been sending probes and robots to and near Mars since the 1960s, and dozens have successfully captured images and data about the planet, gradua...

Common calendar, Packet papers, February 5 Common calendar, Packet papers, February 5 Ongoing Princeton University Concerts (PUC) is expanding its digital offerings for the remainder of the 2020-21 season to replace planned in-person concerts, many of which will be rescheduled to future seasons. The university’s performing arts series has recast all of its virtual programming to directly address socially relevant topics. This includes: a new podcast series, Breathe in Music, bringing PUC’s popular Live Music Meditation series to a digital format; a new series of conversations with musici...

Orbiters could find ice on Mars for future human missions By Ashley Strickland, CNN enablePagination: false endIndex: (CNN) — Mars is too cold for liquid water to exist on its surface, but a wealth of ice may exist just beneath the surface in certain regions. Future human missions to Mars could use this ice as a resource and study it to learn about the planet's past. The Italian Space Agency, the Canadian Space Agency, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and NASA have announced they intend to develop a plan for a robotic Mars ice mapping mission. Together, the agencies will create a te...

Orbiters could find ice on Mars for future human missions CNN 2/4/2021 By Ashley Strickland, CNN © NASA This artist's illustration shows the four orbiters of the International Mars Ice Mapper (I-MIM) mission concept. Mars is too cold for liquid water to exist on its surface, but a wealth of ice may exist just beneath the surface in certain regions. Future human missions to Mars could use this ice as a resource and study it to learn about the planet's past. The Italian Space Agency, the Canadian Space Agency, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and NASA have announced t...