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Mars Curiosity Rover Wood Model: Curious Why I Don’t Have This on My Desk Yet

While most of us will never get to visit the red and dusty surface of Mars, we have been afforded the ability to get a first-hand view of the planet, courtesy of NASA’s Curiosity Rover. And while we’ll never get a chance to see the Curiosity itself up close and personal, you can now have your own mini-Rover on your desktop.

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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Snaps Pics of What May Be 1971 Soviet Mars Lander

Back in 1971, the Soviet Union sent a spacecraft to Mars. The spacecraft was called the Mars 3 Lander and it touched down on the surface of the red planet and continued transmitting for several seconds on December 2, 1971.

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Fusion Drive Could Get Astronauts to Mars and Back in a Month

The problem with exploring our solar system today is that we lack the technology to make voyages between planets quick enough. It’s nearly impossible to visit other planets because of slow propulsion systems that expose astronauts to cosmic radiation and require huge amounts of fuel.

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The Distance to Mars: Measured in Pixels

I’m pretty sure that many people have trouble understanding stellar distances. Even Mars, one of the closest planets, is really far away by Earthly measurement standards. Check out this great and simple web animation on how far away Mars actually is from Earth.

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Mars Has a “Non-Negligible” Chance of Being Hit by a Comet in 2014

One of the most impressive things that happened to Jupiter in recorded history was when the planet was pummeled by chunks of the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet. The thing with Jupiter is that it has an incredibly thick atmosphere so all we could really see of those impacts were disturbances in the clouds near the top of the planet’s atmosphere.

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Gingerbread Mars Rover: Candy Curiosity

I think we just made a huge discovery. Mars is made out of candy. It’s also apparently in a parallel universe where it is flat and in someone’s house, next to their stairs.

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Mars Attacks! Christmas Ornament: Just Don’t Yodel Near It

My favorite part of Tim Burton’s cult classic Mars Attacks! (besides every scene with Jack Nicholson in it) is the part where grandma’s Indian Love Call yodeling record is discovered to be the Achilles’ heel of the invaders, blowing their heads to smithereens.

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NASA Unveils Photo of Curiosity Parachuting Towards Mars

If you follow space and science at all, or watch the news, undoubtedly you would’ve heard by now that NASA was successful in putting the Curiosity Rover on the surface of Mars yesterday. NASA has released a cool photograph of the Curiosity rover taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

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NASA Promotes Mars Curiosity Rover with Star Trek Actors

NASA is milking the coming landing of the Curiosity rover for all it’s worth with numerous videos to get people excited about the Rover landing on the surface of the red planet. The nuclear powered Curiosity Rover is set to touch down on the surface of Mars, if all goes well, at 1:31 AM EDT on August 6, 2012.

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Curiosity Makes Its Final Flight Path Tweak before Landing

If you follow the space program at all, you probably know that NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory, known as Curiosity, is on its way to the red planet. Curiosity is scheduled to touch down on the surface of Mars at 1:31 AM EDT on Monday, August 6.

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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Snaps Pic of Martian Dust Devil in Action

Growing up in the infamous Tornado Alley in Texas, we learned from an early age what to do and what not to do if a tornado is coming your way. You also learn what a tornado looks like and the sort of devastation they can leave behind as well.

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Russian Space Official Hints Weapon Might Have Caused Phobos-Grunt Failure

Russia has had some major failures over the last few months in its space program. So far the country has lost a load of supplies that were to go to the ISS, along with a GPS satellite and more.

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NASA Probe Finds New Evidence of Water on Mars, Johnny Cab Nowhere to be Found

Mars is the planet that will likely be the first planet outside of Earth that humans will set foot on. One of the things that NASA is looking for on the planet are signs of water that could be used for astronauts to drink and other things.

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Gaming in Space (Almost, Really)

NASA wants to put you in space–sort of–and they’re willing to build an MMO to prove it. With Astronaut: Mars, Moon and Beyond, the folks behind the American space program hope to produce a game that will be to space what America’s Army was to, uh… American’s actual Army.

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Mars Curiosity Rover Wood Model: Curious Why I Don’t Have This on My Desk Yet

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Snaps Pics of What May Be 1971 Soviet Mars Lander

Fusion Drive Could Get Astronauts to Mars and Back in a Month

The Distance to Mars: Measured in Pixels

Mars Has a “Non-Negligible” Chance of Being Hit by a Comet in 2014

Gingerbread Mars Rover: Candy Curiosity

Mars Attacks! Christmas Ornament: Just Don’t Yodel Near It

NASA Unveils Photo of Curiosity Parachuting Towards Mars

NASA Promotes Mars Curiosity Rover with Star Trek Actors

Curiosity Makes Its Final Flight Path Tweak before Landing

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Snaps Pic of Martian Dust Devil in Action

Russian Space Official Hints Weapon Might Have Caused Phobos-Grunt Failure

NASA Probe Finds New Evidence of Water on Mars, Johnny Cab Nowhere to be Found

Gaming in Space (Almost, Really)

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