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  ChemCam Follows the 'Yellowknife Road' to Martian Wet Area

  January 16, 2013 — Researchers have tracked a trail of minerals that point to the prior presence of water at the Curiosity rover site on ... > full story
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  NASA Mars Rover Preparing to Drill Into First Martian Rock

  January 16, 2013 — NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is driving toward a flat rock with pale veins that may hold clues to a wet history on the Red Planet. If the rock meets rover engineers' approval when Curiosity rolls up ... > full story
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  Asteroid Deflection Mission Seeks Smashing Ideas

  January 15, 2013 — A space rock several hundred metres across is heading towards our planet and the last-ditch attempt to avert a disaster -- an untested mission to deflect it -- fails. This fictional scene of films ... > full story
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  Saline Hiding Places for Bacteria in Río Tinto Could Be Like Those on Mars

  January 11, 2013 — Researchers have identified microorganisms that live inside salt deposits in the acidic and ferrous environment of the Tinto River in Huelva, Spain. The extreme conditions of these microniches appear ... > full story
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  NASA's Robotic Refueling Demo Set to Jumpstart Expanded Capabilities in Space

  January 10, 2013 — In mid-January, NASA will take the next step in advancing robotic satellite-servicing technologies as it tests the Robotic Refueling Mission, or RRM aboard the International Space Station. The ... > full story
• Weapons Technology
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  NASA Researchers Studying Advanced Nuclear Rocket Technologies

  January 10, 2013 — Advanced propulsion researchers at NASA are a step closer to solving the challenge of safely sending human explorers to Mars and other solar system destinations. By using an innovative test facility ... > full story
• Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
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  Evidence of Asteroid Belt Around Vega

  January 8, 2013 — Astronomers have discovered what appears to be a large asteroid belt around the star Vega, the second brightest star in northern night skies. The discovery of an asteroid belt-like band of debris ... > full story
• Mars
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  Researchers Develop Acrobatic Space Rovers to Explore Moons and Asteroids

  January 8, 2013 — Researchers have designed a robotic platform that could take space exploration to new heights. The mission proposed for the platform involves a mother spacecraft deploying one or several spiked, ... > full story
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  NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Makes First Use of Its Brush

  January 7, 2013 — NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has completed first-time use of a brush it carries to sweep dust off rocks. Nearing the end of a series of first-time uses of the rover's tools, the mission has cleared ... > full story
• Sleep Disorder Research
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  Simulated Mission to Mars Reveals Critical Data About Sleep Needs for Astronauts

  January 7, 2013 — In the first study of its kind, researchers have analyzed data on the impact of prolonged operational confinement on sleep, performance, and mood in astronauts from a simulated 520-day space mission ... > full story

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