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NASA Formally Retires Mars InSight Lander 4 Years After Its Arrival on Red Planet
NASA has formally retired its Mars InSight lander, the first robotic probe specially designed to study the deep interior of a distant world, four years after it arrived on the surface of the red planet, the US space agency announced on Wednesday. Mission controllers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) near Los Angeles determined the mission ...
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India Loses Contact With Mars Orbiter After Eight Years
India has lost contact with its Mars orbiter, eight years after the low-cost probe made it the first Asian nation with a spacecraft circling the red planet, its space agency said.
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Probe Ordered Into Recruitment Of Sub-Inspectors In Jammu And Kashmir Police
The first major recruitment by the Jammu and Kashmir administration after the scrapping of Article 370 has been marred by allegations of large scale corruption and fraud.
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NASA's Ingenuity Helicopter Gives Aerial Perspective on the Perseverance Landing Gear on Mars Surface
NASA's Ingenuity helicopter, the first probe to ever fly on another planet, has captured images of the landing gear that helped it and its companion, the Perseverance rover, land on Mars in February 2021.
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NASA's InSight Lander Captures Stunning View of Sunrise on Mars
NASA's InSight Mars lander captured a stunning view of a sunrise on the Red Planet, giving space enthusiasts an idea of what watching the run rise on Mars could look like. InSight is NASA's first mission to study the interior of Mars — its crust, mantle, and core — in depth and has completed its mission of spending one Martian year on the plane...
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China's Tianwen-1 Mars Probe Captures Stunning Selfies Above the Red Planet's North Pole
China's first independent interplanetary mission, Tianwen-1, pulled a new year's surprise by clicking incredible selfies on Mars above its north pole. The images showed the mission's solar arrays and antennas as well as a partial closeup of the orbiter.
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Japan Aims to Put an Astronaut on the Moon by Late 2020s, Launch Mars Probe in 2024
Japan revised the schedule of its space exploration plans, aiming to put a Japanese person on the moon by the latter half of the 2020s.
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China’s Mars Rover Zhurong Seen Exploring the Red Planet in First Photos
China's Mars rover Zhurong struck a birdlike pose as it explored the red planet in photos released by the country's space agency Friday.
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China Mars Rover Zhurong Beams Back First Photos From the Red Planet
Solar panels against an alien landscape, ramps and rods pointing at the Martian horizon — China's first probe on the Red Planet has beamed back its first "selfies" after its history-making landing last week.
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Chinese Mars Rover Beams Back First Photos After Landing
Solar panels against an alien landscape, ramps and rods pointing at the Martian horizon -- China's first probe on the Red Planet has beamed back its first "selfies" after its history-making landing last week.
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UAE’s Hope Mars Probe Sends Home Its First Image of the Red Planet
The UAE's Hope probe sent back its first image of Mars, the national space agency said Sunday, days after the spacecraft successfully entered the Red Planet's orbit.
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UAE's "Hope" Space Probe Sends First Image Of Mars
The UAE's "Hope" probe sent back its first image of Mars, the national space agency said Sunday, days after the spacecraft successfully entered the Red Planet's orbit.
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China’s Unmanned Tianwen-1 Spacecraft Successfully Enters Mars Orbit
An uncrewed Chinese spacecraft successfully entered orbit around Mars after over six months of journey from Earth, China's space agency said, in the country's first independent mission to the planet.
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UAE Hope Probe Nears Mars in First Arab Mission
UAE’s Hope Probe is set to reach Mars and enter its orbit following a seven-month journey. This would make the UAE the fifth space agency to reach the planet. The Emirates Mars Mission, which has cost around $200 million, launched the Hope Probe from a Japanese space centre.
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UAE's 'Hope' Probe Enters Mars Orbit In First For Arab Mission
The United Arab Emirates' "Hope" probe on Monday successfully entered Mars' orbit, making history as the Arab world's first interplanetary mission.
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NASA Formally Retires Mars InSight Lander 4 Years After Its Arrival on Red Planet
NASA has formally retired its Mars InSight lander, the first robotic probe specially designed to study the deep interior of a distant world, four years after it arrived on the surface of the red planet, the US space agency announced on Wednesday. Mission controllers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) near Los Angeles determined the mission ...
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India Loses Contact With Mars Orbiter After Eight Years
India has lost contact with its Mars orbiter, eight years after the low-cost probe made it the first Asian nation with a spacecraft circling the red planet, its space agency said.
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Probe Ordered Into Recruitment Of Sub-Inspectors In Jammu And Kashmir Police
The first major recruitment by the Jammu and Kashmir administration after the scrapping of Article 370 has been marred by allegations of large scale corruption and fraud.
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NASA's Ingenuity Helicopter Gives Aerial Perspective on the Perseverance Landing Gear on Mars Surface
NASA's Ingenuity helicopter, the first probe to ever fly on another planet, has captured images of the landing gear that helped it and its companion, the Perseverance rover, land on Mars in February 2021.
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NASA's InSight Lander Captures Stunning View of Sunrise on Mars
NASA's InSight Mars lander captured a stunning view of a sunrise on the Red Planet, giving space enthusiasts an idea of what watching the run rise on Mars could look like. InSight is NASA's first mission to study the interior of Mars — its crust, mantle, and core — in depth and has completed its mission of spending one Martian year on the plane...
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China's Tianwen-1 Mars Probe Captures Stunning Selfies Above the Red Planet's North Pole
China's first independent interplanetary mission, Tianwen-1, pulled a new year's surprise by clicking incredible selfies on Mars above its north pole. The images showed the mission's solar arrays and antennas as well as a partial closeup of the orbiter.
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Japan Aims to Put an Astronaut on the Moon by Late 2020s, Launch Mars Probe in 2024
Japan revised the schedule of its space exploration plans, aiming to put a Japanese person on the moon by the latter half of the 2020s.
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China’s Mars Rover Zhurong Seen Exploring the Red Planet in First Photos
China's Mars rover Zhurong struck a birdlike pose as it explored the red planet in photos released by the country's space agency Friday.
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China Mars Rover Zhurong Beams Back First Photos From the Red Planet
Solar panels against an alien landscape, ramps and rods pointing at the Martian horizon — China's first probe on the Red Planet has beamed back its first "selfies" after its history-making landing last week.
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Chinese Mars Rover Beams Back First Photos After Landing
Solar panels against an alien landscape, ramps and rods pointing at the Martian horizon -- China's first probe on the Red Planet has beamed back its first "selfies" after its history-making landing last week.
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UAE’s Hope Mars Probe Sends Home Its First Image of the Red Planet
The UAE's Hope probe sent back its first image of Mars, the national space agency said Sunday, days after the spacecraft successfully entered the Red Planet's orbit.
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UAE's "Hope" Space Probe Sends First Image Of Mars
The UAE's "Hope" probe sent back its first image of Mars, the national space agency said Sunday, days after the spacecraft successfully entered the Red Planet's orbit.
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China’s Unmanned Tianwen-1 Spacecraft Successfully Enters Mars Orbit
An uncrewed Chinese spacecraft successfully entered orbit around Mars after over six months of journey from Earth, China's space agency said, in the country's first independent mission to the planet.
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UAE Hope Probe Nears Mars in First Arab Mission
UAE’s Hope Probe is set to reach Mars and enter its orbit following a seven-month journey. This would make the UAE the fifth space agency to reach the planet. The Emirates Mars Mission, which has cost around $200 million, launched the Hope Probe from a Japanese space centre.
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UAE's 'Hope' Probe Enters Mars Orbit In First For Arab Mission
The United Arab Emirates' "Hope" probe on Monday successfully entered Mars' orbit, making history as the Arab world's first interplanetary mission.
