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Posted by Bill Dunford on 2013/04/21 03:07 CDT | 6 comments
Mars and Earth share a truly striking family resemblance, but there's no mistaking which one is home.
Guest Post: Tyler Nordgren: Mars Above, Mars Below
Posted by Tyler Nordgren on 2012/03/02 06:55 CST
With Mars at opposition once again, astronomers around the world will soon be looking up for our best telescopic views of the Red Planet. But next weekend, I and a group of scientists will be turning our gaze downward for views of that alien planet.
Guest Post: Patrick Donohue: Six days in the crater (day one)
Posted by Pat Donohue on 2012/02/03 10:02 CST
Guest Post: Patrick Donohue: Six days in the crater (day one)
Reports from the 2009 arctic Mars analogue Svalbard expedition
Posted by Adrienne Kish on 2009/10/06 06:35 CDT
The expedition's goals were to integrate and test two new instruments for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory rover and four for ESA's ExoMars rover.
Reports from the 2009 arctic Mars analogue Svalbard expedition
Posted by Juan Diego Rodriguez-Blanco on 2009/10/06 12:10 CDT
The expedition's goals were to integrate and test two new instruments for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory rover and four for ESA's ExoMars rover.
Exploring Mars on Earth: The Arctic Mars Analog Svalbard Expedition
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2009/08/31 06:10 CDT
High in the Arctic, just below Earth's north polar ice cap, biologists, geologists, and engineers come together in Svalbard every August to practice and prepare for an expedition to Mars.
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