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Scientists have developed a prototype of a strange new boomerang-shaped aircraft for use on Mars.
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Eagle-eyed conspiracy theorists have identified what looks like a small pyramid on the Red Planet.
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Researchers have concluded that a manned mission to Mars is unlikely to contaminate the planet.
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Astronomers have identified a planet the size of Mars orbiting a star 200 light years from the Earth.
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Scientists have identified traces of methane inside space rocks that are thought to have come from Mars.
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Deposits of impact glass on the surface of Mars could potentially contain traces of ancient life forms.
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The new Space Launch System will enable ambitious future missions including a manned trip to Mars.
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NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has outlined the space agency's plans for getting humans to Mars.
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The space agency will be testing out its futuristic Mars landing system over Hawaii this week.
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The Siloe Patera crater on Mars is now believed to be the collapsed center of an enormous volcano.
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Astronauts on a manned mission to Mars could first use its moon Phobos as a staging area.
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Cosmic radiation could be the single biggest problem for future astronauts embarking on a trip to Mars.
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NASA's Curiosity rover has found evidence of liquid water forming near to the planet's surface.
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The Red Planet is home to a large volume of glacial ice buried beneath a layer of surface dust.
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NASA has revealed a partnership with the firm behind a new super-fast deep space engine.
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NASA has revealed that the rover has found further evidence of organic molecules on the Red Planet.
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The legendary astronaut tweeted a light-hearted picture encouraging a manned trip to Mars.
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Joseph Roche, who is himself on the shortlist to go to Mars, doubts very much that it will ever happen.
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An image of a 'mushroom cloud' on the Red Planet has caught the attention of conspiracy theorists.
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Scientists have revealed that Mars had so much water that it covered over half the northern hemisphere.