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Large solar storm sparks global aurora on Mars; doubles radiation levels on Martian surface
Oct 03, 2017, 12:41 PM ISTA strong solar storm hit Mars last month, sparking a global aurora at the Martian surface and causing the radiation level to double.
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Water escaping Mars has its ups and downs, NASA's MAVEN mission finds
World | Oct 20, 2016, 07:19 PM ISTNASA's MAVEN mission, that has been probing Mars’ upper atmosphere for a whole Martian year – equivalent to two Earth years – has found water escaping the planet does not generally go delicately into space.
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Watch: Nasa's Maven captures ultraviolet pictures of Mars displaying its ‘nightglow’
World | Oct 19, 2016, 07:14 PM ISTOffering a stunning look into the planet's climate, Nasa's Maven mission demonstrated an alternate Mars utilizing the shuttle's infrared camera catching the planet's bright shine. They include the first images of "nightglow" that can be
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NASA deploys new system to avoid traffic jams at Mars
World | Aug 02, 2015, 05:52 PM ISTWashington: Five active spacecrafts are now orbiting the Red Planet, including one from India, leaving NASA with no option but to beef up traffic monitoring, communication and manoeuvre planning to ensure that Mars orbiters do
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5 amazing things that cost more than India's successful Mars Mission
India | Sep 25, 2014, 05:23 PM ISTNew Delhi: We Indians are known for getting things done at cheap prices and today our Scientists have proved it to the world. The country's Mangalyaan satellite successfully made it into orbit around the Mars
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NASA spacecraft enters Mars' orbit to explore atmosphere
World | Sep 22, 2014, 10:14 AM ISTWashington: After 10-month journey of 442 million mile, NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission entered into Mars orbit, the US space agency has said.After a 33-minute engine firing, mission controllers received acknowledgment at
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NASA spacecraft set to enter Mars orbit Sunday night
World | Sep 21, 2014, 01:14 PM ISTWashington: NASA's MAVEN spacecraft is set to enter the Mars orbit Sunday night, two days before India's first interplanetary spacecraft Mangalyaan is due to slip into the martian orbit Tuesday.MAVEN - the MARS Atmosphere and
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NASA spacecraft to reach Mars this weekend
World | Sep 18, 2014, 06:56 AM ISTWashington: US space agency NASA said on Wednesday its Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft will enter orbit around the Red Planet this weekend.The spacecraft has completed a 10-month space journey spanning 442 million