SPACEFLIGHT
FEB 11, 2013 02:29 PM ET // BY IAN O’NEILL

image: Artist’s impression of Curiosity entering the Martian atmosphere last year. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

In the wake of the wildly successful landing of NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover on Aug. 6, 2012, it may come as no surprise that the American [...]

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FEB 11, 2013 1:07

Ian O’Neill – Discovery News
In the wake of the wildly successful landing of NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover on Aug. 6, 2012, it may come as no surprise that the American public are currently feeling rather enthusiastic about exploring Mars. This sentiment has now been bolstered by a recent poll carried out [...]

by JESSICA VESS / KVUE News
Posted on January 20, 2013 at 7:16 PM
Updated Monday, Jan 21 at 7:23 AM

AUSTIN — A rock resembling something found on the Red Planet is on display at the Frank Fickett Scouting Training and Service Center in Austin.
The center dedicated the 1,000 pound rock to Austin boy scouts Sunday afternoon. [...]

Chris Carberry

Artemis Westenberg

Speculation about life on Mars has been rampant this fall. Rumors that the Mars Curiosity Rover may have found evidence of life on Mars have surfaced twice in the past few weeks. The most recent rumor started when a member of the Curiosity team was quoted as saying that they had collected data that was [...]

The Humans to Mars Summit (H2M)
How can we land humans on Mars by 2030?  Join us at the Humans to Mars Summit (H2M) to learn ways in which this can happen.  Co-sponsored by Explore Mars and the George Washington University Space Policy Institute, H2M will be held on May 6-8, 2013 at the Lisner Auditorium [...]