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NASA announces Mars 2020 rover payload
On July 31, NASA announced the roster of instruments that would hitch a ride on board its planned rover to the red planet in 2020. John Grunsfeld, astronaut and associate administrator for the NASA Science Mission Directorate, Headquarters, Washington, said … Continue reading
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Tagged astrobiology, biosignatures, Mars 2020 rover, Mars Exploration Program, Mastcam Z, MEDA, MOXIE, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, RIMFAX, scientific payload
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One of the hottest planets cold enough for ice
This article, as written by me, appeared in The Hindu on December 6, 2012. — Mercury, the innermost planet in the Solar System, is like a small rock orbiting the Sun, continuously assaulted by the star’s heat and radiation. It … Continue reading
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Tagged Arecibo, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Mercury, MESSENGER spacecraft, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, neutron spectrometry
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