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Cosmonewts Come Home After Russians Send Animals To Space
45 mice, 15 newts, eight gerbils and a handful of snails returned to Earth today after a month in space in a Russian capsule. The Bion-M completed a parachute-assisted landing about 750 miles southeast of Moscow, and researchers immediately set up a mobile lab near the capsule to begin tests on the animals.
How NASA Imagined Humans On Mars, Back In 1990
NASA’s had Mars on the brain for many, many years, way before it was drawing massive male members in the martian sand. Ever since it sent astronauts to the moon, NASA’s had its sights aimed at the Red Planet. These amazing retro images dug up from the archives show just how NASA thought Mars would be.
NASA Is Giving You The Opportunity To Send A Message To Mars… As A Haiku
We’ve sent more than a few rovers to Mars over the decades and we’ve yet to encounter intelligent life. But on the off chance something is there, what better way to communicate our peaceful intentions than with a haiku? Well, NASA not only wants you to submit one for consideration, but get the public to vote for the top three.
Would You Accept A One-Way Trip To A Colony On Mars?
Now that nuclear-thermal rockets are becoming a reality, we may very well be shipping off the first human pioneers to Mars (both safely and efficiently) in the not-too-distant future. This, of course, leaves the question of exactly who will become the first generation of Martian-Earthlings.
Street View Hits Mars With This 4-Gigapixel Panoramic
There’s been no shortage of Mars pictures since Curiosity landed. We’ve got Martian mountains, rover selfies, the works. But thanks to a little image stitching by a clever dude back here on Earth, now we have Mars Street View, kind of.
























