Snowflakes of Mars: Unlike anything you’ve seen
After collecting the vast quantities of data gathered by orbiting Mars spacecraft, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology team has uncovered some rather interesting facts about Martian snow -- snow like nothing we can ever experience on Earth. full story 
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Sky shorts: Opportunity's Mars mission keeps on going
NASA’s Mars Exploration Rovers landed on Mars in January 2004, in search of answers about the history of water on Mars.
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A blizzard of brilliant colors as photographer shoots dazzling images of a movie projected onto falling snowflakes
Brian Maffitt, of Chestnut Ridge, N.Y., videoed and photographed the dazzling effects of projecting the film 'The Lorax,' based on the Dr. Seuss book, into falling snowflakes being blown about in the wind.
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Incredible close-up pictures of snowflakes taken on a photographer's balcony using a simple DIY camera kit
Russian photographer Alexey Kljatov shoots the snowflakes on the balcony of his Moscow home using a 12.1MP Canon PowerShot A650 camera and some makeshift equipment.
dailymail.co.uk (3 months and 3 days ago)
Old Soviet Mars 3 lander discovered?
A "missing" Mars lander and its associated hardware from the 1970s may have finally been discovered in images taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The Soviet Mars 3 lander was the first successful landing on Mars by...
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Is Mars One 'suicide mission to Mars' just science fantasy?
Mars One has plans for a solar system-sized reality show that will hand ordinary people a one-way ticket to Mars, all filmed for a TV event set to launch in 2023. But is there less “reality” in this concept than in reality TV shows?
foxnews.com (1 month and 19 days ago)
Tens of thousands around world apply for one-way ticket to Mars
Do you dream of living on Mars? Then turn on your webcam. You've got an application video to make. Mars One, a Netherlands-based group that wants to turn the colonizing of Mars into a reality television phenomenon, is accepting applications for its astronaut selection program.
denverpost.com (13 days ago)
1-way Mars trip starts accepting astronaut applications
Want to spend the rest of your life on Mars? Mars One, which plans to send humans to establish a permanent settlement on Mars in 2023, began accepting online applications this week.
cbc.ca (30 days ago)
In two weeks, Mars One receives over 78,000 applications for one-way trip to Mars
Despite the one-way nature of the trip, it seems there’s no shortage of people willing to pack their bags and experience life on Mars. Just two weeks after putting out the call for potential Mars settlers, Mars One had received over 78,000 applications from people in over 120 countries. With the application period set to last 19 weeks, the Mars One selection committees face...
gizmag.com (15 days ago)
Mars One receives over 78,000 applications for one-way trip to Mars in two weeks
Despite the one-way nature of the trip, it seems there’s no shortage of people willing to pack their bags and experience life on Mars. Just two weeks after putting out the call for potential Mars settlers, Mars One had received over 78,000 applications from people in over 120 countries. With the application period set to last 19 weeks, the Mars One selection committees face...
gizmag.com (16 days ago)
Mars applicants apply here
The Mars Society's Nicole Willett describes the characteristics needed for an applicant wanting to live on Mars.
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