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Solar system's biggest impact scar discoveredA new analysis of Mars by researchers at MIT and NASA has solved one of the biggest remaining mysteries in the solar system -- why the planet Mars has two completely different kinds of terrain, in its northern and southern hemispheres. June 25, 2008 The next-best thing to being on MarsTwo MIT students are currently living, working and communicating with the outside world as if they were on a mission to Mars. Whenever they go outside their small, round habitat, they don spacesuits and pass through an airlock. February 25, 2008 MIT, Harvard offer solution to Mars enigmaAn analysis by MIT and Harvard scientists suggests a possible answer to a Mars puzzle: Why the lack of widespread carbonate rocks, despite plenty of evidence that points to an early warm, wet climate on the planet that would promote the rocks' formation? December 27, 2007 MIT to lead ambitious lunar missionMIT will lead a $375 million mission to map the moon's interior and reconstruct its thermal history, NASA announced this week. The Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory mission will be led by MIT professor Maria Zuber and will be launched in 2011. December 14, 2007 Observations give precise estimate of Mars iceAn MIT-led team of scientists has found that the southern pole of Mars contains the largest deposit of frozen water in the inner solar system, outside of Earth. The work shows that water, not carbon dioxide, is the predominant frozen liquid in that area. September 21, 2007 Mars group launches high-flying fundraiserThose who cannot afford the million-dollar price tag attached to space tourism will be happy to learn that at least their names--and their logos--will be able to travel into space for a much smaller fee, thanks to a group of MIT students. November 3, 2006 IAP: Life on Mars could be human, somedayIf space is the final frontier, the first step in colonizing it is a one-way trip to Mars for 12 dedicated settlers, said an MIT graduate student who helped conduct an Independent Activities Period overview of the Mars Homestead Project. January 12, 2006 MIT researchers visit Mars on EarthAt 75 degrees north latitude, Devon Island lies high above the Arctic Circle, but not outside the reach of MIT. This past summer, a research team established a semi-permanent shelter there due to its similarity to conditions on Mars. November 16, 2005 |
relatedExperts available to discuss space travel and human exploration of Mars - MIT News Office MIT Earth and Planetary Geodynamics - MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences Mars Gravity Biosatellite Program - MIT/University of Queensland MIT Man Vehicle Laboratory - MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research MIT Space Systems Laboratory - MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics MIT Space Propulsion Laboratory - MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics MIT Students for the Exploration and Development of Space One way to Mars - What Matters, an alumni opinion column by Joe Gavin '41, Feb. 10, 2004 Driving on the red planet - NASA's Spirit Mission Manager Jennifer Harris Trosper SB '90 takes the rover out for a leisurely afternoon drive on Mars. MIT Alumni Association, Jan. 9, 2004 The quest for Mars: Scientific and human destiny? - Video lecture by Jim Garvin '41, MIT World, Apr. 2, 2003 browseFind stories by topic: |
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