2003: Mars space probe disappears
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Scientists have failed to make contact with the British-built Mars probe, Beagle 2, which should have landed on the planet early today.
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The Genesis probe, which left Earth in 2001 to gather particles blown off the Sun, returns its samples on Wednesday.
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LIVELY MARS : ET might just be out there. NASA&#39;s two Mars rovers, Opportunity and Spirit, landed on the Red Planet early in 2004 and have since found conclusive evidence of water that could possibly have harboured life.
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Before its death, Mars Global Surveyor captures images of  water flowing on the surface of the red planet. In Gear Factor.
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BEIJING, Dec. 23 -- Photographs taken from an European Mars Express Orbiter hint that volcanic activities may still exist on the mysterious red planet.
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NASA will miss a  precious opportunity to fly a probe to Mars due to a conflict  of interest in picking a contractor, delaying the mission by  more than two years, officials said on Friday.
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1st LD: European probe SMART-1 crashes into moon's surface    PARIS, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- The SMART-1 orbiter of the European Space Agency, a probe launched aboard an Ariane-5 rocket in September 2003, on Sunday crashed into the moon's surface.
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New methane readings from a space probe raise the possibility that microbial life could exist on Mars. Some scientists, though, remain skeptical.
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SPACE.com / BOULDER, Colorado - Ground controllers today successfully performed a major maneuver of NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MOR)--an "end game" tactic that puts the orbiting probe a step closer to studying the red planet with its entire suite of science sensors.
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Not lost in space If you have been hoping to take a hiking holiday on Mars, but have found your plans spoiled by the dreadful lack of detailed maps, fear not: the European Space Agency has come to your rescue.â¦
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The crash of the Genesis spacecraft is a loss for NASA and for science. Once again, the potential of robotic space exploration is called into question.
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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is suffering science-reducing glitches, although the spacecraft is nearing a milestone in churning out record-setting levels of data.
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It was supposed to look for signs of life on Mars. Then it stopped showing signs of life itself. Built on a &quot;shoestring&quot; budget of pounds 45m, space probe Beagle 2 was designed to put Britain at the centre of the international space programme.
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2nd LD Writethru: European probe SMART-1 crashes into moon's surface    PARIS, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- The SMART-1 orbiter of the European Space Agency, a probe launched aboard an Ariane-5 rocket in September 2003, on Sunday crashed into the moon's surface.
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Jet Propulsion Lab -- As NASA's Spirit and Opportunity resumed reliable contact with Earth, after a period when Mars passed nearly behind the sun, the space agency extended funding for an additional six months of rover operations, as long as they keep working.     Both rovers successfully completed their primary three-month missions on the surface of Mars in April and have already added about five months of bonus exploration during the first extension of their missions...
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Description: The two Mars Rovers, Opportunity and Sprit, are showing signs of wear... not surprising, since their mission was expected to end in April.
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By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID Associated Press  WASHINGTON -- An orbiting spacecraft has sent back new evidence for the presence of water on Mars.    Scientists long have debated whether water flowed on the red planet, with evidence increasing in recent years.