Read more Mars stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1308/mars.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:05:51 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73917/nasa-will-try-to-free-rover-stuck-on-mars.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHelp is on the way, rover. NASA will attempt to free the Mars rover Spirit from its sand-trap prison on Monday. The plucky machine got stuck in April—“the equivalent of falling through the ice over a frozen pond," says a NASA official. Spirit has been exploring Mars for 6...http://www.newser.com/story/73917/nasa-will-try-to-free-rover-stuck-on-mars.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Nov 2009 17:37:58 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72962/well-ride-nuke-to-mars-russia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Russians are planning to ride a $600 million nuclear-powered spaceship to Mars, and they say they may begin construction by 2012. “It’s a very serious project, and we need to find the money,” president Dmitry Medvedev says. Small nuclear reactors and batteries have long powered satellites, but their adaptation...http://www.newser.com/story/72962/well-ride-nuke-to-mars-russia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 Oct 2009 12:33:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68344/send-astronauts-to-mars-and-leave-them-there.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe most feasible way to get humans on Mars is to offer retirement-age astronauts one-way tickets to live out their last days on the red planet. Say what? It's not as crazy as it sounds, writes scientist Lawrence Krauss in the New York Times , who believes his plan would solve...http://www.newser.com/story/68344/send-astronauts-to-mars-and-leave-them-there.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 01 Sep 2009 11:43:34 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66829/nasa-cooks-up-new-chow-for-mars-mission.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOf all the hurdles NASA must overcome in order to reach its goal of getting humans to Mars by 2030, keeping the astronauts fed may be one of the most challenging, the Los Angeles Times reports. The agency’s food scientist must devise meals that are light and nutritious and have...http://www.newser.com/story/66829/nasa-cooks-up-new-chow-for-mars-mission.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 13 Aug 2009 15:31:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64861/forget-space-fix-earth-instead.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOn today’s 40th anniversary of the moon landing, President Obama should again show bravery and determination by not indulging in more space exploration, Alex Pareene urges for Gawker. NASA has $100 billion earmarked to replace the shuttles, in order to do what? Go “back to the damn moon, where we...http://www.newser.com/story/64861/forget-space-fix-earth-instead.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 20 Jul 2009 14:45:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64752/giant-leap-was-a-knee-in-nasas-groin.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe US took a “giant leap” landing on the moon in 1969, but NASA's greatest moment of triumph was also "a real knee in the groin" for the space agency, writes Tom Wolfe in the New York Times. At the time, we thought we’d build “a bridge to the stars,...http://www.newser.com/story/64752/giant-leap-was-a-knee-in-nasas-groin.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 19 Jul 2009 11:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64507/buzz-forget-moon-lets-go-to-mars.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmerica should boldly turn its space program toward colonizing Mars instead of trying to retrace the dusty footprints that he and Neil Armstrong made on the Moon 40 years ago, Buzz Aldrin writes in the Washington Post on the anniversary of Apollo 11's launch. NASA's attempt to resume lunar exploration...http://www.newser.com/story/64507/buzz-forget-moon-lets-go-to-mars.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 16 Jul 2009 1:26:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62259/new-images-may-show-ancient-martian-lake.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNew images suggest Mars had a sizable lake on its surface billions of years ago, further evidence that the planet had a watery past. Images snapped by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter reveal a 30-mile-long canyon where water once flowed and beach remnants surrounding a basin. Dubbed the Shalbatana lake for...http://www.newser.com/story/62259/new-images-may-show-ancient-martian-lake.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 18 Jun 2009 16:39:36 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59269/ladies-mars-wants-you-to-have-a-fling.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMars has introduced its first new candy bar in 20 years—and a racy marketing campaign to go along with it, NPR reports. The Fling is a "chocolate finger" of meringue and truffle painted with a "shimmering" chocolate coating, and both the 85-calorie size and the very pink, faux scandalous...http://www.newser.com/story/59269/ladies-mars-wants-you-to-have-a-fling.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 17 May 2009 13:48:55 CDT