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Mars Astronauts Risk DNA Damage – Scientists

16:05 23/04/2012 MOSCOW, April 23 (RIA Novosti)

Future astronauts working on the Red Planet’s surface risk general changes in health at the DNA level because of increased radiation exposure, a prominent Russian academic said on Monday.

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People to Land on Mars in 'Next 40 Yrs' - Scientist
12:34 23/04/2012
The world may see a manned spaceflight to Mars in the first half of this century, a prominent Russian academic has said.
NASA to Draft 20-Year Mars Strategy by August
03:40 14/04/2012
NASA will compile the Mars research plan for the next 20 years by August, the U.S. space agency officials told a news conference on Friday.
Russia to Go Back to the Moon Before Reaching for Mars
13:14 11/04/2012
Recent setbacks have not stopped the Russian space effort but have drastically modified its plans.1
Roscosmos, ESA Agree Joint Mars Research
16:39 06/04/2012
Russia’s space agency Roscosmos said on Friday it agreed Russia’s participation in a Mars research project with the European Space Agency (ESA), a spokeswoman for the Roscosmos chief said on Friday.
Russia Drafts New Space Exploration Strategy
15:39 13/03/2012
Russia’s Federal Space Agency Roscosmos has submitted to the government a draft of a space exploration strategy until 2030, Kommersant business daily reported on Tuesday.
Chavez Says Venezuela May Send Mission to Mars After 2030
22:42 10/02/2012
Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez said on Friday his country would be able to send a mission to Mars after 2030.1
U.S. Presidential Hopeful Promises Moon Base by 2020
13:54 26/01/2012
US Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich has promised to build a moon base by 2020 if he becomes the next U.S. President in November, the Former Speaker of the House of Representatives said in an address to a crowd of over 700 people on Florida’s “Space Coast” on Wednesday.2
Russia to Test if U.S. Radar Downed Phobos Probe
12:17 17/01/2012
A Russian government commission inquiring into why the Phobos-Grunt Mars probe crashed this week is to test whether it was affected after launch by U.S. radars on its second orbit around the Earth, the commission said on Tuesday.
Russian Phobos-Grunt Mars probe falls in Pacific Ocean
22:11 15/01/2012
Doomed Russian Phobos-Grunt Mars probe that's been stuck in Earth orbit for two months has crashed down in the Pacific Ocean on late Sunday.
Reports vary about failed Russian Mars probe’s reentry time
04:00 15/01/2012
Doomed Russian Phobos-Grunt Mars probe that's been stuck in Earth orbit for two months may finally come crashing down on January 15 over the Pasific Ocean, Russia’s space agency Roscosmos said on Saturday.
Phobos-Grunt expected to fall to Earth Jan. 6-19
14:06 16/12/2011
Russia’s troubled Phobos-Grunt spacecraft will fall back to Earth in the period of January 6-19, Russia’s Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) said on Friday.1
Phobos-Grunt: what’s in a name?
23:30 14/12/2011
As far as names for stellar bodies go, Phobos is only marginally better than Uranus. At least Uranus we giggled over in the fifth grade. In Ancient Greece, no one giggled over Phobos. Phobos meant business. He was the personification of terror itself.
Mars Science Laboratory and the Curiosity Rover
12:44 29/11/2011
The new NASA roving vehicle will primarily search for organic substances and will also assess Mars’ ability to sustain life
NASA Mars rover lifts off
19:59 26/11/2011
NASA launched a unique Mars rover, Curiosity, on Saturday to search for traces of life on the Red Planet.
NASA to launch Curiosity rover to probe for life on Mars Nov. 26
15:01 25/11/2011
NASA will launch a unique car-sized Curiosity rover on Saturday on a 2-year mission to Mars to search for traces of life on the red planet, NASA said on its web site.
Data beamed from Russia Mars probe ‘deciphered’
20:01 24/11/2011
Russian specialists have deciphered telemetry data received from a wayward Mars probe, but have yet to find out the cause of its erratic behavior, a space industry source said on Thursday.1
Data beamed from Russian probe ‘indecipherable’
19:24 24/11/2011
Telemetry data received from a wayward Russian Mars probe is impossible to decipher, a space industry source said on Thursday.
Last attempt to contact Phobos-Grunt - European Space Agency
21:20 22/11/2011
Stations of the European Space Agency located in South America, Australia and the Canary Islands will try on Tuesday night to establish contact with the Phobos-Grunt unmanned spacecraft that is stranded at a low-Earth orbit after launch, the managing directorate of the European Space Agency (ESA) said.3
Russia’s space agency wants to focus on Moon if Mars mission fails
14:22 22/11/2011
If Russia’s Phobos-Grunt Mars mission fails the country's space agency may focus on Moon exploration, the deputy head of the Roscosmos agency said on Tuesday.

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