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Not only was Mars Express launched on June 2, 2003, but it carried Beagle 2. Beagle was meant to be an astrobiology lander, but after its release there was only silence. It never deployed.

Here's the story of Beagle 2 - Lost and Found.

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I like this image of a nameless crater on Mars. It's surprising that it hasn't been named, as it's about 4 km (2.5 mi) deep and 50 km (30 mi) across.

ESA released this image which was made using data from the Mars Express High Resolution Stereo Camera.

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HIRISE is the high resolution camera carried by NASA's Mars Reconaissance Orbiter (MRO). It can resolve objects less than a meter across. Over fifty pages of HIRISE images have been released recently. If you're interested in Mars or just like to see interesting pictures, have a look.

Here's a sample, Channels in Crater Northeast of Hellas Planitia.

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ESA's Mars lander Schiaparelli is on it's way to Mars with the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter. The launch was on March 14, and it's expected to reach Mars in mid October. Schiaparelli should separate from ExoMars on October 16 and arrive on the Martian surface three days later. Here is a picture of the landing elipse on Meridiani Palum.

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Curiosity has been on Mars for four years now. Her primary destination is Mount Sharp, which is some 5.5 km (3.4 mi) high. Curiosity has now reached the Murray Buttes formation which will give access to the planned route up the lower reaches of Mount Sharp.

Here is a 360-degree Murray Buttes panorama taken using the Mastcam (mast camera). You can use your mouse – or mobile phone – to see the whole panorama. It includes “eroded mesas and buttes that are reminiscent of the U.S. Southwest.”

If there were ever any doubt, this certainly convinces me that I do NOT want to go to Mars. But I'm glad that Curiosity is there – I'm ok with being an armchair explorer.

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Yesterday there were a new video on Live Leak with new images (just pictures) from Mars.

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ESA ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter flight controllers are very busy today working on the final onboard command sequence for Schiaparelli (the Entry, Descent and Landing Demonstrator Module of the joint ESA/Roscosmos ExoMars 2016 mission). Only 13 days to Schiaparelli separation and 16 days to arrival at Mars.

How the landing is supposed to work.

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A picture of a crumbling layered butte courtesy of the Curiosity rover. An "ancient water-deposited layers in relatively dense -- but now dried-out and crumbling -- windblown sandstone tops the 15-meter tall structure. The rim of Gale crater is visible in the distance."

Image Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, MSSS; Compilation & Processing : Kenneth Kremer, Marco Di Lorenzo

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That is an amazing picture!

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ESA's Schiaparelli entry, descent and landing module is due to land on Mars on October 19th.

Tweeted question: “There's a global dust storm forecast on Mars; Would such a storm compromise the safety of the lander?”

Answer: Nah, bring it on! Or in their words
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The lander has been designed to be able to cope with a global dust storm. In fact, a global dust storm would be amazing for the science package DREAMS, which for the first time will measure the electrification of the martian atmosphere due to dust grain friction.

Yet they wouldn't want loads of dust during the landing because there wouldn't be anything for the descent camera to photograph. Probably if a global dust storm appears, it will develop a few weeks after the landing.

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