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Mars

No one is going to Mars until scientists figure out how to shield travelers from deadly radiation.

Mission to Mars: The Radiation Problem

NASA wouldn’t opt to expose astronauts to a 19 percent increased risk of cancer, but there’s no telling what a reality TV show would do

Mars

The List: Seeing Red? Celebrate Mars Day at Air and Space

Celebrate Mars Day this Friday at the National Air and Space Museum

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Happy Mars Day!

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Take Flight Over Mars

Since early 2004, the Mars rovers have gathered images of rocks and terrain where water, the presumed prerequisite of life, once flowed (an artist's rendition).

Life Beyond Earth

An ocean on Mars. An Earth-like planet light years away. The evidence is mounting, but are astronomers ready to say we’re not alone?

A Bumpy Road to Mars

The president envisions a future human mission to Mars, but medical researchers say surviving the journey is no spacewalk

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