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    The New York Times article, Mars Finds Changing Rocks, Surprising Scientists written by Kenneth Chang describes the new discoveries made by NASA’s rover. Since the rover landed on Mars August 6, 2012, it has collected plenty of data regarding its atmosphere. The vast majority of these discoveries cognizance two different types of rocks found on Mars: Mudstone and Sandstone. The older rock: mudstone had been made out of lake deposits and the younger rock: sandstone had been made of coarse grains

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    The technological singularity is the point at which artificial intelligence would evolve at such a pace that future predictions become impossible. Source The name was gotten from blackhole where laws of physics no longer hold. The advances in almost every sphere of science are growing at an astronomical rate. A century ago the Wright Brothers created a flying machine. It has an "incredible" flight time of 59 seconds flying over a distance of 852 feet. Source Today we have jets capable of

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    Tristan Smith and The Alien Building site by K.P. Hogan is a thrilling read that takes readers on an ambitious trip within the solar system. The book is a Science-Fiction novel, the first of six, that follow Tristan in out of this world adventures each one catapulting readers deep into the world of space exploration. Tristan’s long-term dream to traverse space becomes a reality when he is chosen to pilot a crew of eighty Alliance personnel on a space ship to Mars. “We seldom see in the night sky

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    For as long as I can remember I have been drawn to the stars. At night I would look up and stare at the bright objects in the sky and wonder how they got there. I remember going to upstate New York when I was 10 years old and laying on a dock in the dead of night with no light pollution. I watched as the satellites blinked by and all the scattered tiny lights in the sky filled in all the black. I could even see these amazing green and purples in the sky. I layed there awestruck at these amazing anomalies

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    Juno Test Essay

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    Splendid blue auroras at Jupiter's north and south posts are putting on a veritable firecrackers indicate just before the July 4 landing of the Juno test. Jupiter's vivid auroras have been imaged some time recently, however a month of every day perceptions of Jupiter by the Hubble Space Telescope has permitted researchers to assemble a period slip video demonstrating how the auroras advance. "These auroras are exceptionally sensational and among the most dynamic I have ever seen," Jonathan Nichols

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    Cassini Research Papers

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    2004, the Huygens probe was maneuvered towards Titan, the largest of Saturn’s sixty-two moons. Approximately two months later, on January 14, 2005, the Huygens probe successfully landed on Titan, going down in history as the first and most distant landing to date. Upon its arrival, Huygens

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    Trappist-1 System

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    planets is an ideal distance from the sun.Know let's begin with the modifications. The first modification that should be made is the planet should have liquid water.The average person can not go more than three days without water or they will perish.The moon to the planet cause the bodies of water to rise and fall which is called a ocean tide.Ocean tides happen because the gravitational pull of the moon.The clouds on the planet helps with the amount of water the planet has because of precipitation.The

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    landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth.” Straight from the Oval Office, Nixon now addresses astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin in “the most historic call ever made from the White House.” The astronauts are always connected to machines that measure their health statistics and vitals, and although Neil Armstrong is known as a man of few words, his heartbeats gave proof of his excitement to be such a pioneer for mankind. The first step on the moon came at 10:56 P.M., nearly

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    The Success Of Apollo 11

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    Soviet Union to the moon determining which is the dominant nation. Apollo 11 was the first successful manned mission to the moon. Our first astronauts, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, played an important role in this mission. Having to be in space for about a week and pilot the spacecraft safely to the moon and back to Earth was a dangerous mission. With little time to pass Armstrong and Aldrin had to record their first steps on the moon, take close and far away pictures of the moon, and collect large

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    Witchcraft To Mars Essay

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    NASA has sent several spacecraft to Mars, the ones I am going to discuss first ore the spacecraft’s that are no longer in operation. The first spacecraft that was sent to Mars that is no longer in operation is Marine 3, which was designed to make the first flyby of Mars. Marine 3 got launched on November 3, 1964. However, the shroud encasing the spacecraft above the rocket didn’t open properly, causing Marine 3 to not get to Mars, making it unsuccessful. However shortly after Marine 3 NASA sent Marine

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