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Rocket carrying Phoenix probe lifts off (pic: Nasa)
Lift off for Nasa's Mars probe
Nasa launches a spacecraft on a nine-month trip to Mars, where it will search for signs of past or present life.

MARS NEWS
Request for Mars rover price
Mars dust storms threaten rovers
Volunteers sought for Mars test
Design boost for European rover
Days ahead crucial for Mars rover
Mars-probe failure 'human error'
'Cave entrances' spotted on Mars
Polar water 'would blanket Mars'

Google launches a web-based mapping service of the surface of Mars, allowing users to explore the Red Planet. Planet search
Google offers detailed views of Martian neighbourhoods
New evidence from a Martian meteorite has re-opened the debate over whether Mars once had life. The big question
Can it ever be proved that meteorites hold traces of Martian life?
Reull Vallis Image taken by High-Resolution Stereo Camera on Mars Express, 15 January 2004 Bold visions
Postcards from Mars show the Red Planet in a brand new light

FUTURE MISSIONS

ExoMars rover (Esa) Success for Mars rover bag test
Engineers test an airbag system that could be used to cushion a European rover's landing on Mars.

Space agencies will 'co-ordinate'
Russia, China aim for Red Planet
European Mars launch delayed
Phoenix lander gets go-ahead

MARS EXPRESS AND BEAGLE 2

Beagle 2 Beagle 2 'could go to the Moon'
Scientists behind the UK's ill-fated Beagle 2 Mars mission say a near-identical probe could be used on the Moon.

Frozen sea may harbour Mars life
Beagle 2 probe 'spotted' on Mars
Martian gases pose life question
Ice belt 'encircled Mars equator'
MARS ROVERS

Victoria crater from MRO (Nasa/JPL/University of Arizona) Rover may get one-way ticket
The chief scientist on Nasa's Mars rover mission mulls whether to send Opportunity on a risky trip into a crater.

In pictures: Probe lands on Mars
US mission lands safely on Mars
Mars probe 'in great shape'
Q/A: Robots on Mars

The history of Red Planet space missions Martian timeline
Witness the history of Red Planet space missions
British engineers head to Tenerife to test systems they hope will keep a European rover trundling across the rocky landscape of Mars. Meet Bridget
The research robot testing Europe's Mars technology
Nasa's rovers are getting a software upgrade that will allow them to search "intelligently" for clouds and dust devils on Mars. Smart robots
How spacecraft now get to make up their own minds


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