Solar System Exploration News for Friday 15 August 2014

Solar System Exploration News

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Stardust Team Reports Discovery of First Potential Interstellar Space
Particles

Posted: 14 Aug 2014 09:00 AM PDT
http://www.nasa.gov/press/2014/augus...pace-particles

Seven rare, microscopic interstellar dust particles that date to the
beginnings of the solar system are among the samples collected by
scientists who have been studying the payload from NASA's Stardust
spacecraft since its return to Earth in 2006. If confirmed, these particles
would be the first samples of contemporary interstellar dust.

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NASA Announces Mars 2020 Rover Payload to Explore the Red Planet as Never
Before

Posted: 31 Jul 2014 09:00 AM PDT
http://www.nasa.gov/press/2014/july/...s-never-before

The NASA Mars Rover 2020 will carry instruments to conduct unprecedented
science and exploration technology investigations on the Red Planet.