Reuters Science News Summary

August 25, 2012|Reuters

Following is a summary of current science news briefs.

Mars rover Curiosity aces first test drive

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA's Mars rover
reaching the Red Planet to search for habitats that could have
supported microbial life. The $2.5-billion, two-year mission,
NASA's first astrobiology initiative since the 1970s-era Viking
landing on at a site NASA has named ``Bradbury Landing,'' a nod
to the late science fiction author and space aficionado Ray

Canada extends search for doomed 1845-46 Arctic expedition

OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian government said on Thursday
it was extending its four-year search for two ships from the
1845-46 Franklin expedition to the Arctic, an ill-fated journey
that may have led to cannibalism among the desperate crew.
Divers and archeologists have been trying since 2008 to find
the British ships HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, which were seeking
the fabled Northwest Passage between the Atlantic and the
Pacific oceans when they became stuck in ice.

Spaceship builder setting up shop in Florida

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