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The powdery lunar soil was great for making footprints, but was a problem for astronauts like Charlie Duke, shown here during the Apollo 16 mission in 1972. It got in their eyes and throats, and clung stubbornly to every surface.

Stronger Than Dirt

Lunar explorers will have to battle an insidious enemy—dust.
September 2006 | By Trudy E. Bell

Explorers Wanted

Hey, kids! The NASA Administrator says you're going to Mars! (Do your homework.)
November 2004 | By Sean O'Keefe

A simulated Mars Exploration Rover roams a simulated planet. In January it all becomes real.

Next Stop Gusev Crater

If planetary scientists could do whatever they wished, they'd probably send a spacecraft to land on the floor of Valles Marineris.
January 2004 | By Michael Milstein

MarsAir

How to build the first extraterrestrial airplane.
January 2000 | By Oliver Morton

The One-Pound Problem

All the Mars Ascent Vehicle has to do is deliver 16 ounces of rocks in a container the size of a grapefruit to Martian orbit. If only it were as easy as it sounds.
November 1999 | By Tony Reichhardt


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