Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 26, 2010 - Talk about a growth-spurt. In one week, Curiosity grew by approximately 1 meter (3.5 feet) when spacecraft technicians and engineers attached the rover's neck and head (called the Remote Sensing Mast) to its body. At around 2 meters (about 7 feet) tall, the next rover to Mars now stands head and shoulders above the rest.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 26, 2010 - A camera aboard NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft has helped develop the most accurate global Martian map ever. Researchers and the public can access the map via several websites and explore and survey the entire surface of the Red Planet.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 26, 2010 - Due to Odyssey's safing event none of the planned Ultra-High Frequency (UHF) downlink passes for this period occurred.
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jul 22, 2010 - NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter put itself into a safe standby mode on Wednesday, July 14, and the team operating the spacecraft has begun implementing careful steps designed to resume Odyssey's science and relay operations this week.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 20, 2010 - A downward-pointing camera on the front-left side of NASA's Curiosity rover will give adventure fans worldwide an unprecedented sense of riding a spacecraft to a landing on Mars.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 19, 2010 - Opportunity's driving campaign toward Endeavour Crater has benefitted from a recent solar array dust-cleaning event.
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jul 16, 2010 - Six participants in the Mars-500 simulation of a manned mission to the Red Planet demonstrated team spirit and unity during the first month of the project, a Russian scientific institute that conducts the experiment said.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 14, 2010 - The wheels that will touch down on Mars in 2012 are several rotations closer to spinning on the rocky trails of Mars.
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 13, 2010 - Today, Microsoft Research and NASA are providing an entirely new experience to users of the WorldWide Telescope, which will allow visitors to interact with and explore our solar system like never before. Viewers can now take exclusive interactive tours of the red planet, hear directly from NASA scientists, and view and explore the most complete, highest-resolution coverage of Mars available.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 09, 2010 - Spirit remains silent at her location called Troy on the west side of Home Plate. No communication has been received from the rover since Sol 2210 (March 22, 2010).
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 09, 2010 - Opportunity drove twice, tested the autonomous exploration for gathering increased science, or AEGIS software, and collected an atmospheric argon measurement over the past week.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 05, 2010 - Spirit remains silent at her location called Troy on the west side of Home Plate. No communication has been received from the rover since Sol 2210 (March 22, 2010).
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 02, 2010 - NASA's next Mars rover, Curiosity, is sitting pretty on a set of spiffy new wheels that would be the envy of any car show on Earth.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 30, 2010 - Mars rover team members have begun informally naming features around the rim of Endeavour Crater, as they develop plans to investigate that destination when NASA's Opportunity rover arrives there after many more months of driving.
Paris, France (ESA) Jun 29, 2010 - When Mars Express set sail for the crater named after Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan, it found a windblown plateau and mysterious rocky mounds nearby.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 29, 2010 - NASA's Curiosity rover, coming together for a late 2011 launch to Mars, has a newly installed component: a key onboard X-ray instrument for helping the mission achieve its goals. Researchers will use Curiosity in an intriguing area of Mars to search for modern or ancient habitable environments, including any that may have also been favorable for preserving clues about life and environment.
