Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 02, 2010 - Opportunity Status for sol 2158-2165: Opportunity is located near the very young crater Concepcion. The rover has been investigating the ejecta material around the crater, with some rocks exhibiting a dark rind. On Sol 2158 (Feb. 18, 2010), Opportunity continued the in-situ investigation of the rock target, Chocolate Hills.
Paris, France (ESA) Mar 02, 2010 - ESA's Mars Express will skim the surface of Mars' largest moon Phobos on Wednesday evening. Passing by at an altitude of 67 km, precise radio tracking will allow researchers to peer inside the mysterious moon.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 02, 2010 - NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander showed no sign during February that it has revived itself after the northern Mars winter. NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter will check again in early April.
Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 02, 2010 - Spirit Status for sol 2177-2184: Spirit is in her winter position, still embedded in the area called Troy on the west side of Home Plate. Efforts continue to prepare the rover for winter.
Paris, France (ESA) Feb 26, 2010 - On 3 March 2010 Mars Express will make its closest ever approach to Phobos, the larger of the two Martian moons. During a series of flybys, spanning six weeks, all seven instruments onboard Mars Express will be utilised to study Phobos. The close approach provides a first opportunity to perform a unique gravity experiment that may reveal the distribution of mass within this intriguing moon.
Washington (AFP) Feb 26, 2010 - A journey from Earth to Mars could in the future take just 39 days -- cutting current travel time nearly six times -- according to a rocket scientist who has the ear of the US space agency.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 25, 2010 - NASA's Mars Odyssey began a second campaign Monday to check on whether the Phoenix Mars Lander has revived itself after the northern Martian winter. The orbiter received no signal from the lander during the first 10 overflights of this campaign.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 19, 2010 - Spirit is parked for the winter in the embedded area called Troy on the west side of Home Plate. Efforts continue to prepare the rover for winter.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 18, 2010 - A dramatic 3D Mars view based on terrain modeling from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter data shows highs and lows of Mojave Crater.
Paris, France (ESA) Feb 18, 2010 - New measurements of ozone in the atmosphere of Mars are being obtained in a coordinated observation campaign with Mars Express and a Hawaiian-based telescope. The combined observation set covers a longer time period and broader range of regions on Mars than previous campaigns, thereby improving the ability to verify and refine detailed models of the Martian atmosphere.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 17, 2010 - Near the center of a Martian crater about the size of Connecticut, hundreds of exposed rock layers form a mound as tall as the Rockies and reveal a record of major environmental changes on Mars billions of years ago.
Paris, France (ESA) Feb 17, 2010 - Today Mars Express began a series of flybys of Phobos, the largest moon of Mars. The campaign will reach its crescendo on 3 March, when the spacecraft will set a new record for the closest pass to Phobos, skimming the surface at just 50 km. The data collected could help untangle the origin of this mysterious moon.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 17, 2010 - Spirit is now parked for the winter in the embedded area called Troy on the west side of Home Plate.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 12, 2010 - Near the center of a Martian crater about the size of Connecticut, hundreds of exposed rock layers form a mound as tall as the Rockies and reveal a record of major environmental changes on Mars billions of years ago.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 12, 2010 - Spirit is now parked for the winter in the embedded area called Troy on the west side of Home Plate.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 12, 2010 - Opportunity is exploring around the rim of the very young crater Concepcion. On Sol 2145 (Feb. 4, 2010), the rover made a 10-meter (33-foot) approach to a rock target called Chocolate Hills.
