Moffett Field CA (SPX) Sep 22, 2009 - Before we get into the blogs, you may have noticed that we were unable to post everyday while we were aboard Lance. Loss of internet contact is part of an arctic expedition, and we were not able to get the posts out until now that we are off the ship. We may be rocket scientists, but there are things that even this group can't do!
Pasadena CA (SPX) Sep 21, 2009 - Opportunity completed the circumnavigation and full-circle imaging of the large meteorite Block Island and has resumed the long drive to Endeavour crater.
Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Sep 21, 2009 - A computer system is under development that can automatically combine images of the Martian surface, captured by landers or rovers, in order to reproduce a three-dimensional view of the red planet.
Wind speeds and directions were measured for the first time in the Mars polar region using the Phoenix lander's Telltale instrument.
Katlenburg, Germany (SPX) Sep 17, 2009 - Networks of giant polygonal troughs etched across crater basins on Mars have been identified as desiccation cracks caused by evaporating lakes, providing further evidence of a warmer, wetter Martian past.
Tucson AZ (SPX) Sep 17, 2009 - Scientists from the Tucson-based Planetary Science Institute have created the first detailed maps that show the amount of dry ice (solid carbon dioxide) deposited in the polar regions of Mars. The maps reveal how the ice thickness varies with the seasons.
Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Sep 16, 2009 - Networks of giant polygonal troughs etched across crater basins on Mars have been identified as desiccation cracks caused by evaporating lakes, providing further evidence of a warmer, wetter Martian past. The findings were presented at the European Planetary Science Congress by PhD student Mr. M. Ramy El Maarry of the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research.
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Sep 15, 2009 - Science Operations Work Group: How to do science with a rover on Mars - August 22, 2009: Driving a rover on Mars and obtaining useful scientific information is something you don't learn from one day to another. You need a lot of training and you need to be able to work with people who have different scientific backgrounds. One way to learn it is by carrying out the Science Operation Work Group (SOWG) during the AMASE expedition.
Pasadena CA (SPX) Sep 15, 2009 - Tests on Earth simulating Spirit's predicament on Mars have reinforced understanding that getting Spirit to rove again will be very difficult.
Pasadena CA (SPX) Sep 11, 2009 - Spirit is continuing remote sensing and in situ science while positioned at her embedded location on the west side of Home Plate. On Sol 2015 (Sept. 3, 2009), a Moessbauer (MB) integration was completed on target Olive Leaf.
Pasadena CA (SPX) Sep 11, 2009 - Opportunity has commenced circumnavigation and full-circle imaging of the large meteorite Block Island. On Sol 1997 (Sept. 5, 2009), the rover moved 5.7 meters (18.7 feet) to the second of six stand-off positions around the meteorite (the first position being the initial rover location).
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Sep 09, 2009 - AMASE reunited - August 13, 2009: The AMASE crews were united today thanks to several helicopter lifts from Ny-Alesund and some willing and able volunteers who established a tent camp on shore to free up enough rooms for all the Ny-Alesund personnel to move onto the ship.
Tempe AZ (SPX) Sep 08, 2009 - What should be the nation's goals and priorities for exploring Mars in the 2013 to 2022 timeframe? To help answer this question, Mars scientists from the United States and around the world will gather Sept. 9 to 11 at the Faculty Club on ASU's Tempe campus. Most of the discussions will be open to the public, in person and by webcast.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 03, 2009 - Thousands of newly released images from more than 1,500 telescopic observations by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show a wide range of gullies, dunes, craters, geological layering and other features on the Red Planet.
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Sep 01, 2009 - The Lance Arrives - Adrienne Kish (August 9, 2009): The simple explanation for why there was no blog entry for yesterday is that yesterday rather bled into today - it's all a bit of a blur. Science being what it is, we were processing samples until the wee hours of the morning and headed to bed for a quick one-hour nap before rising from the dead to meet the Lance as it arrived at the Ny-Alesund harbor.
Pasadena CA (SPX) Aug 31, 2009 - NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter put itself into a safe mode Wednesday morning, Aug. 26, for the fourth time this year, while maintaining spacecraft health and communications. While in safe mode, the spacecraft has limited activities pending further instructions from ground controllers.
