Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Mar 19, 2009 - Salty, liquid water has been detected on a leg of the Mars Phoenix Lander and therefore could be present at other locations on the planet, according to analysis by a group of mission scientists led by a University of Michigan professor. This is the first time liquid water has been detected and photographed outside the Earth.
Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 19, 2009 - On a plain that stretches for miles in every direction, the panoramic camera on NASA's Mars rover Opportunity has caught a first glimpse on the horizon of the uplifted rim of the big crater that has been Opportunity's long-term destination for six months.
Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 17, 2009 - Opportunity continues to exhibit elevated motor current in the drive actuator of the right-front wheel. To mitigate this, the rover has been driving backward.
Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 14, 2009 - After initially making good progress on a new route around Home Plate to the east, Spirit has been struggling in local terrain on the northeast corner of Home Plate.
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 14, 2009 - Today, NASA and Google announce an update to Mars in Google Earth, a 3D mapping tool for the Red Planet. Originally released with Google Earth 5.0, Mars in Google Earth now contains even more features that give users a sense of how our knowledge of Mars, and our study of astronomy, has evolved over time.
Tempe AZ (SPX) Mar 12, 2009 - The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, or HiRISE, run from The University of Arizona, has produced new images that show subtle color differences across the smooth surface of Deimos, the smaller and outer tiny moon of Mars.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 11, 2009 - NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter properly followed commands today to shut down and restart, a strategy by its engineers to clear any memory flaws accumulated in more than five years since Odyssey's last reboot.
Pasadena, Calif. (UPI) Mar 11, 2009 - The U.S. space agency says it has delayed a scheduled computer rebooting of its Mars Odyssey orbiter.
Paris, France (ESA) Mar 10, 2009 - ESA's Mars Express orbiter imaged the snow-laden region of Rupes Tenuis on the martian north pole on 29 July 2008.
Paris, France (ESA) Mar 06, 2009 - On 31 March, a crew of six, including a French pilot and a German engineer, will embark on a 105-day simulated Mars mission. They will enter a special facility at the Institute of Biomedical Problems (IBMP) in Moscow, to emerge only three months later.
Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 06, 2009 - Loose soil piled against the northern edge of a low plateau called Home Plate has blocked NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit from taking the shortest route toward its southward destinations for the upcoming Martian summer and following winter.
Houston TX (SPX) Mar 05, 2009 - The Martian volcano Olympus Mons is about three times the height of Mount Everest, but it's the small details that Rice University professors Patrick McGovern and Julia Morgan are looking at in thinking about whether the Red Planet ever had - or still supports - life.
Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 05, 2009 - The team operating NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter plans a procedure next week to address a long-known, potential vulnerability of accumulated memory corruption.
Providence RI (SPX) Mar 03, 2009 - Planetary geologists at Brown University have found a gully fan system on Mars that formed about 1.25 million years ago. The fan offers compelling evidence that it was formed by melt water that originated in nearby snow and ice deposits and may stand as the most recent period when water flowed on the planet.
Paris, France (ESA) Mar 02, 2009 - ESA has announced the European prime and backup crewmembers for the 105-day Mars500 study. From 31 March 2009, two Europeans are set to join four Russian crewmembers on a simulated human mission to Mars.
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Feb 27, 2009 - The Phoenix Mars Lander ended its mission last November, but scientists are still pondering the data. One intriguing discovery was a nightly cycle in which water vapor in the atmosphere collapsed into the martian soil. One researcher thinks this may hint of dew-like films that could have supported life in a previous martian climate.
