Huntsville AL (SPX) Mar 27, 2009 - In January 2004, NASA landed two identical robotic rovers named Spirit and Opportunity on the surface of Mars. The twins were primed for a brief 3-month mission to tell us a story of water and possibly life itself in the planet's past.
Tempe AZ (SPX) Mar 27, 2009 - The High Resolution Imaging Experiment, or HiRISE, run from The University of Arizona, is seeing signs of spring on Mars. The signs are absolutely martian and unearthly.
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Mar 27, 2009 - Did you ever wish you could stroll through the caldera of Olympus Mons, the largest volcano in the solar system? Study the rock formations in Valles Marineris, a martian canyon as wide as the United States? Or retrace the tracks of NASA's Spirit and Opportunity rovers?
Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 26, 2009 - Opportunity has positioned itself at an exposed rock outcrop and is in the middle of an in situ (contact) science campaign with the robotic arm (IDD). Because of the project team's desire to rest the right-front wheel actuator and to limit driving while an earlier drive sequence error is remedied, Opportunity took advantage of the nearby rock outcrop.
San Francisco (AFP) March 24, 2009 - Microsoft and NASA on Tuesday announced an alliance to focus the software giant's virtual WorldWide Telescope on space agency images of Mars and other celestial bodies.
Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 20, 2009 - NASA will post online nine names that are finalists for the agency's Mars Science Laboratory mission and invite the public to vote for its favorite. The non-binding poll to help NASA select a name opens online Monday, March 23, and will accept votes through March 29.
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.
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.
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.
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.
