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NASA plans for Mars laboratory
Houston (UPI) Jan 12, 2009 - The Mars rover known as Spirit may be permanently stuck in the sand but remains of value for scientific exploration, NASA officials said.
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Human Spaceflight To Mars Proposed Using Combination Of Space Shuttles
Hartford CT (SPX) Jan 09, 2009 - Veteran inventor, business pioneer, futurist, and entrepreneur, Eric Knight, unveiled today his concept to enable the human exploration of Mars in a handful of years - instead of the 20-year timetable proposed by NASA and other space authorities.
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A Change Of Seasons On Mars
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 08, 2009 - Summer turned to autumn for the Phoenix Mars Lander on December 26, 2008. This image, taken on December 21 by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows the lander during the last waning days of northern hemisphere summer.
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Study: Pebbles can move against wind
Calgary, Alberta (UPI) Jan 8, 2009 - Pebbles that become part of clastic rocks in places like Arizona's Lower Antelope Canyon don't move with the wind but against it, a geosciences professor said.
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China Lauds NASA Mars Rovers Five Year Marker
Washington (XNA) Jan 05, 2009 - Mars probe has extended mankind's endless dream of exploring the mysterious universe five years after NASA's rover Spirit landed safely on the planet Mars.
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Spirit and Opportunity rovers mark five years on Mars
Washington (AFP) Jan 4, 2009 - The US space agency's Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity this month mark their fifth anniversary on the Red Planet, where they have endured harsh conditions and revealed a deluge of information.
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Spirit Clocks Up Five Years Exploring Mars
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 03, 2009 - NASA rovers Spirit and Opportunity may still have big achievements ahead as they approach the fifth anniversaries of their memorable landings on Mars.
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Ferric Oxides And Sulfates In Equatorial Regions Of Mars
Paris, France (SPX) Dec 22, 2008 - Observations made with the OMEGA imaging spectrometer onboard Mars Express reveal very strong signatures of sulfates and ferric oxides in Aram Chaos. Detailed morphological analyses indicate that the concentration of ferric oxides in this region results from the alteration of a sulfate rich sedimentary formation resting on the floor of the crater.
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Mine life may show how Martian life exists
Tower, Minn. (UPI) Dec 22, 2008 - Scientists could learn about Martian water life by plumbing a spring in an iron ore mine in Minnesota's Iron Range, University of Minnesota researchers say.
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Rock Varnish: A Promising Habitat For Martian Bacteria
Tucson AZ (SPX) Dec 19, 2008 - As scientists search for life on Mars, they should take a close look at rock varnish, according to a paper in the current issue of the Journal of Geophysical Research.
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Possible Explanation For Migration Of Volcanic Activity On Mars
Boulder CO (SPX) Dec 17, 2008 - Picture a ball. It's an ordinary ball in every way except that it is roughly 4,300 miles in diameter and is moving through the cold of space some 35 million miles from Earth, and hurtling around the sun in just less than two Earth years. This is Mars.
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Phoenix Site On Mars May Be In Dry Climate Cycle Phase
Pasadena CA (SPX) Dec 16, 2008 - The Martian arctic soil that NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander dug into this year is very cold and very dry. However, when long-term climate cycles make the site warmer, the soil may get moist enough to modify the chemistry, producing effects that persist through the colder times.
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European Mars500 Participants Announced
Paris, France (ESA) Dec 12, 2008 - The final four Europeans who are set to take part in a 105-day simulated Mars mission were presented to the media in Paris today. From March next year, two of the group will join four Russian participants inside an isolation facility in Moscow.
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Important Role Of Groundwater Springs In Shaping Mars
Paris, France (ESA) Dec 12, 2008 - Data and images from Mars Express suggest that several Light Toned Deposits, some of the least understood features on Mars, were formed when large amounts of groundwater burst on to the surface. Scientists propose that groundwater had a greater role in shaping the martian surface than previously believed, and may have sheltered primitive life forms as the planet started drying up.
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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Completes Prime Mission
Pasadena CA (SPX) Dec 12, 2008 - NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has completed its primary, two-year science phase. The spacecraft has found signs of a complex Martian history of climate change that produced a diversity of past watery environments.
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HiRISE Camera Captures High-Resolution 3D Images Of Mars
Pasadena CA (SPX) Dec 09, 2008 - The High Resolution Science Imaging Experiment, or HiRISE, team based at The University of Arizona have released 362 three-dimensional images of Mars taken by the HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.