Tucson AZ (SPX) Aug 15, 2008 - NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has taken the first-ever image of a single particle of Mars' ubiquitous dust, using its atomic force microscope.
Pasadena CA (SPX) Aug 13, 2008 - Vibration of the screen above a laboratory oven on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander on Saturday, Aug. 9, succeeded in getting enough soil into the oven to begin analysis. Commands were sent for the lander's Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer (TEGA) to begin analysis Sunday of the soil sample from a trench called Rosy Red.
Paris, France (ESA) Aug 12, 2008 - Scientists searching for life on Mars are now preparing for the most in-depth probe of the Red Planet ever undertaken.
Tucson AZ (SPX) Aug 11, 2008 - It's a bit of an art - learning how to drive across dry lake beds at great speed, says Matt Balme. And it can be quite hairy as well.
Tucson AZ (SPX) Aug 11, 2008 - NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has continued studies of its landing site by widening a trench, making overnight measurements of conductivity in the Martian soil and depositing a sample of surface soil into a gap between partially opened doors to an analytical oven on the lander.
Pasadena CA (SPX) Aug 11, 2008 - Victoria Crater continues to challenge Mars rover drivers as they try to find a location where Opportunity can do scientific studies of rocks near the Cape Verde cliff face. They have been trying to drive the rover to a location nicknamed Nevada after a rock shaped somewhat like the state of Nevada. Getting there, however, has been challenging.
Pasadena CA (SPX) Aug 11, 2008 - NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has recently confirmed what space scientists have suspected for a long time: There is water on Mars.
Mt. Prospect IL (SPX) Aug 11, 2008 - The ROTOZIP Duracut Zip Bit, paired with a high-speed rasp, has enabled NASA's Phoenix Lander to collect valuable soil samples. NASA scientists confirmed the ROTOZIP-enabled rasp is the first tool in history to successfully cut into the permafrost surface of another planet and acquire a sample for analysis.
Pasadena CA (SPX) Aug 08, 2008 - Spirit has fully recovered from a recent rundown in battery power. Energy has improved to levels not seen since sol (Martian day) 1604 (July 7, 2008). The hit in battery energy was primarily the result of data transmissions taking place later in the day, when less solar energy was available.
Tampa FL (SPX) Aug 06, 2008 - 4Frontiers Corporation, a NewSpace technology, entertainment and education company, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a $25,000 research grant from the Florida Space Grant Consortium (FSGC), as part of the Florida Space Research and Education Grant Program.
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 06, 2008 - Martian water has been touched and tasted by NASA's Phoenix lander spacecraft, which has identified water in a sample of soil collected from Mars. This will expand our so far fragmented and incomplete knowledge about the origins of the Solar System.
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 06, 2008 - Data gathered by NASA's Phoenix lander on Mars have revealed the red planet's soil could contain a toxic substance that would make it less likely that life formed there.
Tucson (UPI) Aug 6, 2008 - U.S. space agency scientists say the discovery of perchlorate salts on Mars makes them reassess how they think about possible Martian life.
Pasadena CA (SPX) Aug 06, 2008 - Phoenix Mars mission scientists spoke today on research in progress concerning an ongoing investigation of perchlorate salts detected in soil analyzed by the wet chemistry laboratory aboard NASA's Phoenix Lander.
Pasadena CA (SPX) Aug 05, 2008 - Scientists are analyzing results from soil samples delivered several weeks ago to science instruments on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander to understand the landing site's soil chemistry and mineralogy.
Tucson AZ (SPX) Aug 01, 2008 - Laboratory tests aboard NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander have identified water in a soil sample. The lander's robotic arm delivered the sample Wednesday to an instrument that identifies vapors produced by the heating of samples.
