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.
Mars Express closed in on the intriguing martian moon Phobos at 6:49 CEST on 23 July, flying past at 3 km/s, only 93 km from the moon.
Los Angeles (AFP) July 31, 2008 - NASA scientists said Thursday the agency was extending the Mars mission of its Phoenix lander until the end of September, describing its progress so far as very successful.
Rochester NY (SPX) Jul 30, 2008 - As the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) approaches the three-year anniversary of its launch, imaging technology from Eastman Kodak continues to enable the orbiter to explore the red planet as never before.
Tucson AZ (SPX) Jul 30, 2008 - Scientists and engineers on NASA's Phoenix Mars Mission spent the weekend examining how the icy soil on Mars interacts with the scoop on the lander's robotic arm, while trying different techniques to deliver a sample to one of the instruments.
Tucson AZ (SPX) Jul 29, 2008 - NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's robotic arm will use a revised collection-and-delivery sequence overnight Sunday with the goal of depositing an icy soil sample in the lander's oven.
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jul 28, 2008 - The discovery of ice immediately under the surface of Mars is increasing the chances of finding life there. Water is more than the key to the origin of life. Water on Mars raises intriguing questions.
Tucson AZ (SPX) Jul 28, 2008 - NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's robotic arm collected a more than adequate amount of icy soil for baking in one of the lander's ovens but will need to adjust how it delivers samples.
Tucson AZ (SPX) Jul 25, 2008 - NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has groomed the bottom of a shallow trench to prepare for collecting a sample to be analyzed from a hard subsurface layer where the soil may contain frozen water.
