Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 28, 2006 - Spirit's mission team continues to investigate problems with the rover's right-front wheel. They have conducted a diagnostic test at a different temperature, but the result continues to indicate the wheel's circuit remains open, meaning it is inoperative.
Paris France (SPX) Mar 28, 2006 - The latest images transmitted by the High Resolution Stereo Camera aboard ESA's Mars Express spacecraft reveal a region called Libya Montes, south of the Isidis Planitia impact basin on the red planet.
Corvallis OR (SPX) Mar 24, 2006 - A new study of a meteorite that originated from Mars has revealed a series of microscopic tunnels that are similar in size, shape and distribution to tracks left on Earth rocks by feeding bacteria. And though researchers were unable to extract DNA from the Martian rocks, the finding nonetheless adds intrigue to the search for life beyond Earth.
Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 24, 2006 - NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter returned its first test images of the Martian surface early Friday, exciting mission controllers and providing a tantalizing preview of what the orbiter will reveal when its main science mission begins next fall.
Mojave Desert CA (SPX) Mar 23, 2006 - For the first time ever, NASA's Deep Space Network has used a pair of smaller antennas to successfully send two simultaneous signals to a spacecraft in deep space that were combined at the spacecraft to yield greater signal power.
Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 23, 2006 - While driving eastward toward the northwestern flank of the peak called McCool Hill, in the Columbia Hills of Gusev Crater, the wheels of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit churned up the largest amount of bright soil discovered so far in the mission.
Tucson AZ (SPX) Mar 21, 2006 - The High Resolution Imaging Experiment camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is scheduled to take its first images of the red planet late Thursday night.
White Plains NY (SPX) Mar 21, 2006 - ITT Industries Deep Space Network (DSN) Operations and Maintenance team successfully supported the Mars Orbit Insertion for one of NASA's newest exploration missions, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO).
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 20, 2006 - As the Spirit rover leaves the formation named Home Plate on its way to its designated wintering area somewhere on or near the north-facing side of the peak named McCool - located in the Columbia Hills of Gusev Crater – the mission team at Jet Propulsion Laboratory is preparing for the annual reduction in solar energy and problems with the rover's right front wheel.
Paris France (SPX) Mar 19, 2006 - ESA's Mars Express orbiter's High-Resolution Stereo Camera has compiled images and an accompanying video showing unusual flow deposits on the floors of two adjacent impact craters in the eastern Hellas Planitia region. The structures suggest possible glacial processes.
Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 19, 2006 - Spirit continued to make progress toward the peak named McCool, located in the Columbia Hills of Gusev Crater, despite a reduction in solar energy and problems with the rover's right front wheel.
Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 18, 2006 - For the past several weeks, NASA's Spirit rover has been examining spectacular layered rocks exposed at a formation called Home Plate, in the Columbia Hills. The rover has been driving around Home Plate's northern and eastern edges of Home Plate, on the way to McCool Hill.
Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 18, 2006 - NASA has named John Callas project manager for its Mars Exploration Rovers. Callas, a scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, previously served as science manager and deputy project manager for the Spirit and Opportunity rovers.
Houston TX (SPX) Mar 16, 2006 - A planetary scientist said Thursday that some gullies lining the sides of impact craters on Mars may have been caused by dry landslides, not running water.
Tempe AZ (SPX) Mar 14, 2006 - A ragged geological scar crosses the belly of Mars. Long enough to reach from New York City to Los Angeles, this great rift in the martian crust is named Valles Marineris, or Mariner Valley. It was discovered in 1972 by the Mariner 9 spacecraft.
Tempe AZ (SPX) Mar 13, 2006 - Valles Marineris is the hardest spot on Mars to mosaic, says Chris Edwards of Arizona State University. But what makes this mosaic cool are the super-fine details THEMIS recorded.
