Pasadena CA (SPX) Dec 02, 2005 - Spirit is healthy and making good progress downhill. The short-term goal is to drive toward couple of interesting features dubbed Comanche and Miami. A decision on which target to choose for close examination will be made after the drive images come down from sol 680 (Dec. 1, 2005).
Paris (ESA) Dec 01, 2005 - The findings from the OMEGA instrument on board ESA's Mars Express are strongly indicating that liquid water must have been present, in a stable form, in Mars' early history, having implications for the planets climatic history, and questions of life in the past.
Paris (ESA) Dec 01, 2005 - For the first time in the history of planetary exploration, the MARSIS radar on board ESA's Mars Express has provided direct information about the deep subsurface of Mars.
Iowa City IA (SPX) Dec 01, 2005 - University of Iowa Space Physicist Don Gurnett and his UI colleagues report that a scientific instrument aboard the European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft has so far revealed that Mars' ionosphere - part of the upper atmosphere - is very lumpy and complex, and that the instrument can see hidden craters and thick layers of ice beneath the planet's surface.
Pasadena CA (SPX) Nov 30, 2005 - Life may have had a tough time getting started in the ancient environment that left its mark in the Martian rock layers examined by NASA's Opportunity rover. The most thorough analysis yet of the rover's discoveries reveals the challenges life may have faced in the harsh Martian environment.
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 30, 2005 - The Mars Society was founded to further the exploration and settlement of the Red Planet. The International Mars Society convention presents a unique opportunity for those interested in Mars to come together and discuss the technology, science, social implications, and philosophy of Mars exploration.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 29, 2005 - These images were acquired by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity using its panoramic camera on sol 644 (November 15, 2005) and its navigation camera on sol 645 (November 16, 2005, pictured).
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 28, 2005 - Spirit, the untiring robotic wonder child sent by NASA to explore the eerily earthlike fourth planet from the sun, has completed one martian year - that's almost two Earth years - on Mars.
Houston TX (SPX) Nov 24, 2005 - Hoping to heat up the competition, the University of Houston is giving Houston-area schools until Tuesday, Nov. 29 to enter the Fourth Annual Mars Rover Competition.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 22, 2005 - Spirit, the untiring robotic wonder child sent by NASA to explore the eerily earthlike fourth planet from the sun, has completed one martian year - that's almost two Earth years - on Mars.
Cambridge MA (SPX) Nov 22, 2005 - At 75 degrees north latitude, Devon Island lies high above the Arctic Circle, a few hundred miles from the magnetic North Pole. A true polar desert, it is also the largest uninhabited island on Earth. But the reach of MIT extends even here.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 22, 2005 - Opportunity is healthy. The solar array was apparently cleaned again on sol 638. Average solar array energy is around 720 watt-hours after the cleaning event!
Pasadena CA (SPX) Nov 21, 2005 - NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter successfully fired six engines for about 20 seconds last Friday to adjust its flight path in advance of its March 10, 2006, arrival at the red planet.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 21, 2005 - NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit used its panoramic camera to obtain this view of the impact feature called East Basin to the northeast of Husband Hill.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 21, 2005 - Spirit is healthy and making good progress downhill. The rover performed an extensive campaign with the tools on the robotic arm at an outcrop called Larry's Bench and made targeted observations with other instruments.
Paris (ESA) Nov 18, 2005 - For the four month operational period up to now, Mars Express has been making its closest approaches to Mars predominantly in the daytime portion of its orbit. The MARSIS radar's scientists are mainly collecting data about the upper layers of the Martian atmosphere, or 'ionosphere', which is the highly electrically conducting layer that is maintained by sunlight.
