Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 14, 2005 - After last week's robotic arm work at Larry's Outcrop, Spirit headed over to a rock called Backstay. The rover paused over the weekend to take a closer look at its solar panels and magnets.
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 14, 2005 - The Mars Human Precursor Science Steering Group was chartered by MEPAG in June 2004 to analyze the priorities for precursor investigations, measurements, and technology/infrastructure demonstrations that would have a significant effect on the cost and risk of the first human mission to Mars.
Mars (SPX) Jun 13, 2005 - On May 19th, 2005, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit captured this stunning view as the Sun sank below the rim of Gusev crater on Mars. This Panoramic Camera (Pancam) mosaic was taken around 6:07 in the evening of the rover's 489th martian day, or sol. Spirit was commanded to stay awake briefly after sending that sol's data to the Mars Odyssey orbiter just before sunset.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 10, 2005 - In his latest online updates MER Principal Investigator Steve Squyres reports on the conditions at Meridiani and the outlook for MER-B as the Mars Rover team search for route south or another destination.
London (UPI) Jun 09, 2005 - British lawmakers, upset over the ill-fated Beagle 2 project, say the nation's space program is not being adequately monitored and rapped its risk management.
London, UK (ESA) Jun 09, 2005 - Mars Express was flying 270 kilometers (168 miles) above the planet when SPICAM's field of view was positioned just above the limb, or edge, of the planet during the Aug. 11, 2004 orbit.
Paris, France (SPX) Jun 08, 2005 - Following in-depth analyses performed after the deployment of the first MARSIS antenna boom on board Mars Express, ESA has decided to proceed with the deployment of the second 20-metre antenna boom.
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jun 08, 2005 - Some hardy Earth microbes could survive long enough on Mars to complicate the search for alien life, according to a new study co-authored by University of Florida researchers.
Dartmouth, UK (SPX) Jun 08, 2005 - Two Dartmouth researchers have weighed in on the debate over whether the presence of methane gas on Mars indicates life on the red planet. Mukul Sharma, Assistant Professor of Earth Sciences, and Chris Oze, a postdoctoral fellow, argue that the Martian methane could have been produced by inorganic processes just as easily as by bacteria.
Moscow (UPI) Jun 08, 2005 - Russia's federal space agency says it will display a full-scale Martian station at the Paris Air Show, which opens next week in Le Bourget, France.
Pasadena (JPL) Jun 07, 2005 - Engineers and mission managers for NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission cheered when images from the Martian surface confirmed Opportunity had successfully escaped from a sand trap.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 04, 2005 - The Mars rover Opportunity has successfully escaped from a sand trap. JPL engineers cheered when images returned from Mars showed the rover's wheels were free. Engineers worked for nearly five weeks to carefully maneuver the rover out of the sand dune.
NASA has given the green light to a project to put a long-armed lander on to the icy ground of the far-northern Martian plains.
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jun 03, 2005 - Spirit has been working on Mars for more than 500 sols! This week the rover completed its close-up observations of Larry's Outcrop and drove back toward Methuselah, looking for a passable way up to the summit. The rover will continue to drive around the perimeter of Husband Hill until it finds a good pathway.
Paris, France (SPX) Jun 02, 2005 - These images, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) aboard ESA's Mars Express spacecraft, show a large depression called Iani Chaos and the upper reaches of a large outflow channel called Ares Vallis.
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jun 02, 2005 - Spirit is the problem child, so to speak. It took us a lot longer to reach our science objectives with Spirit, but it's really coming into its own right now.
