Paris, France (ESA) Jun 23, 2005 - MARSIS, the Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding onboard ESA's Mars Express orbiter, is now fully deployed, has undergone its first checkout and is ready to start operations around the Red Planet.
Bristol, UK (SPX) Jun 21, 2005 - Recent research argues that an atmosphere rich in oxygen is the most likely source of energy for complex life to exist anywhere in the Universe, thereby limiting the number of places life may exist.
Moscow (UPI) Jun 20, 2005 - Russian space officials said Monday they are preparing two unmanned missions to Mars before 2015.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 20, 2005 - Last week Spirit finished examining an area on the rock Backstay that was brushed away with the rock abrasion tool. Using the microscopic imager and the alpha particle X-ray spectrometer, the rover also looked closely at an undisturbed area on the rock.
Paris, France (ESA) Jun 17, 2005 - The second 20-metre antenna boom of the MARSIS instrument on board Mars Express was successfully ¿ and smoothly ¿ deployed, confirmed today by the ground team at ESA's European Space Operations Centre.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 17, 2005 - Spirit's on the move. We've finished up our work in the whole Larry's Lookout, Jibsheet and Methuselah region and begun the long climb up and around to the south side of Husband Hill.
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jun 17, 2005 - Power-on testing continues. On June 6, the spacecraft's flight batteries were installed and activated. Autonomous self-testing was completed June 14. Installation of the thermal blankets is under way.
Ithaca NY (SPX) Jun 16, 2005 - Luck, it has been said, favors the well prepared. That explains, perhaps, the fortune of the plucky Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity - and their creators back on Earth, including Cornell Professor Steve Squyres, scientific leader of the NASA mission.
Paris (ESA) Jun 16, 2005 - Images taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA's Mars Express spacecraft, have helped to reveal Coprates Chasma, a major trough in the Valles Marineris canyon system like never before. The HRSC obtained these images during orbit 449 with a ground resolution of approximately 48 metres per pixel.
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.
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.
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.
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.
