Hanksville UT (SPX) Apr 13, 2005 - Two NASA robots and two geologists are now simulating an expedition to another planet during a field test expected to continue until April 15 in Utah's Southeast Desert, near Hanksville.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 13, 2005 - Over the past two weeks Opportunity reached Viking Crater, before conntinuing to Voyager Crater, taking panoramas of each crater and conducting detailed surface inspections. During this period the Mars Odyssey orbiter went into safe mode causing a suspension of data relay to Earth.
Moscow (UPI) Apr 11, 2005 - An international manned flight to Mars could be possible by 2030, Russian media reported Monday.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 11, 2005 - Spirit continues slipping in sandy terrain but forges ahead using crafty techniques such as switchbacking and creating a zigzag course.
London (AFP) Apr 08, 2005 - Unfazed by the loss of its Martian lander in December 2003, the European Space Agency (ESA) last Friday set its sights on sending a rover to the Red Planet in 2011 to join the search for traces of life.
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Apr 07, 2005 - Chris McKay, a planetary scientist at the Ames Research Center, has long been investigating the coldest and driest places on Earth. These harsh environments - and the ability of life to adapt there - could point the way to finding life on Mars.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 06, 2005 - NASA has approved up to 18 more months of operations for Spirit and Opportunity, the twin Mars rovers that have already surprised engineers and scientists by continuing active exploration for more than 14 months.
Moscow ID (SPX) Apr 05, 2005 - To help a NASA rover eventually hunt for life on Mars, scientists are writing a chemical guidebook to aid the search for extraterrestrial life.
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Apr 05, 2005 - While the Spirit and Opportunity rovers continue to investigate Mars, scientists are already testing more advanced rovers for future missions.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 05, 2005 - Sometimes Opportunity needs to stop and smell the roses ... uh, or the soil as the case may be. This week, the science team chose to examine the mineral content of the rippled ground before continuing the southward trek.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 05, 2005 - Spirit is heading toward the summit of Husband Hill. The rover has been making slow progress recently due to slippage on new, sandy terrain, but it is persevering to reach the target.
Paris (ESA) Mar 30, 2005 - These images, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA's Mars Express spacecraft, show part of the Medusa Fossae formation and adjacent areas at the highland-lowland boundary on Mars.
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Mar 29, 2005 - Chris McKay, a planetary scientist at the Ames Research Center, has long been investigating the coldest and driest places on Earth. These harsh environments - and the ability of life to adapt there - could point the way to finding life on Mars.
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Mar 23, 2005 - The detection of methane on Mars has generated a lot of speculation about what could possibly be producing it. Is it coming out of active volcanoes?
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Mar 23, 2005 - Shifting glaciers and exploding volcanoes aren't confined to Mars' distant past, according to two new reports in the journal Nature.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 22, 2005 - After some accumulated dust was blown off of Spirit's solar panels on sol 420 (March 9, 2005), the rover has been producing over 800 watt-hours of energy per sol, about twice as much as before the solar-array cleaning event.
