Paris, France (SPX) Apr 25, 2005 - These images, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA's Mars Express spacecraft, show the 'chaotic' terrain of the Aureum Chaos region on Mars.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 22, 2005 - NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit is taking movies of dust devils -- whirlwinds carrying dust -- scooting across a plain on Mars.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 20, 2005 - Talk about a rough week! Spirit experienced a few software glitches, command sequencing errors, and particularly tough terrain from April 8 through April 15, 2005.
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 19, 2005 - Since the time, billions of years ago, when Mars was formed, it has never been a spherically symmetric planet, nor is it composed of similar materials throughout, say scientists who have studied the planet.
San Diego CA (SPX) Apr 18, 2005 - Imagine if the illustrious Sherlock Holmes lived in modern times. He might decide to take on the challenge of solving the mysterious disappearance of the Beagle 2, a British spacecraft that vanished without a trace after entering the atmosphere of Mars on Christmas Day, 2003.
Los Angeles, CA (SPX) Apr 16, 2005 - NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has experienced a significant breakdown with the suspected failure of the front right wheel motor.
Los Angeles, CA (SPX) Apr 16, 2005 - The terrain that Opportunity is crossing has been steadily getting more wavy. After a long drive southward from Voyager crater, Opportunity's right-front steering motor stalled out on sol 433 during an end-of-drive turn.
Moffett Field CA (ESA) Apr 15, 2005 - European space scientists have strongly recommended a mission equipped with a Rover as the next scientific mission to Mars, as part of the European Space Agency's Aurora programme of planetary exploration.
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Apr 14, 2005 - Even before the Mars Science Lander (MSL) touches down from its hovering mother ship, like a baby spider from an egg case, the first of a slew of cameras will have started recording and storing high-resolution video of the landing area.
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.
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 11, 2005 - Spirit continues slipping in sandy terrain but forges ahead using crafty techniques such as switchbacking and creating a zigzag course.
Moscow (UPI) Apr 11, 2005 - An international manned flight to Mars could be possible by 2030, Russian media reported Monday.
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.
