Los Angeles (SPX) Feb 24, 2005 - An article in the New Scientist reports that a team of scientists working on the European Mars Express orbiter have found evidence of large amounts of pack ice lying within a few centimters of the Martian surface in parts of the planet's equatorial regions.
Providence RI (SPX) Feb 23, 2005 - Mars Express, Europe's first mission to the Red Planet, has generated a slew of new data about the mineral composition of the planet's dry, dramatic surface. In six new papers published online by the journal Science, an international team reveals clues about the planet's past hidden in the rock.
London, UK (SPX) Feb 23, 2005 - The discovery, by an international team of scientists led by University College London (UCL), the Open University (OU), and the Free University of Berlin, of a frozen sea close to the equator of Mars has brought the possibility of finding life on Mars one step closer.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 23, 2005 - Opportunity received a software tuneup that should improve its mobility capabilities. With the new load on board, Opportunity booted into it and began an initial checkout.
Paris (AFP) Feb 21, 2005 - A frozen sea surviving as blocks of pack ice may lie just beneath the surface of Mars, the New Scientist magazine said Monday citing observations from Europe's Mars Express spacecraft.
Washington (SPX) Feb 18, 2005 - News reports originally reported by Space.com on February 16, 2005, that NASA scientists from Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., have found strong evidence that life may exist on Mars are incorrect.
Pasadena CA (SPX) Feb 17, 2005 - The Spirit rover passed its 401st sol, or Martian day, Thursday, marking 311 more sols than its original mission design, NASA officials said.
Paris (ESA) Feb 16, 2005 - These images, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA's Mars Express spacecraft, show the central part of the 4000-kilometre long Valles Marineris canyon on Mars.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 16, 2005 - NASA's twin rovers are continuing to explore Mars and make exciting discoveries during their extended exploration missions, nearly a year after they successfully completed their three-month primary missions in April 2004.
Washington (UPI) Feb 16, 2005 - NASA scientists said there is a possibility that Mars may harbor living organisms, Space.com reported Wednesday.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 16, 2005 - Spirit's solar panels are collecting a fine layer of dust, which has reduced energy levels, but Spirit keeps on keeping on.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 14, 2005 - Opportunity is in good health after more than a year on the martian surface. The rover completed its investigation of a trench and soil materials on sol 373 and is ready for a software patch, which will be uploaded over next few sols.
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Feb 14, 2005 - The National Research Council was tasked with evaluating the risks of landing humans safely to work on Mars. Their report highlights a number of unique aspects in transit to the red planet, as well as once humans step out onto the surface.
The European Space Agency has given the green light for the MARSIS radar on board its Mars Express spacecraft to be deployed during the first week of May.
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Feb 09, 2005 - The National Research Council was tasked with evaluating the risks of landing humans safely to work on Mars. Their report highlights a number of unique aspects in transit to the red planet, as well as once humans step out onto the surface.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 09, 2005 - Spirit has completed examination of a rock target called Alligator, using every tool on the instrument deployment device (robotic arm). With Spirit's batteries recharged and atmospheric dust stable again, the rover is in excellent health and ready to approach Cumberland Ridge, a crest on Husband Hill.
