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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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 08, 2005 - Mars is often enveloped by planet-wide dust storms - their biting winds choke the air and scour the arid surface. Tornado-like dust devils dance across the planet so frequently that their numerous tracks crisscross each other, tracing convoluted designs in the red soil.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 07, 2005 - Opportunity continues to be active and healthy, making good progress south across the Meridiani plains with a few hiccups along the way. Despite the early end of one autonomous traverse and a Deep Space Network problem that precluded sending commands on sol 364, the rover covered more than 300 meters (984 feet) in the past week, breaking its own one-sol distance records twice! Having scuffed and trenched in the sands of the plain, Opportunity is now examining the trench and nearby soil targets.
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2005 - Injecting synthetic super greenhouse gases into the Martian atmosphere could raise the planet's temperature enough to melt its polar ice caps and create conditions suitable for sustaining biological life.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 03, 2005 - Spirit had another productive week in the locale of a target called Peace. Because of strong interest in the unusual character of Peace, the team decided to throw the full science instrument payload at the rock.
