London (AFP) Nov 3, 2004 - The British team behind the ill-fated Beagle 2 probe to Mars, which vanished without trace last December while attempting to land on the Red Planet, unveiled plans Wednesday for a possible successor mission.
London (AFP) Nov 02, 2004 - Beagle 2, the ill-fated British space probe that vanished while attempting to land on Mars, failed because the country's government wanted a mission to the Red Planet on the cheap, a report by lawmakers said Tuesday.
Kingston RI (SPX) Nov 02, 2004 - When earthlings make their first attempt to land on Mars, E. Paul Larrat will be justified in thinking he played a small role in the 35-million-mile voyage.
Irvine CA (SPX) Nov 02, 2004 - UC Irvine Monday announced that a researcher within The Henry Samueli School of Engineering has been awarded a contract with NASA, through the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to develop guidance algorithms aimed at pinpointing future Mars landers within 100 meters of the desired site.
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Nov 01, 2004 - Strings of depressions dotting the Martian landscape indicate that seismic activity - marsquakes - may still be reshaping the surface of the planet, according to Dr. David Ferrill of Southwest Research Institute in a paper published in the October 10 issue of GSA Today. These pit chains occur along dilational faults, partially filled or open cavities that served as conduits for past groundwater flow.
Pasadena CA (SPX) Nov 01, 2004 - A view of the sundial-like calibration target on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, with a bit of martian terrain in the background, is the 50,000th image from the twin rovers that have been exploring Mars since January.
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Nov 01, 2004 - On Earth, gravity-driven south polar cap winds are termed catabatic winds. They are caused by the downward motion of cold air. Catabatic winds begin over the smooth expanse of the cap interior due to temperature differences between the atmosphere and the surface.
Montreal QC (SPX) Oct 29, 2004 - Mars Society Canada (MSC), in conjunction with CASI - Concordia University, held a successful night of Mars related presentations in Montreal on October 28, 2004.
Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Oct 29, 2004 - A University of Michigan scientist is part of a European Space Agency team that has detected methane gas on Mars, the clearest indicator yet that there could be life there, said Sushil Atreya, professor and director of the Planetary Science Laboratory in the College of Engineering.
Paris, France (SPX) Oct 28, 2004 - Since the arrival of Mars Global Surveyor and more recently Mars Odyssey spacecrafts, a range of facts has revealed the existence of frozen water ice in the top meters of high latitudes near-surface (~60 deg - 90 deg) of both martian hemispheres. However, its origin was still unexplained.
New Haven CT (SPX) Oct 26, 2004 - Scientists in the department of Geology and Geophysics at Yale University have devised a method to precisely date the timing and temperature of a meteorite impact on Mars that led to ejection of a piece of the planet into space and its eventual impact on Earth.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 26, 2004 - Spirit is healthy and currently investigating a layered rock called Uchben. Spirit is farther from the equator than its twin, Opportunity is, and it has much less available solar energy. Spirit's solar panels are pointed to the northern Sun, but Spirit is still only getting about 400 watt-hours of energy per day - enough to run a 100-watt bulb for four hours.
NASA's Opportunity rover continues to operate without any major issues after spending 130 sols inside "Endurance Crater". To date, the rover has…
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 21, 2004 - Spirit had a productive week investigating the rock Tetl. On sol 277, Spirit attempted a drive to the next rock target, Uchben, which means ancient in the old Mayan language.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 21, 2004 - A problem that affects the steering on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit has recurred after disappearing for nearly two weeks. Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., are working to fully understand the intermittent problem and then implement operational work-arounds.
Paris (ESA) Oct 20, 2004 - This image, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA's Mars Express spacecraft, shows the eastern rim of the Martian impact crater Huygens.
