Pasadena (JPL) Jul 12, 2004 - Spirit's right front wheel is having arthritis problems, says Firouz Naderi, Mars Exploration Program Manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
Pasadena (JPL) Jul 12, 2004 - Jim Graf has his sights set on a target 100 million miles away. Sometimes it's closer. Sometimes it's farther. Mars. The target is moving. So is he.
Pasadena (JPL) Jul 12, 2004 - On sol 175 (July 9), Spirit analyzed the new targets Breadbox and Sourdough with its panoramic camera and miniature thermal emission spectrometer. Spirit then got an up-close look at Breadbox with the microscopic imager, and deployed the M¿ssbauer spectrometer on Sourdough for an overnight integration.
Paris (ESA) Jul 09, 2004 - These images of the rim of the Hellas basin on Mars were obtained by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA's Mars Express spacecraft.
Pasadena (JPL) Jul 08, 2004 - Sol 154 consisted of Opportunity completing activities on the target Kettlestone, including a long Moessbauer integration, some microscopic images and placement of the arm for a little early morning alpha particle X-ray spectrometer integration to occur on the morning of Sol 155. The rover then went to sleep.
Pasadena (JPL) Jul 07, 2004 - On sol 171, Spirit continued its investigation in Hank's Hollow and the rock target Pot-of-Gold. The rober successfully completed observations of the abraded area with the microscopic imager and alpha particle X-ray spectrometer. On sol 172, Spirit looked at the sky with the miniature thermal emission spectrometer and panoramic camera. The rover also acquired some thermal inertia observations of nearby soil with the miniature thermal emission spectrometer.
At a NASA-sponsored briefing for journalists last December, scientists with the Mars Exploration Rover missions described the various hazards that could cut…
Pasadena - Jul 06, 2004 - After a long trek across the floor of Gusev Crater, NASA's Spirit rover arrived late last month at the base of the Columbia Hills. Scientists believe that the hills are older than the surrounding plain, and holds clues to Gusev's more-distant past. In this exclusive interview with Astrobiology Magazine, Steve Squyres, principal investigator for the rover mission, discusses why the hills are important, what is known about them so far, and what remains to be puzzled out.
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jul 02, 2004 - On Sol 150, Opportunity completed Moessbauer spectrometer observations in the rock abrasion tool hole on the rock Tennessee (hole number 3). The rover then stowed its arm, drove 0.55 meters (1.8 feet) backwards, turned to 40 degrees and then drove 1 meter (3.3 feet) forward.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 02, 2004 - On sol 167, Spirit looked at a bit of soil called Jaws with the alpha particle X-ray spectrometer and microscopic imager. Then the rover completed a drive intended to put it into position to analyze Pot-of-Gold with the instruments on its robotic arm.
Ann Abor MI (SPX) Jun 30, 2004 - Research aimed at teasing apart the workings of RNA enzymes eventually may lead to ways of monitoring fat metabolism and might even assist in the search for signs of life on Mars, according to University of Michigan researcher Nils Walter.
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jun 30, 2004 - While Opportunity is hard at work inside Endurance Crater, engineers at JPL are busy testing engineering models in the Lab's simulated martian environment. A tilt platform is being used to determine Opportunity's ability to climb back up over the curb below its current location.
Paris (ESA) Jun 28, 2004 - The deployment of the MARSIS antenna on ESA's Mars Express spacecraft has been delayed until later this year.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 28, 2004 - On challenging slopes that NASA's Mars rovers began exploring this month, both Spirit and Opportunity have found new surprises for the folks back home.
Moffet Field CA (SPX) Jun 23, 2004 - Terraforming was once solely the province of science fiction. In the 1930's, Olaf Stapledon wrote of the use of electrolyzing a global sea on Venus in order to prepare it for human habitation in Last and First Men.
Paris (ESA) Jun 23, 2004 - On 2 May 2004, the High-Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board the ESA Mars Express spacecraft obtained images from the central area of the Mars canyon called Valles Marineris.
