Boston - Jan 19, 2004 - Students and researchers at MIT are designing a space mission to learn about the effects of Mars-level gravity using pint-sized astronauts. The 15 mouse-trounauts will orbit Earth for five weeks to help researchers learn how Martian gravity -- about one-third that of Earth -- will affect the mammalian body.
Pasadena (JPL) Jan 19, 2004 - NASA's Spirit rover reached out with its versatile robotic arm early Friday and examined a patch of fine-grained martian soil with a microscope at the end of the arm. We made our first use of the arm and took the first microscopic image of the surface of another planet, said Dr. Mark Adler, Spirit mission manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
Beijing - Jan 15, 2004 - US Mars rover Spirit landed successfully on the Mars on Jan. 4. It is learned that there are over 300 Chinese scientists in US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). They are getting along well with scientists from various countries and have made great achievements.
Waterloo - Jan 15, 2004 - Three days after successfully landing on Mars, the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit has successfully begun transmitting high resolution colour images of the red planet. The CCD image sensor chips, designed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, were manufactured at DALSA's semiconductor wafer production facility in Bromont, Quebec.
Pasadena - Jan 15, 2004 - Two views of a sundial called the MarsDial can be seen in this image taken on Mars by the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's panoramic camera. These calibration instruments, positioned on the solar panels of both Spirit and the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, are tools for both scientists and educators.
Pasadena - Jan 15, 2004 - We asked the rover engineers to fit a square peg in a round hole, said the Spirit rover mission manager, Jennifer Trosper of NASA JPL. On a very big day today, the engineering team unfolded that square rover from its triangular landing petal.
Pasadena - Jan 15, 2004 - Scientists have a crush on Mars, and it's hard not to look only for things we want to see, says Mars Exploration Rover scientist, John Grant, from Washington D.C.'s National Air and Space Museum.
Washington (AFP) Jan 15, 2004 - The US spirit robot successfully rolled off its landing platform onto Martian soil for a brief, three meter (10-foot) excursion early Thursday, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said.
Washington (AFP) Jan 14, 2004 - The US Spirit robot will make its first three-meter trek on Mars late Wednesday, as part of its mission to seek out traces of water on the Red Planet, to determine if life once existed there, NASA officials said Wednesday.
Honolulu - Jan 13, 2004 - Everyone interested in Mars exploration should now take a few minutes off from looking at those fine photos of Gusev Lava Flow sent back by the Spirit rover. It is time to fall on our knees, face toward Memphis and give thanks to Elvis that the British Mars lander Beagle 2 has failed. I can't think of any possible event more potentially disastrous for the future of unmanned planetary exploration than the success of this particular mission.
Radiation-resistant computers developed here by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) helped not only steer one of NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers to…
Argonne - Jan 12, 2004 - While astronomers peer at the surface of Mars, now making its closest approach to Earth in 60,000 years, scientists are learning the secrets of its deep interior using the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne.
Pasadena (JPL) Jan 12, 2004 - They said it couldn't be done. But in the sleepy little town of Montrose, California, nestled in the hills surrounding JPL, master watchmaker Garo Anserlian of Executive Jewelers is perfecting a timepiece for hundreds of Earthlings bound to Mars' irregular day. Past the glass cases of what looks like an ordinary jewelry store is a workshop where watches are losing 39 minutes a day.
Washington - Jan 12, 2004 - NASA-funded scientists are researching methods to address current issues and future needs for efficiently growing plants on Mars.
Pasadena - Jan 12, 2004 - NASA's Spirit rover now has its arm and all six of its wheels free, and only a single cable must be cut before it can turn and roll off its lander onto the soil of Mars. As that milestone is completed, scientists are taking opportunities to take extra pictures and other data.
Pasadena - Jan 12, 2004 - The first 360-degree color view from NASA's Spirit Mars Exploration Rover presents a range of tempting targets from nearby rocks to hills on the horizon.
