Providence - Sep 26, 2002 - Orbit affects climate on Mars similar to the way it affects climate on Earth, say three scientists, who used a model of climate change on Earth to explain the layers of deposits in the polar regions of the Red Planet.
Vancouver - Sep 23, 2002 - Allan Rock, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for the Canadian Space Agency, announced today the awarding of a $400,000 contract to MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) of Richmond, B.C., to support the Canadian Space Agency in defining Canada's contribution to European missions to Mars, and the NASA-led Mars Science Laboratory mission.
Los Angeles - Sep 16, 2002 - Meanwhile, the other two 2007 Mars missions -- to be flown by France and Italy in direct junior-partner connection with NASA's Mars program -- are also in very serious trouble.
Leicester - Sep 11, 2002 - A multitude of arguments supporting the possible existence of life on Mars have surfaced after the discovery and examination of the ALH84001 meteorite. The polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) found within, plus detailed examination of the ratios of certain metabolites, all have various interpretations supporting or opposing their organic origin.
Moffett Field - Aug 26, 2002 - Scientists preparing for NASA's next Mars mission, the twin Mars Exploration Rovers scheduled for launch in June and July 2003, are now able to view more than 44,000 high-resolution images of Mars collected by the Mars Global Surveyor. Some show detail at less than three meters per pixel.
Fayetteville - Aug 26, 2002 - Using a unique device known as the Andromeda Chamber to simulate conditions found on Mars, University of Arkansas researchers discovered that certain microorganisms called methanogens could grow at low pressures.
Huntsville - Aug 22, 2002 - Day had broken, cold and reddish, exceedingly cold and reddish from dust suspended in Mars's thin atmosphere, when the explorer climbed the inner crater wall. It was a steep wall and even in four-tenths Earth gravity his spacesuit was cumbersome. No wonder he slipped.
Houston - Aug 22, 2002 - In the latest study of a 4.5 billion-year-old Martian meteorite, researchers have presented new evidence confirming that 25 percent of the magnetic material in the meteorite was produced by ancient bacteria on Mars. These latest results were published in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology.
Pasadena - Aug 20, 2002 - So again, less than 18 months before launch, in January 2002, the MER project decided to look into designing and adding a second Descent Imager Motion Estimation Subsystem warning sensor to the TIRS system.
Pasadena - Aug 20, 2002 - With less than a year to go before the launch of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission, scientists have spent the last few weeks at a high-tech summer camp, rehearsing their roles for when the spacecraft take center stage.
Paris -Jul 31, 2002 - A joint UK and European mission to find evidence of life on Mars took another giant leap forward last week when engineers started assembling the Beagle 2 lander.
Paris - Jul 24, 2002 - What is the fastest Ferrari's distinctive red paint has ever travelled? Next year it will be 10,800 km/h! Mars Express, to be launched in May/June 2003, the first European spacecraft to visit the Red Planet, will be speeding on its way accompanied by the very essence of Ferrari: a sample of its distinctive red paint.
Los Angeles - Jul 18, 2002 - From July 17 to 24, 2002, The Planetary Society will team up with NASA Ames Research Center, the SETI Institute, and MicroPilot to fly an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) over Devon Island in the Canadian Arctic in simulated Mars exploration.
Pasadena - July 4, 2002 - Five years ago on Friday, July 4, 1997, American flags dressed the nation in a giant Independence Day celebration. It was National Hot Dog Month, and an estimated 155 million hot dogs hit the grill that weekend alone. Space must have been on moviegoers minds, as the alien flick Men in Black took in a whopping $84 million during its holiday opening.
Berkeley - Jul 03, 2002 - Measurements of the ice temperature far below the South Pole suggest that a so-called lake discovered at the base of the ice is most likely permafrost - a frozen mixture of dirt and ice - because the temperature is too low for liquid water.
College Station - Jun 28, 2002 - Texas A&M University researcher Mark Lemmon has been selected as member of a science team for a mission to Mars next year.
