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Mars Science Laboratory Less Than A Year From Assembly And Testing Phase
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 30, 2007The 2009 Mars Science Laboratory, the mammoth grandchild of the 1997 Sojourner rover, is less than one year from the assembly, test and launch operations phase (ATLO). With its immense increase in size comes advanced abilities in power, technology and science data collection. In early 2008, the team will start the flight vehicle assembly and testing, simulating on earth every challenge the brave ... more Spirit Continues Soil Analysis 
Pasadena CA (SPX) May 28, 2007Spirit is healthy and spent the last week studying light and dark soil in and around the rover's tracks between "Home Plate" and "Mitcheltree Ridge." Spirit collected additional soil data, including about 24 hours of data using the alpha-particle X-ray spectrometer and 70 hours of data using the Mossbauer spectrometer. The primary soil targets examined during the week are known as ... more Opportunity Turns Up The Amps 
Pasadena CA (SPX) May 28, 2007Opportunity's electrical supply returned to levels not seen since the rover first arrived on Mars. Peak electrical current from the rover's solar arrays climbed above 4.0 amps and remained there for most of the week as a result of three recent dust-cleaning events. The last time electrical current reached similar levels was on sol 18 (Feb. 10, 2004)! Meanwhile, Opportunity is healthy an ... more ICO Signs Launch Services And Dual Launch Study Agreement With ILS 
Reston VA (SPX) May 28, 2007ICO Global Communications has signed a Launch Services and Dual Launch Study Agreement with ILS International Launch Services (ILS). With this contract, ICO has established a Proton launch services agreement for up to five launches in the 2009 through 2011 timeframe. In addition, ILS will design and propose a dual launch capability for ICO's Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellites. Bob Day ... more Seeking Mars Survival Secrets 
Princeton NJ (SPX) May 23, 2007David Smith always wondered whether other planets might harbor life, so when he actually got the opportunity to investigate, he jumped at it. His decision launched him on a year-long mission, leading him to the Kennedy Space Center and back. Now, after long months exploring whether Earth bacteria can survive on the surface of Mars, he has returned with findings that could help NASA plan better m ... more |
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Washington (AFP) May 15, 2007Scientists have proved it is possible to pack another hour into the day in a study which could help prepare humans for life on Mars. Using bright, fluorescent lights, researchers artificially lengthened the days for 12 people who agreed to spend 65 days living in individual rooms without windows, clocks or any other clues as to the time in the outside world. ... more Spirit Studies Dust Devils In Concert With The MRO 
Pasadena CA (SPX) May 15, 2007Pasadena CA (SPX) May 15, 2007 Spirit is healthy and has finished investigating a patch of churned-up, white-toned, silica-rich material known as "Gertrude Weise." Meanwhile, the rover's first attempt to autonomously place and exchange scientific instruments at the same target was partially successful. Spirit backed up over Gertrude Weise to a spot 2 meters (6.6 feet) beyond it and placed the M ... more Next Mars Lander Crosses The Mississippi 
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) May 09, 2007A U.S. Air Force C-17 cargo aircraft carried NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft Monday, May 7, from Colorado to Florida, where Phoenix will start a much longer trip in August. After launch, Phoenix will land on a Martian arctic plain next spring. It will use a robotic digging arm and other instruments to determine whether the soil environment just beneath the surface could have been a favorab ... more Spirit Examined Light - Colored Material Near Home Plate 
Pasadena CA (SPX) May 08, 2007Spirit is healthy and has completed its investigation of a knobby rock target known as "GoodQuestion." Next on Spirit's itinerary is a drive to the north and an attempt to climb onto "Home Plate." On the way, Spirit will examine white--toned material where one of the rover's wheels disturbed the soil. Observations using the miniature thermal emission spectrometer suggest it may be enriched ... more |
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Pasadena CA (SPX) May 03, 2007Color coding in this map of a far-southern site on Mars indicates the change in nighttime ground-surface temperature between summer and fall. This site, like most of high-latitude Mars, has water ice mixed with soil near the surface. The ice is probably in a rock-hard frozen layer beneath a few centimeters or inches of looser, dry soil. The amount of temperature change at the surface likely corr ... more Opportunity Gets A Boost Of Energy And Continues Imaging 
Pasadena CA (SPX) May 03, 2007Scientists and engineers are still deciding on when and if Opportunity will enter "Victoria Crater." In the meantime, Opportunity has a lot to accomplish, such as driving back to the area of its original arrival at Victoria, approximately 600 meters away (over one-third of a mile). In addition, Opportunity must complete checkouts of its new technologies such as the D-star hazard avoidance ... more Spirit Discovers Changes In Soil Near Home Plate 
Pasadena CA (SPX) May 02, 2007Spirit remains healthy after completing scientific investigation of a light-toned soil patch nicknamed "Everett." Everett is interesting because scientists thought it would be rich in sulfur like other soil exposures they've investigated. Instead, it turned out to be low in sulfur and ultramafic in composition -- made of iron- and magnesium-rich silicate, a chemistry often associated with volcan ... more Instruments To Dig Deep In Space 
Fayetteville AR (SPX) Apr 30, 2007University of Arkansas researchers, in partnership with a local company will develop a probe for future planetary rovers that will help scientists study the history of the solar system by examining the properties of layers of material beneath the surface of the moon, Mars, comets and other planetary bodies. Scientists at the Arkansas Center for Space and Planetary Sciences and officials of ... more
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