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NASA Delays Dawn Asteroid Probe Launch Until September
Washington (AFP) Jul 09, 2007The US space agency has postponed until September the launch of space probe Dawn on its eight-year mission to unlock the mysteries of the origins of our solar system. It was the second delay for the mission in as many days. "Primary reasons for the move were a combination of highly limited launch opportunities for Dawn in July and the potential impact to launch preparations for the upcoming Phoe ... more Dawn Launch Rescheduled To September; Phoenix To Launch In August 
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 09, 2007The launch of NASA's Dawn spacecraft, a mission that will explore the two largest objects in the asteroid belt in an effort to answer questions about the formation of our solar system, has been rescheduled to September. The decision was made today to move the launch to September after careful review by NASA's Science Mission Directorate officials, working with Dawn mission managers, the Dawn pri ... more Dust Delays Mars Crater Entry 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 06, 2007A giant dust storm brewing for more than a week on Mars has become worse and is affecting surface operations of the Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity. Because the rovers depend on solar energy for survival, and the dust is partially blocking the sun, the storm is being watched closely by the rover scientists and engineers. Opportunity's entry into Victoria Crater is delayed for at ... more Scientists Find That Earth And Mars Are Different To The Core 
Oxford UK (SPX) Jul 06, 2007Research comparing silicon samples from Earth, meteorites and planetary materials, published in Nature (28th June 2007), provides new evidence that the Earth's core formed under very different conditions from those that existed on Mars. It also shows that the Earth and the Moon have the same silicon isotopic composition supporting the theory that atoms from the two mixed in the early stages of t ... more Martian Tectonic Signatures At Aeolis Mensae 
Paris, France (ESA) Jul 06, 2007The High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board Mars Express has provided snapshots of the Aeolis Mensae region. This area, well known for its wind-eroded features, lies on a tectonic transition zone, characterised by incised valleys and unexplained linear features. Illuminated by the Sun from the west, the pictures are of a ground resolution of approximately 13 metres per pixel. The reg ... more |
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Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 06, 2007Extensive testing of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander in preparation for an August launch has uncovered a potential data-handling problem in time to modify plans for use of a camera during the final minutes of arrival at Mars. The testing results led to a decision to take just one photograph with the spacecraft's Mars Descent Imager. The mission will still be capable of accomplishing all of its scien ... more Spirit Solar Power Levels Continue To Rise 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 06, 2007Spring cleaning continued on NASA's Spirit rover, as atmospheric turbulence on Mars cleared away more dust from the solar panels on the rover's 1,233rd sol, or Martian day, of exploration (June 22, 2007). As a result of this most recent dust-clearing event, Spirit out-produced the electrical energy of Spirit's twin, the Opportunity rover on the opposite side of Mars, by about 50 watt-hours. (Th ... more Seeking Mars Survival Secrets 
Princeton NJ (SPX) Jul 06, 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 months exploring whether Earth bacteria can survive on the surface of Mars, he has returned with findings that could help NASA plan better missio ... more NASA Mars Rover Ready For Descent Into Crater 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jun 29, 2007NASA's Mars rover Opportunity is scheduled to begin a descent down a rock-paved slope into the Red Planet's massive Victoria Crater. This latest trek carries real risk for the long-lived robotic explorer, but NASA and the Mars Rover science team expect it to provide valuable science. Opportunity already has been exploring layered rocks in cliffs around Victoria Crater. The team has planned ... more |
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Cameron Park CA (SPX) Jun 22, 2007Besides the possible "Atmospheric Signatures and Near-Surface Change" mission that I mentioned in my last installment, the "MEPAG" science team assigned to pick possible goals for NASA's big 2013 Mars Science Orbiter proposed two other general types of possible science mission for the craft. One is "Polar and Climate Processes" ("Plan P"). Mars' polar caps are among the most scientifically ... more Mars Experiment To Push Mental Endurance To The Limit 
Paris (AFP) June 20, 2007You are in the vanguard of humanity, aboard a spaceship to Mars with five other men and women. For more than 17 months, with the perilous void surrounding your tiny refuge, the six of you will share the work and the heroics, battling emergencies, equipment glitches and other hazards on this pioneering mission. But you will also share your personal habits and prejudices... your body odours. ... more Spirit Gets A Solar Panel Spring Clean 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 20, 2007Spirit got a second spring cleaning on Mars with a dust-cleaning event that increased power from the rover's solar arrays by 120 watt-hours (a 100-watt light bulb that burns for one hour uses 100 watt-hours of electricity). Spirit previously experienced dust-lifting winds in 2005. Energy from the rover's solar arrays is now higher than 600 watt-hours. After completing scientific studies ... more ESA Wants Space Pioneers For 520-Day Mars Experiment 
Le Bourget, France (AFP) June 19, 2007The European Space Agency (ESA) on Tuesday called for applications for one of the most demanding human experiments in space history: a simulated trip to Mars in which six "astronauts" will spend 17 months in an isolation tank on Earth. Their spaceship will comprise a series of interlocked modules in an research institute in Moscow, and once the doors are closed tight, the volunteers will be cut ... more
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