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Europe Asks Thales Alenia Space For The Price Of A Mars Robotic Rover
Cannes, France (UPI) Jul 27, 2007
The European Space Agency has asked Cannes, France, satellite manufacturer Thales Alenia Space to quote a price on the construction of a Mars rover. The French-Italian satellite company announced it will convene a meeting of its major contractors next week to discuss the rover, which the ESA is planning to send to Mars in 2013, the BBC reported Thursday. ESA delegations approved the genera ... read more
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    Boxford, MA (SPX) Jul 25, 2007
    A team of researchers is seeking to determine if an ingredient found in shrimp and lobster shells might make future missions to Mars safer for space crews who could be injured along the way. Scientists from Harvey Mudd College (HMC) in California and the University of Louisville are collaborating with bioengineering and biomaterials company BioSTAR West on research efforts to better understand h ... more

    Search For Life In Martian Ice Relies On UK Technology
    London UK (SPX) Jul 26, 2007
    The Martian surface will be explored for conditions favourable for past or present life thanks to micro-machine technology supplied by Imperial College London. The NASA mission, planned for August 2007, represents the first chance for UK hardware to contribute to the exploration of Mars since the failed Beagle 2 spacecraft launched in 2003. Dr Tom Pike and his team at Imperial's Department of El ... more

    Opportunity Calls Home After Some Solar Juice Cranks Up The Batteries
    Los Angeles CA (JPL) Jul 24, 2007
    Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity called home Monday morning indicating the power situation improved slightly during recent days when it obeyed commands to refrain from communicating with Earth in order to conserve power. Dust storms on Mars have darkened skies over Opportunity and its twin, Spirit. The rovers rely on solar panels to generate electricity from sunlight. Last week, solarcell output for Opportunity had dropped by 80 percent from a month earlier. ... more

    Digging Deep For Martian Life
    Moffett Field CA (ARC) Jul 24, 2007
    The European Space Agency (ESA), like NASA, has a plan to explore the solar system. ESA's Aurora Programme includes orbiters, landers, rovers, and ultimately, human exploration of the moon and Mars. ExoMars, a rover scheduled to launch in 2011 and to land on Mars in 2013, is one of Aurora's flagship missions. The ExoMars rover will be capable, for the first time since NASA's Viking missions in ... more

    Creating Martian Clay
    Fayetteville AK (SPX) Jul 24, 2007
    A study of the thermodynamics of clays found on Mars suggests that little carbon dioxide could have been present during their formation, which contradicts a popular theory of the early martian atmosphere and will send researchers looking for other explanations for clay formation. In addition, understanding the early atmosphere of Mars is vital in determining whether or not life could have develo ... more

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    NASA Robots Practice Moon Survey In The Arctic Circle
    Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jul 21, 2007
    Two NASA robots are surveying a rocky, isolated polar desert within a crater in the Arctic Circle. The study will help scientists learn how robots could evaluate potential outposts on the moon or Mars. The robots, K10 Black and K10 Red, carry 3-D laser scanners and ground-penetrating radar. The team arrived at Haughton Crater at Devon Island, Canada, on July 12 and will operate the machines un ... more

    Layers Exposed In Crater Near Mawrth Vallis
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    This image covers an impact crater roughly 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) in diameter. The subimage shows just a small segment of the crater rim (1336 x 889; 3 MB). The surface outside the crater (top) is relatively dark, while the interior wall of the crater has a lighter tone. A few dark patches on the crater wall have small dunes or ripples on their surfaces, and are likely pits filled with dark sa ... more

    Clay Studies Alter View Of Early Mars Environment
    Fayetteville AR (SPX) Jul 19, 2007
    A study of the thermodynamics of clays found on Mars suggests that little carbon dioxide could have been present during their formation, which contradicts a popular theory of the early Martian atmosphere and will send researchers looking for other explanations for clay formation. Vincent Chevrier of the University of Arkansas and Francois Poulet and Jean-Pierre Bibring of the Universite Paris-Su ... more

    MDA Secures Role On Preparations For European Mars Rover Mission
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    Arizona State Scientists Keep An Eye On Martian Dust Storm
    Tempe AZ (SPX) Jul 13, 2007
    Scientists at Arizona State University's Mars Space Flight Center are using the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) on NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter to monitor a large dust storm on the Red Planet. The instrument, a multi-wavelength camera sensitive to five visible wavelengths and 10 infrared ones, is providing Mars scientists and spacecraft controllers with global maps that track how much at ... more

    NASA Readies Mars Lander For August Launch To Icy Site
    Washington DC (SPX) Jul 10, 2007
    NASA's next Mars mission will look beneath a frigid arctic landscape for conditions favorable to past or present life. Instead of roving to hills or craters, NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander will claw down into the icy soil of the Red Planet's northern plains. The robot will investigate whether frozen water near the Martian surface might periodically melt enough to sustain a livable environment for mi ... more

    NASA Delays Dawn Asteroid Probe Launch Until September
    Washington (AFP) Jul 09, 2007
    The 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, 2007
    The 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

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