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NASA Sends Robotic Lander In Search Of Water And Life On Mars
Washington (AFP) Aug 04, 2007A US space probe embarked Saturday on a 10 month journey to Mars, where it will dig through Martian soil in a search for signs of life in a frigid region of the Red Planet. The Phoenix Mars Lander separated from a Delta II rocket after blasting off into the dark sky at 5:36 am (0936 GMT) from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Powered by solar panels, Phoenix, whose launch was ... more Extreme Analytical Chemistry Will Help Unravel Mars Mysteries 
Somerville MA (SPX) Aug 05, 2007Sam Kounaves spends his time unraveling fundamental questions in planetary science by applying "extreme analytical chemistry" to the harshest environments imaginable: Places like Death Valley, Antarctica - and now Mars. The Tufts professor is a co-investigator on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander Mission currently scheduled for launch on August 4. Kounaves will be leading the chemical analysis of Marti ... more NASA Spacecraft Heads For Polar Region Of Mars 
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Aug 04, 2007NASA's Phoenix Mars Mission blasted off Saturday, aiming for a May 25, 2008, arrival at the Red Planet and a close-up examination of the surface of the northern polar region. Perched atop a Delta II rocket, the spacecraft left Cape Canaveral Air Force Base at 5:26 a.m. Eastern Time into the predawn sky above Florida's Atlantic coast. "Today's launch is the first step in the long journey to ... more Next Departure For Mars Stands Ready To Fly 
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Aug 02, 2007A NASA robotic explorer equipped to dig up and analyze icy soil on Mars sits atop a 13-story tall stack of rocket engines prepared for liftoff before sunup on Saturday. A Delta II launch vehicle will carry the Phoenix Mars Lander into Earth orbit and, about 90 minutes later, give it the push needed to send it to Mars. A three-week period when planetary positions are favorable for this launch beg ... more Phoenix Will Dig For Water And Life On Edge Of Northern Polar Zone Of Mars 
Washington (AFP) Aug 02, 2007NASA on Saturday is to launch space probe Phoenix on a nine-month journey to Mars' arctic region, where it will dig through ice for clues to past or present microbial life on the red planet. The Phoenix Mars Lander is scheduled for blastoff from Cape Canaveral, Florida on August 4, with a first attempt at 5:36 am (0936 GMT), and a second attempt, should it be needed, at 6:02 am (1002 GMT). It wa ... more |
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Paris, France (ESA) Aug 01, 2007The High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA's Mars Express obtained images of the Tyrrhena Terra region on Mars. On 10 May 2007, the pictures of the region located at 18 South and 99 East were taken during orbit number 4294 with a ground resolution of approximately 15 metres per pixel. Tyrrhena Terra is part of the ancient, heavily cratered southern Martian highlands. The region is loc ... more US-Canadian Team On 4-Month Simulated Mars Mission 
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 01, 2007When the Phoenix Mars Lander reaches the Red Planet in 2008, the $386-million robotic mission will begin exploring the icy Martian soil. Meanwhile, in a remote field station here on Earth, Canadian and American scientists have been engaged in a simulated expedition to Mars. There is no place on Earth like Mars, except perhaps the arctic polar desert where Canadian geologist Melissa Battler comma ... more Fossil Hunting On Mars 
Moffett Field CA (ARC) Jul 31, 2007To date, only NASA has succeeded in sending a rover to explore our neighboring planet Mars. That is about to change. In 2011, the European Space Agency will send ExoMars to the Red Planet in search of signs that Mars is, or was, a living world. Astrobiology Field Research Editor Henry Bortman recently interviewed the ExoMars project scientist, Jorge Vago. In this, the second part of a two-part i ... more Planetary Society Set To Launch First Library Of Mars 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jul 31, 2007The Planetary Society's silica-glass DVD is ready to launch to Mars on board Phoenix, NASA's newest Scout mission led by Principal Investigator Peter Smith at the University of Arizona. Attached to the deck of the Phoenix lander, the DVD includes Visions of Mars, a collection of 19th and 20th century stories, essays and art inspired by the Red Planet, as well as the names of over a quarter milli ... more |
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Cannes, France (UPI) Jul 27, 2007The 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 ... more Crustacean Shells Might Hold Secret To Safer Long-Range Space Travel 
Boxford, MA (SPX) Jul 25, 2007A 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, 2007The 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, 2007Mars 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
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