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NASA Orbiter Provides Insights About Mars Water And Climate
Pasadena CA (SPX) Sep 21, 2007NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is examining several features on Mars that address the role of water at different times in Martian history. Features examined with the orbiter's advanced instruments include material deposited in two gullies within the past eight years, polar ice layers formed in the recent geologic past, and signs of water released by large impacts when Mars was older. L ... more Life on Mars Pregnancy Test Launched 
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 20, 2007Key components of a new approach to discover life on Mars were successfully launched into space Friday as part of a twelve-day, low-Earth orbit experiment to assess their survivability in the space radiation environment Na prelude to future journeys to Mars. The new approach is based on technology similar to that used in pregnancy test kits. The so-called immunoassays are embodied in the " ... more Odyssey Returning to Service After Taking Precaution 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Sep 19, 2007The team operating NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter is returning the healthy spacecraft to usual activities this week after a precautionary status of reduced activity that the orbiter entered on Sept. 14. Odyssey properly put itself into the standby "safe mode" in response to a root cause that engineers have diagnosed as the same cause as for two previous safe mode entries, in 2005 and 2006. ... more Changes to Mars Science Lab Project Respond to Cost Increases And Keep Program On Track 
Pasadean CA (JPL) Sep 19, 2007In early June 2007, the Mars Science Laboratory project completed its project-wide Critical Design Review (CDR), which marks the completion of the project's design phase and transition into the build up of flight hardware. A key component of the CDR process was a technical risk, programmatic, and cost review, from which multiple independent cost assessments predicted that this technically ... more The UA Is Over The Moon About Mars 
Tuscon AZ (SPX) Sep 18, 2007The Phoenix Mars Mission is on its way to the Red Planet after a flawless launch from Cape Canaveral in early August. With landing scheduled for late May 2008, it might seem like there is nothing to do but wait through a long nine months. But The University of Arizona won't be idle during the cruise phase. Mission scientists are diligently preparing for landing and science operations. And the ... more |
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Pasadena CA (SPX) Sep 13, 2007NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has entered Victoria Crater for the first time. It radioed home information via a relay by NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter, reporting its activities for the day. Opportunity drove far enough in -- about four meters (13 feet) -- to get all six wheels past the crater rim. Then it backed uphill for about three meters (10 feet). The driving commands for the day ... more The Mysterious Ridges At The Mouth Of Tiu Valles 
Paris, France (ESA) Sep 13, 2007These images taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board Mars Express show the mouth of the Tiu Valles channel system on the red planet. The pictures were taken in orbit 3103 on 10 June 2006 with a ground resolution of approximately 16 metres per pixel. The mouth of Tiu Valles is an estuary-like landform. On Earth, an estuary is the tidal mouth of a river valley, or the end that ... more Dawn One Step Away From Asteroid Belt Trip 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 12, 2007The Dawn spacecraft completed the 25-kilometer (15-mile) journey from Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., to Pad-17B of the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 5:10 a.m. EDT today. The launch period for Dawn, NASA's eight-year, more than 5-billion-kilometer (3.2-billion-mile) odyssey into the heart of the asteroid belt, opens Sept. 26. "From here, the only way to go is up," said ... more More Teachers Get A Lesson In Weightlessness 
New York NY (SPX) Sep 11, 2007The Northrop Grumman Foundation launched 57 teachers from New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania into weightlessness today as part of the Northrop Grumman Foundation Weightless Flights of Discovery program. The goal: To inspire and prepare the next generation of scientists, mathematicians and engineers -- critical areas where the U.S. has fallen behind globally. The teachers performed a ... more |
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Washington DC (VOA) Sep 05, 2007Humans could get to Mars in less than 10 years, if they put their minds to it. That is the message of the Mars Society, a group of scientists and space enthusiasts who met recently in Los Angeles. VOA's Mike O'Sullivan spoke with some about their vision for the exploration and settlement of the Red Planet. They came to see astronaut Buzz Aldrin, one of the first men on the moon, and to ... more 500 Days At Venus, And The Surprises Keep Coming 
Paris, France (SPX) Sep 04, 2007Venus Express has now orbited Earth's twin for 500 Earth days, completing as many orbits. While the satellite maintains steady and excellent performance, the planet continues to surprise and amaze us. In spite of experiencing a challenging environment, Venus Express is in an excellent condition. It receives four times the amount of solar radiation as compared to its sister spacecraft, Mars ... more Phoenix Takes Flight 
Phoenix AZ (SPX) Sep 04, 2007Phoenix is on its way to Mars. The latest spacecraft in NASA's program of Mars exploration launched from Cape Canaveral on August 4 of this year, and is scheduled to land in the planet's northern polar region on May 25, 2008. Its findings will help scientists answer a critical question about the Red Planet: was it ever habitable? Phoenix is in many ways similar to the two Viking landers ... more Russia plans manned Moon mission by 2025 
Moscow (AFP) Aug 31, 2007Russia plans to send a manned mission to the Moon by 2025 and wants to build a permanent base there shortly after, the head of Russian space agency Roskosmos said Friday. "According to our estimates we will be ready for a manned flight to the Moon in 2025," Anatoly Perminov told reporters. An "inhabited station" could be built there between 2027 and 2032, he said. ... more
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