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New Observations Slightly Decrease Mars Impact Probability
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 03, 2008Additional position observations for asteroid 2007 WD5 taken on December 29 through January 2 have been used to improve the accuracy of the asteroid's orbit. As a result, the range of possible paths past Mars has narrowed by a factor of 3 and the most likely path has moved a little farther away from the planet, causing the Mars impact probability to decrease slightly to 3.6% (about one cha ... more Mars Rovers Find Evidence Of Habitable Niche As Perilous Third Winter Approaches 
Cornell NY (SPX) Dec 31, 2007Inch by power-conserving inch, drivers on Earth have moved the Mars rover Spirit to a spot where it has its best chance at surviving a third Martian winter -- and where it will celebrate its fourth anniversary (in Earth years) since bouncing down on Mars for a projected 90-day mission in January 2004. Meanwhile, researchers are considering the implications of what Cornell's Steve Squyres, ... more How Mars Could Have Been Warm And Wet But Limestone-Free 
Cambridge MA (SPX) Dec 24, 2007Planetary scientists have puzzled for years over an apparent contradiction on Mars. Abundant evidence points to an early warm, wet climate on the red planet, but there's no sign of the widespread carbonate rocks, such as limestone, that should have formed in such a climate. Now, a detailed analysis in the Dec. 21 issue of Science by MIT's Maria T. Zuber and Itay Halevy and Daniel P. Schrag of Ha ... more Global Map Reveals Mineral Distribution On Mars 
Laurel, MD (SPX) Dec 24, 2007Scientists are getting a clearer image of mineral distribution on the surface of Mars, thanks to the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM), one of six science instruments on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, currently circling the planet. More than 200 just-released "spectral maps" reveal the distribution of various minerals on the surface of Mars -- the first installmen ... more NASA Delays Mars Scout Mission To 2013 
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 24, 2007NASA has decided that the next mission in the Mars Scout program, originally planned for launch in 2011, is now targeted for launch in 2013. The schedule slip is because of an organizational conflict of interest that was discovered in one of the mission proposal team's Phase A Concept Study. This was the shortest delay for the mission possible because opportunities to send spacecraft to Mars occ ... more |
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Columbus OH (SPX) Dec 24, 2007Scientists have gathered more evidence that suggests flowing water on Mars -- by comparing images of the red planet to an otherworldly landscape on Earth. In recent years, scientists have examined images of several sites on Mars where water appears to have flowed to the surface and left behind a trail of sediment. Those sites closely resemble places where water flows today in the McMurdo Dry Val ... more International Group Plans Strategy For Mars Sample Return Mission 
Paris, France (ESA) Dec 21, 2007ESA, NASA and an international team are developing plans and seeking recommendations to launch the first Mars mission to bring soil samples back to Earth. The ability to study soil from Mars here on Earth will contribute significantly to answering questions about the possibility of life on the Red Planet. Returned samples also will increase understanding of the useful or harmful properties ... more Opportunity Maneuvers Around Steeper Slopes In Victoria Crater 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Dec 21, 2007Opportunity is now in the process of driving to the third band of light-colored rocks that circumvent "Victoria Crater" beneath the rim. Scientists had initially planned to have the rover head directly downhill to a rock target nicknamed "Ronov," within the band known as "Lyell." They selected an alternate rock exposure, dubbed "Newell," when engineers determined that the original drive r ... more Asteroid could hit Mars next month: NASA 
Los Angeles (AFP) Dec 21, 2007An asteroid hurtling towards Mars has a one in 75 chance of chance of scoring a direct hit on the red planet next month, NASA experts said in a statement Friday. The US space agency's Near Earth Object Program (NEOP) revealed that the asteroid's exact course was difficult to predict, but said it could slam into Mars on January 30, leaving a crater measuring an estimated 1 kilometer across. ... more |
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Pasadena CA (SPX) Dec 19, 2007Now playing online -- a new Martian movie showing the planet rotating. The movie was made from four images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2, built and designed by JPL. The images were taken within 36 hours of today's closest approach to Earth by Mars. The camera captured the views when Mars was just 88 million kilometers (55 million miles) away. Mars and ... more Astronauts hook up huge module to space station 
Washington (AFP) Nov 14, 2007Astronauts Wednesday fixed a bus-sized 14-tonne module into place on the International Space Station to enable the future installation of a European and a Japanese laboratory, NASA said. "Station crew members moved Harmony from its temporary location on the left side of the Unity node to its new home on the front of the US laboratory Destiny Wednesday morning," a statement from the US space ... more Rowan University Professor Seeing Red (Planet) 
Glassboro NJ (SPX) Dec 18, 2007'Tis the season for Rowan University physics and astronomy associate professor David Klassen. "Mars season" that is. December 24 marks the Mars opposition-the point at which Earth and Mars pass each other in their orbits. Visions of the planet will be dancing in Klassen's telescope in the coming days because Mars appears three to five times bigger in the sky during the opposition-quite a seasona ... more Spirit Scouts Home Plate For Safe Haven 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 17, 2007Spirit has arrived at the north edge of "Home Plate." The rover will spend the next few Martian days, or sols, scouting the edge of Home Plate and acquiring images of the slopes to determine the best site for "Winter Haven 3," where Spirit will try to survive another season of minimal sunlight. Once the team selects a site, Spirit will drive down the north-facing edge of Home Plate and maneuve ... more
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