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NASA Phoenix Mission Ready For Mars Landing
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 14, 2008NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is preparing to end its long journey and begin a three-month mission to taste and sniff fistfuls of Martian soil and buried ice. The lander is scheduled to touch down on the Red Planet May 25. Phoenix will enter the top of the Martian atmosphere at almost 21,000 kilometers per hour (almost 13,000 mph). In seven minutes, the spacecraft must complete a challenging ... more Phoenix Landing Area Viewed By Mars Color Imager 
Pasadena CA (SPX) May 13, 2008NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is scheduled to land on the Martian northern plains near 68 degrees north latitude, 127 degrees west longitude on May 25, 2008. In preparation for the landing, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has been monitoring weather in the region around the landing site. On April 20, 2008, the orbiter's Mars Color Imager camera captured this view of a large region of northern Ma ... more Intense Testing Paved Phoenix Road to Mars 
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 11, 2008When NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander descends to the surface of the Red Planet on May 25, few will be watching as closely as the men and women who have spent years planning, analyzing and conducting tests to prepare for the dramatic and nerve-wracking event known as EDL - Entry, Descent and Landing. For after all their hard work, they know that landing on Mars is not a walk in the park. Less ... more Exploration Scientist Joins The NASA Space Race 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) May 12, 2008CSIRO and NASA are collaborating to develop exploration technologies currently used by the Australian minerals industry, for use on the Moon and Mars CSIRO Exploration and Mining scientist, Dr Brent McInnes - who recently worked at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre - says there is huge potential for US-Australian collaboration in lunar and planetary exploration technology. "My work with ... more Testing Times For Robotic Explorers On Mars 
Moffett Field (SPX) May 09, 2008Moffett Field (SPX) May 09, 2008 Many space missions use robots to explore. The rovers Spirit and Opportunity are still travelling around Mars, taking pictures and digging in the dirt. But could a robot identify alien life? How would a machine know the difference, for instance, between a rock and bacteria? Hoping to answer this question, a group of scientists, led by Derek Pullan of the ... more |
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Pasadena CA (SPX) May 06, 2008Spirit's Tau measurements of atmospheric dust have remained steady, but solar array input has dropped a bit to 235 watt-hours per sol. Spirit still has enough energy to squeeze in Moessbauer studies of iron-bearing minerals at a time of year when the rover's handlers expected Spirit to be concerned only with survival. At present, the rover's target of scientific interest is a soil exposure ... more Glaciers Reveal Martian Climate Has Been Recently Active 
Providence RI (SPX) Apr 30, 2008The prevailing thinking is that Mars is a planet whose active climate has been confined to the distant past. About 3.5 billion years ago, the Red Planet had extensive flowing water and then fell quiet - deadly quiet. It didn't seem the climate had changed much since. Now, in a research article that graces the May cover of Geology, scientists at Brown University think Mars' climate has ... more New Online Map Reveals Evidence Of The Forces That Once Shaped Mars 
Laurel MD (SPX) Apr 30, 2008A new online map lets visitors explore Mars' past through a collection of high-resolution observations from one of the most powerful spectrometers ever sent to the Red Planet. Evidence of ancient bodies of water, flowing rivers and groundwater peeks out from beneath layers of hardened magma and dust -- testaments to Mars' progression through wet, volcanic and dry eras. The data come from ... more Artificial Intelligence Boosts Science From Mars 
Paris, France (ESA) Apr 30, 2008Artificial intelligence (AI) being used at the European Space Operations Centre is giving a powerful boost to ESA's Mars Express as it searches for signs of past or present life on the Red Planet. Since January 2005, Mars Express has been using its sophisticated instruments to study the atmosphere, surface and subsurface of Mars, confirming the presence of water and looking for other signatures ... more |
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Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 23, 2008Despite a slight increase in atmospheric opacity caused by dust, Spirit is still enjoying higher-than-expected energy levels for this time of year. Solar array input has been approximately 240 watt-hours per Martian day, or sol (100 watt-hours is the amount of energy needed to light a 100-watt bulb for one hour). Clear skies have had the unfavorable effect, however, of causing a drop in ... more Driving on Mars Is Hard 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 23, 2008This week Opportunity demonstrated the challenges of operating a vehicle on the surface of another planet. The rover is en route to Cape Verde to acquire high-resolution images of the layering in the rocks. To get there, Opportunity must cross some sandy stretches. Before entering the sandy areas, Opportunity will need to stop and take a "toe dip'' -- that is, drive forward a short distance and ... more Astronauts upbeat after hard 'ballistic' landing 
Star City, Russia (AFP) April 21, 2008The first South Korean in space together with the American and a Russian who accompanied her said on Monday they were recovering well after a gruelling "ballistic" descent to Earth. Yi So-Yeon, who returned from the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday in an irregular landing that subjected the crew to huge gravitational forces, said there had been nothing to worry about either ... more Mars Technology On Board A Balloon To Study The Earth's Atmosphere 
Kiruna, Sweden (SPX) Apr 22, 2008"From Mars to the Earth and back" is the theme when the Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF), the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) and University of Bern in Switzerland build and launch a mass spectrometer on a stratospheric balloon from SSC's operational facility Esrange Space Center in Kiruna. The project is called MEAP (Mars Environment Analogue Platform) and will be carried out ... more
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