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Mars Science Is A Sublime Affair For Phoenix Lander
Tucson AZ (JPL) Jun 23, 2008Dice-size crumbs of bright material have vanished from inside a trench where they were photographed by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander four days ago, convincing scientists that the material was frozen water that vaporized after digging exposed it. "It must be ice," said Phoenix Principal Investigator Peter Smith of the University of Arizona, Tucson. "These little clumps completely disappearing ... more Harris Selected For Potential New NASA Space Suit Communications System 
Melbourne FL (SPX) Jun 23, 2008Harris has been selected for a potential seven-year, $58 million contract to provide the RF communications/navigation system for the next-generation space suit supporting NASA's Constellation program. Harris is a member of the Oceaneering International, Inc. team. The primary goals of NASA's Constellation Program are to maintain an American presence in low Earth orbit, to return to the ... more Mars Science Is A Sublime Affair For Phoenix Lander
Tucson AZ (JPL) Jun 20, 2008Dice-size crumbs of bright material have vanished from inside a trench where they were photographed by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander four days ago, convincing scientists that the material was frozen water that vaporized after digging exposed it. "It must be ice," said Phoenix Principal Investigator Peter Smith of the University of Arizona, Tucson. "These little clumps completely disappearing ... more Computer Glitch Delays Mars Phoenix Lander Work 
Washington (AFP) Jun 20, 2008An information glitch aboard the Mars Phoenix lander has caused the loss of some non-essential images of the Red Planet and delayed the probe's work by 24 hours, NASA said Thursday. "The spacecraft is healthy and fully commandable, but we are proceeding cautiously until we understand the root cause of this event," said Phoenix Project Manager Barry Goldstein of NASA's Jet Propulsion ... more Space Radar To Improve Mining Safety 
Noordwijk, Netherlands (SPX) Jun 20, 2008Advanced ground penetration radar, originally developed to investigate the soil structure on the Moon and other planets on ESA planetary missions, is now being used in Canadian mines to spot hidden cracks and weaknesses in mine roofs. Using space technology developed for ESA for the special ground penetration radar GINGER (Guidance and Into-the-Ground Exploration Radar) that will be ... more |
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Tucson AZ (SPX) Jun 18, 2008One of the ovens on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander continued baking its first sample of Martian soil over the weekend, while the Robotic Arm dug deeper into the soil to learn more about white material first revealed on June 3. "The oven is working very well and living up to our expectations," said Phoenix co-investigator Bill Boynton of the University of Arizona, Tucson. Boynton leads the ... more NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander Inspects Delivered Soil Samples 
Tucson AZ (SPX) Jun 16, 2008New observations from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander provide the most magnified view ever seen of Martian soil, showing particles clumping together even at the smallest visible scale. In the past two days, two instruments on the lander deck -- a microscope and a bake-and-sniff analyzer -- have begun inspecting soil samples delivered by the scoop on Phoenix's Robotic Arm. "This is the ... more Mars Phoenix lander offers up first secrets 
Washington (AFP) June 13, 2008About three weeks after it landed on Mars, the Phoenix lander has collected particles that offer a snapshot of millions of years of life on the Red Planet, the team behind the probe said Friday. NASA's 420-million-dollar lander has also possibly located ice and is in the process of providing a 360-degree view from its landing site in the Martian polar region, with rocks and hills fading into ... more After whole lotta shakin', Mars probe ready to bake 
Washington (AFP) June 11, 2008Scientists were all smiles Wednesday after samples of Martian arctic soil finally dropped into the Phoenix lander's oven instrument, putting the search for signs of past life on Mars back on track. The probe's robotic arm had dumped arctic dirt into one of its eight Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer (TEGA) last Friday, but only a few particles from the clumpy soil in Mars's far north made it ... more |
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Tucson AZ (SPX) Jun 12, 2008NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has filled its first oven with artian soil. "We have an oven full," Phoenix co-investigator Bill Boynton of the University of Arizona, Tucson, said. "It took 10 seconds to fill the oven. The ground moved." Boynton leads the Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer instrument, or TEGA, for Phoenix. The instrument has eight separate tiny ovens to bake and sniff the soil to ... more Northwestern Testing Transistors For Radiation Resistance On Space Station 
Evanston IL (SPX) Jun 12, 2008Transistors based on a new kind of material created by Northwestern University researchers have been lifted into outer space on the space shuttle Endeavour and attached to the outside of the International Space Station for radiation testing. Such transistors could prove helpful on long space missions, such as NASA's current Phoenix Mars Mission, since early experiments on Earth indicate ... more Technology Enrolled In Hunt For Life On Mars 
Chapel Hill NC (SPX) Jun 12, 2008Scientists looking for evidence of life on Mars have turned to technology invented by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers to help with their mission. A team from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., has created a device for use on the European ExoMars rover mission scheduled for launch in 2013. That space voyage is one of several planned expeditions to ... more Probe again fails to obtain Martian soil sample 
Washington (AFP) June 10, 2008Clumpy soil on Mars has further hampered the Phoenix lander's attempts to obtain samples for analysis by the spacecraft's test instruments, mission experts said. "Virtually none of the material made it down into the oven" after the probe dug up new soil clumps from the Martian permafrost with its robotic arm, William Boynton, an investigator for Phoenix's thermal and evolved gas analyzer ... more
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