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Spirit Biding Time
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jul 14, 2008Spirit continues to ride out the Martian winter by doing minimal activities to conserve power. The rover conducts very light science activities every three to four Martian days, or sols, and relays data to NASA's Odyssey orbiter for transmission to Earth every 4 sols. The rest of the time, Spirit mostly sleeps. As it has been some time since Spirit's operators were able to synchronize th ... more Unlocking Martian Rocks 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jul 11, 2008Signs of life on Mars may be hiding under its rocks, or perhaps hiding inside those rocks. A new study offers a simplified technique for detecting biological and pre-biotic molecules that become trapped inside minerals. Studying seven samples of the mineral jarosite collected from various places on Earth, a group of researchers was able to identify amino acids, the basic components of ... more Sample-Collection Tests By Phoenix Lander Continue 
Tucson AZ (SPX) Jul 11, 2008NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's science and engineering teams are testing methods to get an icy sample into the Robotic Arm scoop for delivery to the Thermal and Evolved Gas Analyzer, or TEGA. Ray Arvidson of Washington University in St. Louis, Phoenix's "dig czar," said the hard Martian surface that Phoenix has reached proved to be a difficult target, comparing the process to scraping a side ... more NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander Uses Soil Probe And Swiss Scope 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jul 11, 2008NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has touched Martian soil with a fork-like probe for the first time and begun using a microscope that examines shapes of tiny particles by touching them. Phoenix's robotic arm pushed the fork-like probe's four spikes into undisturbed soil Tuesday as a validation test of the insertion procedure. The prongs of this thermal and electrical conductivity probe are about ... more Brown-Led Team Finds Evidence Of Water In Lunar Interior 
Providence RI (SPX) Jul 10, 2008A Brown University-led research team has for the first time discovered evidence of water that came from deep within the Moon, a revelation that strongly suggests water has been a part of the Moon since its early existence -- and perhaps ever since it was created by a cataclysmic collision between the early Earth and a Mars-sized object about 4.5 billion years ago. ... more |
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Washington (AFP) July 8, 2008Following a detailed, integrated assessment, NASA selected target launch dates for the remaining eight space shuttle missions on the current manifest in 2009 and 2010. The manifest includes one flight to the Hubble Space Telescope, seven assembly flights to the International Space Station, and two station contingency flights, planned to be completed before the end of fiscal year 2010. The ... more Will We Ever Reach Mars 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jul 07, 2008The title of this article could be continued: Will we be able to come back? It may take years to find an answer, but the search has already been launched. During the next month, the Institute of Bio-Medical Problems will conduct a medical experiment to develop non-surgical methods of treatment for diseases that cosmonauts may develop during a long journey to Mars. Hardly anything can ... more Phoenix Set To Bake Some Ice-Rich Samples This Week 
Tucson AZ (SPX) Jul 07, 2008The next sample delivered to NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer (TEGA) will be ice-rich. A team of engineers and scientists assembled to assess TEGA after a short circuit was discovered in the instrument has concluded that another short circuit could occur when the oven is used again. "Since there is no way to assess the probability of another short circuit occur ... more Mars Sample Return: The Next Step In Exploring The Red Planet 
Paris, France (ESA) Jul 03, 2008The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) will be co-hosting, in cooperation with NASA and the International Mars Exploration Working Group (IMEWG), an International Conference on July 9-10 in the Auditorium of the Biblioth�que Nationale de France in Paris to discuss the next step in the exploration of Mars. We are still collecting data under NASA's ... more |
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Pasadena CA (SPX) Jul 02, 2008NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander enlarged the "Snow White" trench and scraped up little piles of icy soil on Saturday, June 28, the 33rd Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Scientists say that the scrapings are ideal for the lander's analytical instruments. The robotic arm on Phoenix used the blade on its scoop to make 50 scrapes in the icy layer buried under subsurface soil. The robotic arm ... more New Soil Analysis Suggests It Rained On Mars Long Ago 
Berkeley CA (SPX) Jul 01, 2008A new analysis of Martian soil data led by University of California, Berkeley, geoscientists suggests that there was once enough water in the planet's atmosphere for a light drizzle or dew to hit the ground, leaving tell-tale signs of its interaction with the planet's surface. The study's conclusion breaks from the more dominant view that the liquid water that once existed during the red ... more Swedish And Swiss High Tech On A Long Duration Balloon Flight Over The Atlantic 
Esrange, Sweden (SPX) Jul 01, 2008At 7:07 local time on Saturday (28 June) a large balloon-borne experiment called MEAP(1) took off from SSC:s launch facility Esrange Space Center in northern Sweden. The aim of the flight is to perform tests of new techniques connected to the flight itself and to the new mass spectrometer planned to be used in the future on space flights to other planets. The gondola was lifted by a large ... more Phoenix Scrapes To Icy Soil In Wonderland 
Tucson AZ (SPX) Jun 30, 2008NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander scraped to icy soil in the "Wonderland" area on Thursday, June 26, confirming that surface soil, subsurface soil and icy soil can be sampled at a single trench. Phoenix scientists are now assured they have a complete soil-layer profile in Wonderland's "Snow White" extended trench. By rasping to icy soil, the robotic arm on Phoenix proved it could flatten ... more
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