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Mars Sample Return: Bridging Robotic And Human Exploration
Paris, France (ESA) Jul 22, 2008The first robotic mission to return samples to Earth from Mars took a further step toward realisation with the recent publication of a mission design report by the iMARS Working Group. The report, defines key elements of the future internationally-funded mission involving the cooperation of ESA, NASA and other national agencies. iMARS, which stands for the International Mars ... more NASA Studies Earth's High Arctic For Evidence Of Life On Early Mars 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jul 22, 2008Later this month, NASA's Spaceward Bound program will send a team of scientists and teachers to explore the permanently frozen landscape of Axel Heiberg Island in the Canadian high Arctic. During the July 25 to Aug. 2, 2008, expedition, scientists will challenge their minds in an extreme polar research environment as they map icy structures and study microbes that live in the permafrost. ... more When Mars Was A Water World 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jul 21, 2008Mars once hosted vast lakes, flowing rivers and a variety of other wet environments that had the potential to support life, according to two new studies based on data from the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM) and other instruments on board NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). "The big surprise from these new results is how pervasive and long-lasting Mars' ... more Phoenix Mars Lander Continues Tests With Rasp 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jul 21, 2008The team operating NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander plans to tell the lander to do a second, larger test of using a motorized rasp to produce and gather shavings of frozen ground. The planned test is a preparation for putting a similar sample into one of Phoenix's laboratory ovens in coming days. The instrument with the oven, the Thermal and Evolved- Gas Analyzer, called TEGA, will be used ... more NASA Spacecraft Shows Diverse, Wet Environments On Ancient Mars 
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 21, 2008Two studies based on data from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have revealed that the Red Planet once hosted vast lakes, flowing rivers and a variety of other wet environments that had the potential to support life. One study, published in the July 17 issue of Nature, shows that vast regions of the ancient highlands of Mars, which cover about half the planet, contain clay minerals, which ... more |
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San Diego CA (SPX) Jul 18, 2008Malin Space Science Systems, Inc. (MSSS), has delivered the first of four science cameras it is developing for the NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2009 Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover mission. This camera, the Mars Descent Imager (MARDI--see Figure 1) is designed to provide a sequence of hundreds of 2 Megapixel color images of the martian surface during the rover's descent about two ... more Space chiefs ponder ISS transport problem, post-2015 future 
Paris (AFP) July 17, 2008The heads of five agencies building the International Space Station staged talks here Thursday on tackling a looming transport problem for the ISS and gave positive signals for extending the orbital outpost's life beyond 2015. The ISS will need extra transport for crew and freight to substitute for the US space shuttle, scheduled to be retired in 2010 when the ISS is completed. ... more Phoenix Claws At Frozen Layer And Drills Small Holes 
Tucson AZ (SPX) Jul 17, 2008A powered rasp on the back of the robotic arm scoop of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander successfully drilled into the frozen soil and loosened material that was collected in the lander's scoop. Images and data sent from Phoenix early Wednesday indicated the shaved material in the scoop had changed slightly over time during the hours after it was collected. The motorized rasp -- located on ... more Mars Express To Rendezvous With Martian Moon 
Paris, France (ESA) Jul 17, 2008Scientists and engineers are preparing ESA's Mars Express for a pair of close fly-bys of the Martian moon Phobos. Passing within 100 km of the surface, Mars Express will conduct some of the most detailed investigations of the moon to date. The series of fly-bys will take place between 12 July and 3 August. During the second encounter, the spacecraft will fly within 273 km of the surface. ... more |
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Tucson AZ (SPX) Jul 16, 2008NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is using its Robotic Arm to enlarge an exposure of hard subsurface material expected to yield a sample of ice-rich soil for analysis in one of the lander's ovens. The trench was about 20 by 30 centimeters (8 by 12 inches) after work by the arm on Saturday. The team sent commands yesterday to extend the longer dimension by about 15 centimeters (6 inches). ... more Russia To Study Martian Moons Once Again 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jul 15, 2008On July 7 and July 12, 1988, the Soviet Union launched two space probes, Phobos-1 and Phobos-2, to study the surface and atmosphere of Mars and its moons, Phobos, named after the Greek word for Fear, and Deimos, Terror. Both spacecraft were to have conducted studies of the interplanetary environment en route to Mars, take observations of the Sun and survey the plasma environment around the ... more Martian Spirit In A Better Mood As Battery Power Rises 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 15, 2008Spirit's battery is recharging nicely now that rover planners have reduced the frequency of communications to and from the rover during the darkest days of Martian winter. Most measures of battery health are showing an increase of about 2 amp-hours in the battery state of charge (an amp-hour is equivalent to the amount of charge flowing for one hour from a current of 1 amp). The minimum st ... more A Happy Winter Solstice For Mars Rover Opportunity 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 15, 2008Opportunity has begun work on the much anticipated panorama of the layered promontory known as "Cape Verde" inside "Victoria Crater." The panorama will take several Martian days, or sols, to complete and will be made up of a mosaic of panoramic-camera images. The Cape Verde panorama is expected to be spectacular, "one for the textbooks." With each move closer to Cape Verde, power to Opport ... more
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