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Europe space chief seeks 9 bln euros, Mars rover delayed again
Paris (AFP) Nov 10, 2008European space boss Jean-Jacques Dordain said on Monday he would seek "at least" nine billion euros (11.52 billion dollars) from ministers next month to fund new and existing projects in the coming years. Dordain, who is director general of the European Space Agency (ESA), also said that plans to send an unmanned rover to Mars, which had been initially scheduled for launch in 2011 and then ... more Step Closer To Crew Selection For Simulated Mars Mission 
Paris, France (ESA) Nov 11, 2008The crew selection for a simulated Mars mission moved a step closer to completion recently with ESA's last eight candidates being put through extensive medical screening in Moscow. Two of the European candidates will be chosen to join four Russian crew members on a 105-day study due to start in March next year. For 105 days, as part of a cooperative project between ESA's Directorate of ... more Spirit Begins Driving Uphill 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Nov 11, 2008With the Sun moving higher in the sky, Spirit's solar panels must move in the same direction to maximize their exposure to sunlight. To achieve optimal solar input, the panels still must tilt to the north, but not as steeply as before. To change the tilt, rover drivers have begun moving Spirit back upslope toward the top of "Home Plate." Their goal is to reduce the rover's northerly tilt ... more Farewell, Victoria, And On To Endeavour 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Nov 11, 2008Opportunity took the last images of "Victoria Crater" before beginning the journey to Endeavour Crater. The final focus of the rover's cameras was a cliff at the edge of Victoria nicknamed "Cape Victory." After spending more than two years investigating this spectacular crater, Opportunity took parting images as Victoria disappeared into the distance. The rover first arrived at the ... more Shortlist for Martian masochists 
Paris (AFP) Nov 10, 2008European scientists said they had selected a shortlist of eight men Monday willing to take part in a 105-day isolation experiment to further knowledge about the stress of a manned trip to Mars. Six of the eight candidates will be chosen to live, eat, sleep and work inside a sealed laboratory in Moscow that will simulate a Martian mission, the European Space Agency (ESA) said. Their stay ... more |
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Pasadena, Calif. (UPI) Nov 4, 2008 The U.S. space agency says its Phoenix Mars Lander has communicated with controllers daily since Sunday, but it is becoming weaker. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said data received so far indicates Phoenix is running out of power each afternoon or evening, only reawakening after its solar arrays catch morning sunlight. But scientists said the fraction of each ... more Cliffbot Goes Climbing 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Nov 04, 2008Some of the most scientifically interesting sites on Mars are also some of the hardest to get to. Layered terrain exposed on the cliff faces of deep canyons. Gullies etched into the sides of ancient craters - possible evidence of the presence of liquid water on modern-day Mars. These are some of the locales that scientists would like to explore. But to the rovers that have been sent to ... more Phoenix Goes Quiet 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Oct 31, 2008NASA'S Phoenix Mars Lander, with its solar-electric power shrinking due to shorter daylight hours and a dust storm, did not respond to an orbiter's attempt to communicate with it Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Mission controllers judge the most likely situation to be that declining power has triggered a pre-set precautionary behavior of waking up for only about two hours per day to ... more Phoenix Enters Safe Mode 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Oct 30, 2008NASA'S Phoenix Mars Lander entered safe mode late yesterday in response to a low-power fault brought on by deteriorating weather conditions. While engineers anticipated that a fault could occur due to the diminishing power supply, the lander also unexpectedly switched to the "B" side of its redundant electronics and shut down one of its two batteries. During safe mode, the lander stops ... more |
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Pasadena CA (SPX) Oct 29, 2008NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has observed a new category of minerals spread across large regions of Mars. This discovery suggests that liquid water remained on the planet's surface a billion years later than scientists believed, and it played an important role in shaping the planet's surface and possibly hosting life. Researchers examining data from the orbiter's Compact Reconnaissa ... more Mars pioneers should stay there permanently, says Buzz Aldrin 
Paris (AFP) Oct 23, 2008The first astronauts sent to Mars should be prepared to spend the rest of their lives there, in the same way that European pioneers headed to America knowing they would not return home, says moonwalker Buzz Aldrin. In an interview with AFP, the second man to set foot on the Moon said the Red Planet offered far greater potential than Earth's satellite as a place for habitation. With what ... more ESA Closes In On The Origin Of Mars' Larger Moon 
Paris, France (ESA) Oct 24, 2008European space scientists are getting closer to unravelling the origin of Mars'larger moon, Phobos. Thanks to a series of close encounters by ESA's Mars Express spacecraft, the moon looks almost certain to be a "rubble pile", rather than a single solid object. However, mysteries remain about where the rubble came from. Unlike Earth, with its single large moon, Mars plays host to two small ... more ISRO Eyes Manned Moon Mission By 2015 
Sriharikota, India (PTI) Oct 23, 2008Keeping the more expensive manned lunar missions in its radar, the country's top space agency is planning to send two Indians to the Moon by 2015 in a purely indigenous effort. And Indian Space Research Organisation's(ISRO) ambitious plans does not end there for it has just started technical capability as well as mission planning for a Mars mission saying the red planet was the "next ... more
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