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Mars, Then and Now: Google Mars Update
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 14, 2009Today, NASA and Google announce an update to Mars in Google Earth, a 3D mapping tool for the Red Planet. Originally released with Google Earth 5.0, Mars in Google Earth now contains even more features that give users a sense of how our knowledge of Mars, and our study of astronomy, has evolved over time. After selecting 'Mars' from the toolbar in Google Earth, users fly to a 3D view of the ... more Forum To Explore Why We Should Go To Moon And Mars 
Hampton VA (SPX) Mar 14, 2009NASA is working on the building blocks to return humans to the Moon by 2020, then send them onto Mars. It's part of the national Vision for Space Exploration established five years ago. Just what is America's plan and is it the right one? Four international experts will address those questions and others in a special Moon-Mars Forum, March 17, from 7-9 p.m. at the Virginia Air and Space Center ... more Ice-Covered Martian North Pole 
Paris, France (ESA) Mar 10, 2009ESA's Mars Express orbiter imaged the snow-laden region of Rupes Tenuis on the martian north pole on 29 July 2008. The images are centred around 81 degrees north and 297 degrees east and have a ground resolution of 41 m/pixel. They cover an area of about 44 000 km2, almost as large as the Netherlands. Rupes Tenuis is located at the southern edge of the martian north polar cap, approx ... more Mars Odyssey Reboots Successfully 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 11, 2009NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter properly followed commands today to shut down and restart, a strategy by its engineers to clear any memory flaws accumulated in more than five years since Odyssey's last reboot. The procedure also restored Odyssey's onboard set of backup systems, called the spacecraft's "B side," allowing its use in the future when necessary. "For nearly two years, we have ... more HiRISE Camera Captures Subtle Colors of Mars' Tiny Moon Deimos 
Tempe AZ (SPX) Mar 12, 2009The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, or HiRISE, run from The University of Arizona, has produced new images that show subtle color differences across the smooth surface of Deimos, the smaller and outer tiny moon of Mars. The HiRISE camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured two images of Deimos using near-infrared, red and blue-green filters on Feb. 21, 2009. ... more |
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Houston TX (SPX) Mar 05, 2009The Martian volcano Olympus Mons is about three times the height of Mount Everest, but it's the small details that Rice University professors Patrick McGovern and Julia Morgan are looking at in thinking about whether the Red Planet ever had - or still supports - life. Using a computer modeling system to figure out how Olympus Mons came to be, McGovern and Morgan reached the surprising conc ... more Mars Odyssey Mission Status Report 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 05, 2009The team operating NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter plans a procedure next week to address a long-known, potential vulnerability of accumulated memory corruption. The procedure requires rebooting the spacecraft's computer. This is not a risk-free event, but the Odyssey team and NASA have carefully weighed the risks of performing a cold reboot compared with the risk of doing nothing, and determi ... more Gullies On Mars Show Tantalizing Signs Of Recent Water Activity 
Providence RI (SPX) Mar 03, 2009Planetary geologists at Brown University have found a gully fan system on Mars that formed about 1.25 million years ago. The fan offers compelling evidence that it was formed by melt water that originated in nearby snow and ice deposits and may stand as the most recent period when water flowed on the planet. Gullies are known to be young surface features on Mars. But scientists studying th ... more Final European Crewmembers Announced For Human Mars Mission Simulation 
Paris, France (ESA) Mar 02, 2009ESA has announced the European prime and backup crewmembers for the 105-day Mars500 study. From 31 March 2009, two Europeans are set to join four Russian crewmembers on a simulated human mission to Mars. After a selection process which started with some 5600 applicants, the final four European candidates began training for the Mars mission simulation last month. From these four candi ... more |
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Tempe AZ (SPX) Feb 26, 2009University of Arizona scientists have uncovered a curious case of missing asteroids. The main asteroid belt is a zone containing millions of rocky objects between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. The scientists find that there ought to be more asteroids there than researchers observe. The missing asteroids may be evidence of an event that took place about 4 billion years ago, when the solar ... more Fractured Lavas Suggest Floods On Mars 
Flagstaff AZ (SPX) Feb 26, 2009Unique fractures in lavas on ancient Mars suggest water occasionally flooded portions of the planet's surface. The fractures, known as "columnar joints", are the first that have been observed on a planet other than Earth. "Columnar joints form as cooling lava contracts," explains Moses Milazzo, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Flagstaff. The characteristics of the column ... more Phoenix Mars Lander Team Wins 2009 Swigert Award 
Tucson AZ (SPX) Feb 24, 2009The Space Foundation has awarded its 2009 John L. "Jack" Swigert, Jr., Award for Space Exploration to NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander team "in recognition of the technical developments that led to one of the most startling and meaningful discoveries of the new millennium," the Space Foundation has announced. The award will be presented at the foundation's 25th National Space Symposium to be ... more Dawn Spacecraft View Of Mars 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Feb 23, 2009This near-infrared image from the framing camera on NASA's Dawn spacecraft was taken near the point of closest approach to Mars on Feb. 17, 2009, during Dawn's gravity assist flyby. The image, taken for calibration purposes, shows a portion of the fretted and cratered northwest margin of Tempe Terra, Mars. The scarp of the highlands/ lowlands boundary is illuminated by the light of ... more
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