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 Pasadena CA (SPX) Sep 21, 2009 
Opportunity completed the circumnavigation and full-circle imaging of the large meteorite "Block Island" and has resumed the long drive to Endeavour crater. On Sol 2001 (Sept. 9, 2009), the rover moved 9 meters (30 feet) around the meteorite to the fourth and fifth out of six planned positions. On the next sol Opportunity reached the sixth and final position around Block Island with ... read more
Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Sep 21, 2009A computer system is under development that can automatically combine images of the Martian surface, captured by landers or rovers, in order to reproduce a three-dimensional view of the red planet. The resulting model can be viewed from any angle, giving astronomers a realistic and immersive impression of the landscape. This important new development has been presented at the European Plan ... more
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Vietnam says parched Red River at record low
China to be world's third biggest wind power producer: media Cost-cutting NASA eyes three cheap space missions Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Russia in secret plan to save Earth from asteroid: official Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax French carbon tax ruled illegal Brazil's Lula signs law cutting CO2 emissions 2009 a 'benign' year of natural disasters: German re-insurer Greenpeace Spain demands Denmark release its director 
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Moscow (AFP) Sept 16, 2009Russia will pushed back its flagship satellite mission to Mars' moon until 2011 in a move which will delay the joint launch of China's first Mars probe, space sources were cited as saying Wednesday. "The prospects of the spacecraft Phobos' flight to Mars was discussed at a conference of scientist and space industry firms today. The dominant opinion was that this flight would be put off until ... more 
Katlenburg, Germany (SPX) Sep 17, 2009Networks of giant polygonal troughs etched across crater basins on Mars have been identified as desiccation cracks caused by evaporating lakes, providing further evidence of a warmer, wetter Martian past. The findings were presented this week at the European Planetary Science Congress by PhD student Mr. M. Ramy El Maarry of the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research. The ... more 
Tucson AZ (SPX) Sep 17, 2009Scientists from the Tucson-based Planetary Science Institute have created the first detailed maps that show the amount of dry ice (solid carbon dioxide) deposited in the polar regions of Mars. The maps reveal how the ice thickness varies with the seasons. The maps were created from measurements taken by the Mars Odyssey neutron spectrometer, said PSI Senior Scientist Thomas H. Prettyman ... more |
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Washington (AFP) Sept 9, 2009NASA's plans to fly to the moon and Mars are under threat from a lack of funds and the space agency needs another three billion dollars for its dreams to become reality, a presidential panel said. In a 12-page summary report released Tuesday offering a bleak assessment of plans to send astronauts back to the moon, the committee said the space agency would need the three billion dollars on to ... more 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Sep 09, 2009AMASE reunited - August 13, 2009: The AMASE crews were united today thanks to several helicopter lifts from Ny-Alesund and some willing and able volunteers who established a tent camp on shore to free up enough rooms for all the Ny-Alesund personnel to move onto the ship. Props to go out to the helicopter pilot and mechanics who worked some serious magic getting all seven of us and our ... more 
Tempe AZ (SPX) Sep 08, 2009What should be the nation's goals and priorities for exploring Mars in the 2013 to 2022 timeframe? To help answer this question, Mars scientists from the United States and around the world will gather Sept. 9 to 11 at the Faculty Club on ASU's Tempe campus. Most of the discussions will be open to the public, in person and by webcast. The meeting is sponsored by the National Academy of ... more |
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