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ESA Member States Give Green Light To ExoMars ProgrammeParis, France (ESA) Dec 21, 2009 ESA's Council yesterday gave the go-ahead to proceed with the implementation of the ExoMars Programme. This decision paves the way for two Mars exploration missions in cooperation with NASA in 2016 and 2018. The ExoMars Programme aims to investigate the martian environment, particularly astrobiological issues and to develop and demonstrate new technologies for planetary exploration with ... read more |
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Cambridge MA (SPX) Dec 16, 2009About 550 light-years from Earth, a star like our Sun is writhing in its death throes. Chi Cygni has swollen in size to become a red giant star so large that it would swallow every planet out to Mars in our solar system. Moreover, it has begun to pulse dramatically in and out, beating like a giant heart. New close-up photos of the surface of this distant star show its throbbing motions in unprecedented detail. "This work opens a window onto the fate of our Sun five billion years from now, when it will near ... more  
London (UPI) Dec 15, 2009 Imperial College London scientists say they have ruled out the possibility that methane is delivered by meteorites into Mars' atmosphere. That finding, the researchers note, raises fresh hopes that the gas might be generated by life on the red planet. Scientists said methane on Mars is being constantly replenished by an unidentified source. Researchers had thought meteorites ... more 
Tucson AZ (SPX) Dec 16, 2009Catherine Weitz, a senior scientist at the Tucson-based Planetary Science Institute, has reported new evidence for multiple, water-related geologic processes on Mars. She and her colleagues studied light-toned deposits (LTDs) within troughs of the Noctis Labyrinthus region in western Valles Marineris using data gathered by three Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) instruments: the High ... more |
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Moffett Field CA (SPX) Dec 11, 2009The surface of Mars is littered with channels that appear to be the work of ancient water flows. Indeed, some of these channels meander back and forth like slow-moving streams on our planet. Channels can be carved by lava, wind and glaciers, but these processes can't explain all the features on Mars. "We've gotten over the hump and can now agree that water flowed on the martian surface in ... more 
London, UK (SPX) Dec 09, 2009Scientists have ruled out the possibility that methane is delivered to Mars by meteorites, raising fresh hopes that the gas might be generated by life on the red planet, in research published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters. Methane has a short lifetime of just a few hundred years on Mars because it is constantly being depleted by a chemical reaction in the planet's atmosphere ... more 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 11, 2009Results of diagnostic tests on Spirit's right-rear wheel on Sol 2109 (Dec. 8, 2009) continue to indicate a troubled wheel, which may leave the rover with only four operable wheels. The Sol 2109 plan included a check of the grind motor of Spirit's rock abrasion tool (RAT) because it shares the same motor controller as the right-rear wheel. It also included rotor resistance tests on th ... more |
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 Mars Orbiter taken out of 'safe mode'  Spirit remains trapped in Martian sand Opportunity Investigates 'Marquette' And 'Islington Bay' |
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