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January 21, 2010
NASA Orbiter Listening For Phoenix Lander Hears Nothing
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jan 21, 2010
NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter has completed 11 overflights, listening for the Phoenix Mars Lander on Jan. 19 and 20, without hearing anything from the lander. Nineteen more listening overflights are planned this week, and additional attempts in February and March. The attempts are being made because of the unlikely scenario that Phoenix has survived Martian arctic winter conditions the space ... read more

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Portuguese Students Get A Glimpse Into Future Mars Missions
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Opportunity Leaving Marquette Behind
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Spirit Still Stuck
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Tooling Up ExoMars
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Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison & Memory Foam Mattress Review

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That Sinking Feeling Ebbs Away At Spirit
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 15, 2010
Spirit remains embedded at the location called "Troy" on the West side of Home Plate. Extrication drives were tried on sols 2138, 2140 and 2142 (Jan. 7, 9 and 11, 2010). Each of these drives employed a new technique of steering the wheels back and forth before driving. This has shown some efficacy at sweeping material out of the wheel tracks and allowing fresh material ... more

Dune Symmetry Inside Martian Crater
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jan 15, 2010
Dunes of sand-sized materials have been trapped on the floors of many Martian craters. This is one example, from a crater in Noachis Terra, west of the giant Hellas impact basin. The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured this view on Dec. 28, 2009. The dunes here are linear, thought to be due to shifting wind directi ... more

Hints Of Hesperian Lakes
London, UK (SPX) Jan 14, 2010
Spectacular satellite images suggest that Mars was warm enough to sustain lakes three billion years ago, a period that was previously thought to be too cold and arid to sustain water on the surface, according to research published in the journal Geology. The research, by a team from Imperial College London and University College London (UCL), suggests that during the Hesperian Epoch, appro ... more

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Just A Few More Approaches To Try For Extrication


NASA plans for Mars laboratory


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PVAMU Scientists Add "Moon Mud" To Lunar Radiation Shielding Studies

The Floor Of Tycho Crater

Planning Our Phases On The Moon

Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Releases 2009 Report

India's First Manned Space Flight In 2013

Spectacular Years Ahead In Space

Four Years And Counting

New Horizons Now Closer To Pluto Than Earth

Hubble Finds Smallest Kuiper Belt Object Ever Seen

Galileo's Jupiter Journey Began Two Decades Ago

Europa's Ocean Contains Enough Oxygen To Support Life

Ganymede's Magnetosphere Makes Big Impression On Jupiter's Aurora

Venus may have been a water world, space congress told

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Martian Landform Observations Fill Special Journal Issue
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 12, 2010
Martian landforms shaped by winds, water, lava flow, seasonal icing and other forces are analyzed in 21 journal reports based on data from a camera orbiting Mars. The research in a January special issue of Icarus testifies to the diversity of the planet being examined by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Examples of the ... more

NASA To Check For Unlikely Winter Survival Of Mars Lander
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 12, 2010
Beginning Jan. 18, NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter will listen for possible, though improbable, radio transmissions from the Phoenix Mars Lander, which completed five months of studying an arctic Martian site in November 2008. The solar-powered lander operated two months longer than its three-month prime mission during summer on northern Mars before the seasonal ebb of sunshine ended its work. ... more

Australian Lakes May Hold Clues to Life on Mars
Rolla MO (SPX) Jan 12, 2010
By the time Curiosity, the next Mars Rover, launches in 2011, scientists on Earth will know more about the potential for life on Mars because of microorganisms that live in Australian lakes. Microbiologists like Dr. Melanie Mormile from Missouri University of Science and Technology are studying organisms found in the salt-water lakes of western Australia that have an acidic pH because the ... more

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Opportunity Brushes Out RAT Cuttings


Spirit Tries A Toe-In Maneuver


Opportunity Examinines 'Marquette Island's' Interior
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Boeing joins research in aviation biofuels

Airbus, A400M partners to meet in Berlin: ministry

Brazil air force favors Swedish fighter over Lula's pick: report

Science seeks to control the Casimir force

Nanotech Experiment To Weather The Trials Of Orbit

Better Control Of Carbon Nanotube Growth Promising For Future Electronics

Key Sensor Delivered To NPOESS Preparatory Project

GOES-P Spacecraft Being Processed In Florida

iTablet scavenger hunt raises Apple hackles

Google flap shows challenges of China market

Spain to push for common European digital market

Walker's World: Welcome to The 10

Obama admits 'mistake' after shock election loss

In India, Gates to promote US ties with 'global power'

Celebrations muted as Japan-US security pact turns 50

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Earth-Like Planet Probably A Wasteland

Goddard Scientist Breakthrough Given Ticket To Mars

Minimal Progress In Recent Extraction Drives

Mars Spirit Rover Facing End Of Mission Decision

Lakeside On Ancient Mars

Mars rover Spirit's 6-year stint may be ending: NASA

China Building Large Radio Telescope For Space Observation

Spirit Right-Front And Right-Rear Wheels Remain Stalled

ESA Member States Give Green Light To ExoMars Programme

War-torn 'nursery' hopes to send monkeys to Mars

Spirit Broken Wheel Spins Again After Three Years

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How To Find Signs Of Life On Mars

Mars orbiter resumes science operations

Images of Chi Cygni reveal Sol's fate

Methane study favors life on Mars theory

Trough Deposits On Mars Point To Complex Hydrologic Past

Martian Moon Duo

Opportunity Continues Investigation Of Marquette Island

The Meandering Channels Of Mars

Life On Mars Theory Boosted By New Methane Study

Rear Wheel Trouble Continues For Mars Rover Spirit

Mars Orbiter taken out of 'safe mode'

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