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Microsoft And NASA Bring Mars Down To Earth Through The WorldWide TelescopeWashington DC (SPX) Jul 13, 2010 Today, Microsoft Research and NASA are providing an entirely new experience to users of the WorldWide Telescope, which will allow visitors to interact with and explore our solar system like never before. Viewers can now take exclusive interactive tours of the red planet, hear directly from NASA scientists, and view and explore the most complete, highest-resolution coverage of Mars available. Dan Fay, director of Microsoft Research's Earth, Energy and Environment effort, works with scientists aroun ... read more |
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Pasadena CA (SPX) Jun 25, 2010Opportunity has been making good progress toward Endeavour crater with three drives in the past week. On Sol 2274 (June 17, 2010), the rover completed over 60 meters (197 feet) driving due east. On Sol 2276 (June 19, 2010), the rover made a small J-turn to avoid a ripple and then headed 72 meters (236 feet) east. With this drive, Opportunity has passed the distance for a half-maratho ... more 
Washington (AFP) June 23, 2010A teen school project on Mars uncovered a surprise - what appears to be a hole in the roof of a cave on the red planet, researchers said Wednesday. The 16 students in a 7th grade science class at Evergreen Middle School in Cottonwood, California, chose to study lava tubes, a common volcanic feature on Earth and Mars as their class project sponsored by Arizona State University's Mars Educati ... more 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 21, 2010Opportunity is driving again and has now covered 21 kilometers (13 miles) of odometry on Mars. The pancam mast assembly (PMA) azimuth error from Sol 2257 (May 30, 2010), has been attributed to a problem within the miniature thermal emission spectrometer (Mini-TES) instrument. An investigation of the Mini-TES is ongoing. The PMA has been restored to operation for imaging (not Mini-TES ... more |
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UK Space Agency Funds International Mars RoverLondon, UK (SPX) Jun 16, 2010 The UK Space Agency is announcing Pounds 10.5M for the development of instruments to search for signs of past or present life on Mars. The instruments are part of the scientific payload on the ExoMars rover to be launched in 2018 as part of a joint mission between the European Space Agency (ESA) and US space agency NASA. ExoMars is a flagship project in the UK Space Agency's science and exploration programme. A two-step programme, the adventure begins in 2016 when NASA will launch an ESA-led orbi ... read more |
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