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Monday, Nov 9
NASA and ESA Sign Mars Agreement
According to initial plans, each of these stations would be smaller than NASA's recent Phoenix Mars Lander mission. However, utilizing more than one lander ... and more »
Thursday, Aug 20
Mars Had a Much Thicker Atmosphere in the Past
The meteorite that the Mars rover Opportunity discovered a few weeks ago is shedding more and more light on the past ... and more »
Friday, Aug 14
Spirit Replica to Begin Week-Long Tests They will take place in a ...
Thus far, several types of maneuvers have been tried out, but none of them showed clear signs of promise for freeing Spirit. “Mars rover team members are ... and more »
Wednesday, Aug 12
Studying Inflatable Heat Shields for Heavy Mars Landings Experts ...
Landing instruments such as the twin Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity, and the Phoenix Mars Lander on the surface of the ... and more »
Thursday, May 28
NASA Selects Student Entry as Next Mars Rover Name The name will ...
Romania I thought that I would never be able to get close to it, so for me, naming the Mars rover would at least be one step closer,” she added. “Students from every state suggested names for this rover. That's testimony to the excitement Mars missions spark ...
Monday, May 25
Robots May Have Destroyed Signs of Life on Mars
Romania By Tudor Vieru, Science Editor A growing number of space experts believe that they may have been going about finding life on Mars the wrong way. They argue that landers such as the twin Vikings and the Phoenix Mars Lander may have unwillingly destroyed ...
Sunday, May 24
Charles Bolden Will Be the New NASA Administrator Obama has ...
Controversies now surround the space agency, mostly regarding its new Mars rover and the tremendous costs involved with retiring the shuttle fleet by 2010 and completing Project Constellation by 2015. If confirmed, Bolden will occupy this position in ...
Friday, May 15
Water Flowed on Mars Within the Last Billion Years
Romania The theory was confirmed by the Phoenix Mars Lander, which acquired the first samples on location, as it descended on the planet's surface. The probe also hinted at the fact that salts in the soils must have allowed the water to remain liquid at ...
Tuesday, May 5
New Phobos Mission in the Works Three countries will collaborate ...
Romania This means that a lander needs to be less intricate than, say, the Phoenix Mars Lander, with all its heat shields and parachutes to protect it from atmospheric reentry. Still, the minimal cost for a mission to Phobos was calculated at about 72 million ...
Saturday, Apr 25
Spirit Takes First Drive Since Memory Problems Occurred It has ...
The orbiter is capable of taking pictures at a resolution that is similar to that of the best Earth-observing satellites in our planet's orbit. This wonderful achievement was completed in 2008 by the successful deployment of the Phoenix Mars Lander, ...
Wednesday, Apr 22
'Within 10 Years, We'll Find Life Outside Earth'
While he spoke, a screen behind Smith displayed photos taken by the Phoenix Mars Lander during its mission, which was one of the first to show clear evidence that frozen water existed on the Red Planet. The Lander was a collaboration between University ...
Tuesday, Mar 31
Phoenix Stands in Mars' 'Most Habitable Zone' Experts reveal the ...
Romania By Tudor Vieru, Science Editor According to the latest researches coming in from NASA, the Phoenix Mars Lander may have descended right in the middle of a terrain that is extremely microbe-friendly. The most recent investigations seem to hint at the ...
Wednesday, Mar 25
Mars Could Have 'Briny' Waters Under the Surface The idea has been ...
The idea came as a result of the analysis of the first concrete pieces of scientific data that the Phoenix Mars Lander sent back to Earth, after it landed on the Red Planet, on May 25th, 2008. The robotic probe uncovered that the Martian soil was host ...
Thursday, Mar 19
Opportunity Sees the Endeavor Crater This is its next destination
Romania By Tudor Vieru, Science Editor The resilient Mars rover has managed just recently to get a first glimpse of its destination, the Endeavor crater, towards which the robot has been traveling for more than 6 months. It's panoramic cameras have revealed ...
Wednesday, Feb 4
NASA's Spirit Is Back on Track
Romania By Tudor Vieru, Science Editor On Saturday, experts at NASA finally resumed breathing, after the Mars rover Spirit eventually snapped out of its mysterious set of problems and started moving on the Martian surface again, following several days of not ...
Saturday, Jan 31
France Set to Reduce the Size of ESA's Mars Rover
France Set to Reduce the Size of ESA's Mars Rover Romania - Jan 31, 2009 By Tudor Vieru, Science Editor Officials from the French space agency CNES announced on Wednesday that a thorough reassessment of the budget for the ...
Saturday, Jan 24
One More Weekend for Naming the Next Mars Rover Children in the US ...
This name would also honor Beagle 2, the Mars rover built by the European Space Agency, but lost in 2003. Next week will see the closing of the contest, ... On This Day: Second NASA Rover Lands on Mars findingDulcinea NASA Marshall Scientist Guides Mars Rover 'Spirit' Space Ref (press release)
Thursday, Dec 4
New ESA Funding Makes ExoMars Mission Possible Other goals have ...
Romania - Dec 4, 2008 reserves has enabled them to secure some of their plans related to a number of projects, among which are the Mars rover of their ExoMars mission. ...
