Mars rover

NASA says there's no word from the Phoenix lander that is presumed to be frozen near the Martian north pole.

Unable to point solar panels at low midwinter sun NASA says that its "scrappy" Mars rover, Spirit - which has spent six years prowling the ochre wilderness of the red planet - may finally be stuffed. Bogged in a sand trap, the machine is unable to align its solar panels correctly for the comin...

Time is running out for NASA's stuck Mars rover Spirit as engineers prepare to make their final attempts to rescue the hard-luck robot from its Martian sand trap.

Next week, NASA will begin attempts to revive the frozen Phoenix Mars Lander, which has been coated in ice in the Martian arctic for more than a year, to see if it can live up to its name and rise from the ashes.

NASA checking for signs of life from Red Planet lander NASA will from 18 January check for signs of life from its Phoenix Mars Lander, which wrapped up its successful Red Planet arctic mission back in November 2008 and was pronounced probably dead.…

Spirit has always been the unluckier of NASA’s twin Mars rovers. Now the rover is starting its seventh year on Mars with the worst luck yet, stuck in a sand trap.

Still battling on from Red Planet sand trap NASA's Spirit Mars rover today passes its sixth anniversary on the Red Planet, albeit bogged down in sandy soil which looks likely to be its final resting place.… What is your recession sales strategy?

The facility also has added new exhibits, including one in 2008 based on the NASA Phoenix Mars Lander, and also has started hosting art exhibits from three ...

Don't sell NASA short when it comes to machines on Mars. Some folks are even thinking the Phoenix Mars Lander just might rise again once the Martian winter ... and more »

NASA's Phoenix Mars lander was named after the mythological fiery bird for a reason: the lander itself rose from the ahes of an earlier failed Mars landing ... Mars Phoenix Lander May Become UndeadGearlog (blog) all 2 news articles »

By Michael d'Estries When the Phoenix Mars Lander successfully touched down on the Martian surface in May 2008, it was widely expected that it would last a ...

high-resolution images from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter with surface video taken by the Mars Rover Spirit, which is stuck in the Gusev crater. ... and more »

You'll find tweets as well from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's high-resolution camera and the frozen Phoenix Mars Lander. Europe's Mars Express and ... and more »

Scientific American NASA's Spirit rover, part of the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Mission, is currently spinning its wheels on Mars in an area scientists have ... Spirit rover budges forward, but not by muchScientific American all 2 news articles »

Design a Mars lander, make a Moon crater, find out how extrasolar planets are discovered, create your own constellation, make a star finder, build a galaxy, ...

The Money Times the spacecraft has played important roles in supporting the missions of the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity and the Phoenix Mars Lander. ... UPI NewsTrack Health and Science NewsUPI.com Both of NASA's Mars orbiters are down for the countNew Scientist

UA News (press release) Biosphere 2 Exhibit Features Phoenix Mars Lander, HiRise Images UA News (press release) Photo: Lori Stiles) Biosphere 2 visitors can view some of the best images taken by the Phoenix Mars Lander and by HiRISE. ...

al.com NASA's bogged-down Mars rover Spirit hit another snag in its attempt to free itself from a sand trap when one of its wheels stalled as it ... Mars rover Spirit may back track its way out of being stuckal.com all 5 news articles »

Scientists at the the US space agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, are now trying to get one of the Mars rovers out of sand, ... Wheel tests show stuck rover is ready to roll over holiday weekendPasadena Star-News

The show includes items from early stone tools through the Mars lander and rover. It is not a survey, rather it strives to make connections as it spans the ...

ABC News If I could name a Mars Rover, what would I name it . . . umm . . . let's see. Maybe I'd name it Cinnabar, even though we're not looking to find a whole lot ... Atlantis blasts off into orbitGulf Times all 5,318 news articles »

NASA to Attempt to Free Stuck Mars Rover After several months of deliberation and research--much of which looked fun, at least from here--NASA will begin transmitting commands to its Spirit Mars ... NASA keeps its Spirit alive with Mars rescue planThe Tech Herald

NASA's Mars rover Spirit is suffering a new bout of amnesia, one that comes after months of being stuck in deep Martian sand.

It is engineering to the rescue again, this time courtesy of NASA: Aerogel, the compound created to keep the Mars Rover from incinerating, is liberally ...

Space.com Dust storms are currently stirring up the Martian skies in the region where NASA's Spirit rover is stuck in the sand. ... UPI NewsTrack Health and Science NewsTimes of the Internet all 7 news articles »

 CT There is even a set up for the Mars Rover; you can sit and see what the Mars Rover is seeing. "We have the worlds first real-time flyover," said Wartner. "We are getting live data feeds directly from outer space, via NASA, and for the first time ...

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NASA teamed up once again with Microsoft to offer online users two new three-dimensional, interactive tours – one of the orbiting outpost and another of the next Mars rover. Space enthusiasts can see and interact with photos of the station and the ...

 CA Well, now you can access the space exploration experience without leaving your chair, thanks to the NASA and its new interactive photographic collection of internal and external views of the ISS and the next Mars rover. The interactive tour was ...

I just checked out the NASA effort to get the public involved in the project to send its new rover to Mars and have hot news about why you should vote to name the rover. Eight out of the nine name choices are borrrrrrring, but one is highly ... Vote In Mars Rover Naming Contest WDIV

 UK - Jan 31, 2009 Tom Haylock, who specialises in what he terms ‘human systems integration’, is developing a Mars rover out in the desert. Simply being around like-minded ...

By Sharon Begley The two Mars rovers that have been investigating the geology (areology?) of the red planet since soon after they landed on opposite sides of Mars in 2004 have nice, safe names that combine solidity and seriousness with a soupcon of inspiration: Spirit and Opportunity. Can you do better?

By Andru Edwards It would appear that the Phoenix has ceased to exist. NASA last heard from the Mars lander Nov. 2 and suspected that the decreasing sunshine was not sufficient for the solar arrays to charge. In all, the lander operated for about 5 months. The project’s team are still monitoring the craft in hop...

By Joshua Topolsky Anthropomorphized Mars lander in terminal "Groundhog Day" mode, tugging heartstrings (8 days ago - 45 Comments); SpaceX slated to transport cargo and crew on Falcon 9 (44 days ago - 19 Comments); Circuit City files for bankruptcy (4 ...

By Laura June Dear Phoenix lander, you always find new ways to both delight and torture us. We listened anxiously for your updates about the weather on Mars, watched you "think" your way out of nearly fatal situations, and marveled at your liquid discoveries. It seems like only yesterday we were prepari...

By Nancy Atkinson It appears the end is nigh for the Phoenix Mars Lander. Today, engineers have begun to shut down some of the lander's instruments and heaters. But this is in hopes of extending the mission by saving power as available sunlight begins to wane with the approach of Martian autumn. But at the [...]

By Nancy Atkinson The discovery of a water-based mineral on Mars by the spectrometer on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter suggests liquid water remained on the planet's surface a billion years later than was previously thought, and it likely played an important role in shaping the planet's surface...

By Ian O'Neill Was there a third Martian moon orbiting the planet? Did Phobos and Deimos have a triplet sibling? According to the discovery of two elliptical impact craters, there might just have been another moon, but it ploughed into the Red Planet's surface a long time ago. The moonlet would have been...

By Casey Kazan Daily Galaxy Editorial Staff Mars has been the focus of much attention this year given the successes and challenges facing first, the Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity, and later the Phoenix Mars Lander. Add to that the three orbiting spacecraft, ...

By Ian O'Neill As the Phoenix Mars lander will agree, it's cold near Mars' North Pole. Phoenix is currently seeing the winter frost encroach on its location, bright patches of ice appearing on the rocks surrounding it. Another sure sign of winter at this high latitude is the loss of light; soon day will tur...

Phoenix landed in the Martian arctic plains in May on a three-month mission to study whether the environment could be friendly to microbial life. One of its biggest discoveries so far is confirming the presence of ice on the planet. NASA extended the three-month mission through the end of t...

By kevin@aylwardfamily.com (Wizbang) Play clip. Play clip. Play clip. Play clip. It's dangerous. Play clip. Play clip. Play clip. Play clip. I'm no fan of Mike Huckabee. His stand on taxation and big government drive me up the wall. Take this interchange during the CNN-YouTube debate on the question of federal support for a trip to Mars.

By Tim Cavanaugh The goal, according to NASA's Chris McKay and U of M's Rafael Navarro-Gonzalez, is to use trees as "the engines of the biosphere" to pump "powerful gases," with the goal of bringing human-caused global warming to the cold and thin atmosphere of the Red Planet.

The Phoenix Mars Mission may answer some ageold questions Is Mars suitable for life? And if its not now, was it ever? v Voyage of the Mars probe v Look inside the Mission s The Phoenix Mars Mission program

By Regine Back to my notes from Biorama, a one day event organized by Capsula and the Digital Research Unit on July 13 in Huddersfield. The event brought together an exciting bunch of artists whose work explores notions of life, science and digital realities. Biorama (Part 1)

By asa(asa@mozilla.org) update: From images and data gathered by the amazing Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, here's a glimpse of where Opportunity sits, on the edge of Victoria Crater, awaiting an opportunity to descend. Comments for "opportunity riding the storm out"

Visitors looking to take a trip out of this world, explore the stars and make a stop on Mars can do so this week at the 9th annual AstroFest. AstroFest begins tomorrow and lasts until Saturday in Davey Laboratory. Chris Palma, outreach fellow for the Eberly College of Science, said the event h...

By Leonard David NASA’s Opportunity Mars rover has a tough assignment ahead - perhaps driving down into the large Victoria crater that it’s presently surveying. If Opportunity gets a go-ahead to enter the crater, no telling how long the rover will spend there or how deep inside the feature it will go, Squ...

By John Vaccaro The Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) spacecraft unexpectedly lost radio contact in November, 2006.  When attempts to reconnect with MGS were unsuccessful, NASA convened an internal review board. The board was formed to determine why NASA's Mars Global Surveyor went silent and to make recomm...

By info@universetoday.com (Fraser Cain) If you want to get a good view of something, you'll want a big telescope, or you want to get close. NASA has decided to both, equipping its new Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter with the largest spacecraft telescope ever built, and then flying it closer to Mars than any previous spacecraft. This te...