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NASA tries again to free stuck Mars rover
Original at MSNBC
• Thu, Nov 19
NASA engineers are taking a second go at extricating the stuck rover Spirit from its sandy trap on Mars.
NASA preps Mars rover rescue plan
Original at Register
• Thu, Nov 12
Earthly for trapped Spirit NASA has come up with a plan to extricate their stuck rover Spirit that's been bogged down in a Martian sand trap since April.… Offloading malware protection to the cloud
Stuck Mars rover to begin moving
Original at MSNBC
• Thu, Nov 12
Months of planning are finally coming to fruition: NASA engineers are ready to begin trying to maneuver the plucky rover Spirit out of its sandy trap on Mars.
Free Spirit - Plotting an Escape
Original at podtrac.com
• Thu, Nov 12
NASA's long-running Mars rover Spirit will begin critical drives for escaping a sand trap.
Mars rover Spirit has amnesia — again
Original at MSNBC
• Sat, Oct 31
NASA's Mars rover Spirit is suffering a new bout of amnesia, one that comes after months of being stuck in deep Martian sand.
Huge sheet of subsurface ice found on Mars, a UA triumph
Original at Arizona Daily Star
• Fri, Sep 25
The UA-run Phoenix Mars lander scraped the surface of our planetary neighbor to verify the presence of frozen water on Mars, and now cameras orbiting the red planet have found a meter-thick layer of nearly pure ice in recently formed craters.
Quick Drive: Rizk RA marries old and new to create one beautiful baby
Original at Autoblog
• Fri, Sep 4
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 ...
Spaced Out
Original at Washington Post
• Mon, Aug 31
Groundbreaking research can occur without humans -- witness the Mars Rover and Hubble telescope. NASA should not have to sacrifice programs that are truly ... and more »
Mars Rover Solar Panels Battle On
Original at Energy Matters
• Sun, Aug 30
by Energy Matters The Mars Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, have certainly exceeded all expectations in terms of performance and are testimony to how much ...
Phoenix in okay shape, new images show
Original at Globe and Mail
• Fri, Aug 28
Fresh images sent back by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander from the Martian northern polar region indicate that most of its science instruments are in good shape, ... and more »
Mars Had a Much Thicker Atmosphere in the Past
Original at Softpedia
• Thu, Aug 20
The meteorite that the Mars rover Opportunity discovered a few weeks ago is shedding more and more light on the past ... and more »
Moon Beckons Commercial Comeback for Beagle
Original at Space.com
• Thu, Aug 13
When lost in December, 2003, the Beagle Mars lander was seeking organic materials that could have been evidence of past life. But the Odyssey Moon program ...
Meteorite found on Mars yields clues to planet's past
Original at Spaceflight Now
• Tue, Aug 11
NASA's Mars Rover Opportunity is investigating a metallic meteorite the size of a large watermelon that is providing researchers more details about the Red ... and more »
Connecticut Science
Original at WTNH
• Thu, Jun 11
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 ...
Winning Student in Contest to Name Mars Rover
Original at NASA
• Thu, Jun 11
DC Clara Ma, 12, of Lenexa, Kans., submitted an essay that won a national contest for naming the rover of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission. The rover has been named Curiosity, as this sixth-grader from Sunflower Elementary School proposed in the ...
Another Mars Rover Is Stuck ... in California
Original at Space.com
• Tue, Jun 9
In an unassuming building at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory here, the struggle to free the Spirit rover from a patch of soft Martian sand has been brought to Earth. Spirit, one of the two Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) currently on the surface of the ...
How To: Red Faction Guerrilla Mars Rover Easter EggOriginal at YouTube
• Tue, Jun 9
By rss@youtube.com (tregregins) Author: tregregins Keywords: red faction geurrilla guerrilla gerila gurila ps3 ps playstion xbox 360 xbox360 rfg rf easter egg eggs bugs bug glitch glitches glitchs how to guide location were where tutorial map badlands mars buggy rover Added: June 9, 2009
Astronauts adjust to a six-man crew (Source: AP)
Original at DailyTech
• Mon, Jun 1
The Moscow Times The US space agency finally named the Mars Science Laboratory, its next Mars rover, with help from sixth-grader Clara Ma. The new rover -- scheduled to ... This Week In Space: The Late Great Planet EarthDaily Kos all 35 news articles »
Water on Mars: New Research. Poll Results. Star Trek News.
Original at Daily Kos
• Thu, May 28
CA This looks like more confirmation of what was earlier reported (see "Scientists: Phoenix Mars Lander Found Liquid Water.", 'Americans in Space', Mar 10, 2009) by scientists about the Mars water issue. By trying to closely replicate conditions on Mars ...
NASA Names New Mars Rover: Curiosity
Original at Gearlog
• Thu, May 28
NY NASA has selected a sixth-grade student's entry and named its new Mars Rover Curiosity. 12-year-old Clara Ma has won a trip to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., where she will be able to sign the rover as it is being built. ...
Kansas Sixth-Grader Names Next Mars Rover
Original at FOX News
• Wed, May 27
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." "Curiosity is an everlasting flame that burns in everyone's mind. It makes me get out of bed in the morning and wonder what ...
New Mars rover gets name: Curiosity
Original at MSNBC
• Wed, May 27
NASA's next rover, the Mars Science Laboratory, finally has its new name: Curiosity. The name comes courtesy of Clara Ma, a 12-year-old sixth-grade student at Sunflower Elementary school in Lenexa, Kan.
NASA selects new Mars rover name
Original at United Press International
• Wed, May 27
UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg) | Enlarge PASADENA, Calif., May 27 (UPI) -- The US space agency says its new Mars rover finally has a name thanks to 12-year-old Clara Ma from a Lenexa, Kan., elementary school. The new National Aeronautics and Space ...
Robots May Have Destroyed Signs of Life on Mars
Original at Softpedia
• Mon, May 25
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 ...
Space Station, Next Mars Rover Shine in 3-D
Original at Space.com
• Wed, May 13
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 ...
Spirit rover's wheels stuck in soft Martian dirt
Original at MSNBC
• Mon, May 11
• 6 related articles
The Mars rover Spirit has gotten stuck in soft Martian dirt while driving along a low plateau.
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Space Station and Mars Interactive Imagery on Your PC
Original at Ubergizmo
• Mon, May 11
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 ...
Six mind-blowing ideas
Original at MSNBC
• Mon, Apr 6
ASU planetary scientist Phil Christensen, who has been playing key roles on NASA's Mars Odyssey mission as well as the Mars rover missions, says the geological effects seen to date could have been created by liquid water over a time span of hundreds or ...
Name That Rover!
Original at blog.newsweek.com
• Mon, Dec 8
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?
Mars Lander Phoenix Signs Off
Original at Gear Live
• Tue, Nov 11
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...
Anthropomorphized Mars lander in terminal "Groundhog Day" mode, tugging heartstrings
Original at Engadget
• Wed, Nov 5
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...
Engineers Begin Shutting Down Phoenix Lander Instruments
Original at Universe Today
• Tue, Oct 28
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 [...]
Precious Gems Discovered on Mars
Original at Universe Today
• Tue, Oct 28
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...
Could Strange Mars Craters be from a Fallen Third Moon?
Original at Universe Today
• Fri, Oct 24
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...
Frozen Mars North Pole Ice Patterns Observed by HiRISE
Original at Universe Today
• Sat, Oct 11
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...
Will the Mars Science Laboratory Be Cut?
Original at Universe Today
• Tue, Oct 7
By Nancy Atkinson The Mars Science Laboratory, a souped-up Mars rover scheduled to launch next year might be delayed, scaled down or canceled due to technical problems and cost overruns. The nuclear powered rover designed to search for microbial life on the Red Planet, has already cost $1.5 billion and if i...
ExoFly: Mars' first tourguide
Original at Engadget
• Fri, Oct 3
By Stephanie Patterson You know those insect-like micro air vehicles (MAV) we've been seeing? Well, the ExoFly aerobot is based on that camera-equipped DelFly design, only this time it's gearing up for a trip to Mars -- maybe even Titan or Venus. Turns out flapping-wing flight is perfect for the low-density Mar...
Mars lander finds minerals linked to water
Original at Albany Times Union
• Mon, Sep 29
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...
Wizbang Podcast #75
Original at Wizbang Podcast
• Fri, Dec 7
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 the toll of a billion deaths man has bought his birthright of the earth
Original at Los Angeles Times
• Mon, Jul 30
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.
Podcast: UA scientist leads mission to Mars
Original at AZ Central.com
• Sun, Jul 29
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
rovers improving
Original at Asa Dotzler - Firefox and more
• Fri, Jul 27
By asa(asa@mozilla.org) The Mars Exploration Rovers are starting to get a break in the bad weather. It's not a lot, but enough to move Opportunity out of the critical zone. Spirit's actually getting a bit less light than earlier, but the rover's in no danger and the storm seems to be clearing slowly. Comments for "rove...
Biorama (Part 2)
Original at we make money not art
• Tue, Jul 24
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)
opportunity survives the weekend
Original at Asa Dotzler - Firefox and more
• Mon, Jul 23
By asa(asa@mozilla.org) Some great news from Steve Squyres, via Space.com. As of this morning's radio communication with the Mars Rovers, we think the rovers rode out the worst of the storm. Squyres said "They were both power positive over the weekend, meaning they were generating more power than they were consumi...
will opportunity survive the storm?
Original at Asa Dotzler - Firefox and more
• Sat, Jul 21
By asa(asa@mozilla.org) I mentioned about two weeks ago that the Mars Exploration Rover, Opportunity, was "weathering a nasty dust storm that's obscuring enough of the Sun's light that the rover is only able to charge its batteries to about 1/3rd of maximum. This means no major activity for Opportunity until the...
opportunity riding the storm out
Original at Asa Dotzler - Firefox and more
• Mon, Jul 16
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"
Annual AstroFest explores the stars
Original at Penn State Digital Collegian
• Mon, Jul 9
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...
Mars Rover: Risky Business
Original at LiveScience.com
• Fri, Jun 8
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. But before “wheels down” into Victoria, a careful safety review that involves NASA Headquarters must conclude that the trip is doable. That’s...
Review Board Reports on Mars Orbiter Loss
Original at Blogcritics
• Sun, Apr 22
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...
The Final Frontier Within the Final Frontier
Original at Hit and Run
• Mon, Apr 9
By kmw@reason.com (Katherine Mangu-Ward) Second Life is "a natural test bed for building scientifically accurate representations of other worlds, based on data flowing in from interplanetary probes." Said one NASA Second Lifer: "Imagine your online 'avatar' standing beside a rover as it makes its way across the Martian surfa...