MARS

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Mars crater shows evidence for climate evolution
Jun 08, 2012 (ESA)
ESA's Mars Express has provided images of a remarkable crater on Mars that may show evidence that the planet underwent significant periodic fluctuations in its ...
On The Hunt For Light-Toned Veins Of Gypsum
Jun 01, 2012 (JPL)
Opportunity completed her in-situ (contact) investigation of a dust patch on the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is now on the ...
Wind may have driven avalanches on Martian dunes
Jun 01, 2012 (JPL)
In the sand dunes in the north polar sand sea of Mars, sand avalanches that appear as wedge-shaped alcoves can be seen above fan-shaped deposits. The avalanches...
Mars missions may learn from meteor Down Under
May 31, 2012 (SPX)
A discovery about the make-up of the atmosphere of Mars could help inform future missions searching for life there. Scientists have tried to find out how the pl...
Waking Up with the Sun's Rays
May 28, 2012 (JPL)
After moving from her winter perch, Opportunity drove to an undisturbed dusty patch to investigate the chemical origin of the ubiquitous Martian dust. On Sol 29...
Opportunity Drives to Dusty Patch of Soil
May 25, 2012 (JPL)
The rover drove on Sols 2949, 2951, 2953 and 2955 (May 10, 12, 14 and 17, 2012), totaling just over 46 feet (13.9 meters). The rover is positioning to reach a p...
NASA Funded Research Shows Existence of Reduced Carbon on Mars
May 25, 2012 (SPX)
NASA-funded research on Mars meteorites that landed on Earth shows strong evidence that very large molecules containing carbon, which is a key ingredient for th...
Did Ancient Mars Have a Runaway Greenhouse?
May 25, 2012 (SPX)
Cosmic impacts that once bombed Mars might have sent temperatures skyrocketing upward on the Red Planet in ancient times, enough to set warming of the surface o...
NASA Showered with Bold New Concepts for Mars Exploration
May 25, 2012 (SPX)
NASA's call to scientists and engineers to help plan a new strategy to explore Mars has resulted in a flurry of unique and bold ideas, almost doubling the numbe...
Dark Shadows on Mars
May 24, 2012 (SPX)
Like a tourist waiting for just the right lighting to snap a favorite shot during a stay at the Grand Canyon, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has used...
How To Keep A Mars Tumbleweed Rover Moving On Rocky Terrain
May 24, 2012 (SPX)
New research from North Carolina State University shows that a wind-driven "tumbleweed" Mars rover would be capable of moving across rocky Martian terrain - fin...
NASA Goddard Delivers Magnetometers for NASA's Next Mission to Mars
May 22, 2012 (SPX)
Magnetometers built by scientists and engineers at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. for NASA's Mars Atmosphere And Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) ...
To the Highlands of Mars
May 20, 2012 (SPX)
Landing on Mars is never easy, as a record of failed missions has demonstrated. The gravity is fairly strong, but the atmosphere is thin. This pulls spacecraft ...
Mojave Desert Tests Prepare for NASA Mars Roving
May 14, 2012 (JPL)
Team members of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission took a test rover to Dumont Dunes in California's Mojave Desert this week to improve knowledge of the bes...
Mars Opportunity Rover Is A Go For More Travel
May 14, 2012 (JPL)
After being stationary for 130 sols during the winter, Opportunity has resumed driving again. On Sol 2947 (May 8, 2012), the rover performed a 12-foot (3.7-mete...
WSU air-quality researcher to lead field studies in support of NASA Mars mission
May 14, 2012 (SPX)
Rural Eastern Washington will become a testing ground in support of a mission to explore the Martian atmosphere for potential evidence of life under a recently ...
Opportunity Rolling Again After Fifth Mars Winter
May 14, 2012 (JPL)
With its daily supply of solar energy increasing, NASA's durable Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has driven off the sunward-tilted outcrop, called Greeley Ha...
NASA Spacecraft Detects Changes in Martian Sand Dunes
May 11, 2012 (JPL)
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has revealed that movement in sand dune fields on the Red Planet occurs on a surprisingly large scale, about the same as in d...
Technology developed at Caltech measures Martian sand movement
May 10, 2012 (SPX)
Last year, images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured sand dunes and ripples moving across the surface of Mars-observations that challenged previou...
Prof Active In Mission To Determine Climate Change And Life On Mars
May 10, 2012 (SPX)
NASA's top scientists - including a Texas A and M University researcher - hope to find out how Mars' climate has evolved over billions of years, and answers cou...
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