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- Roving Mars lab delayed for 2 years. Pendick, Daniel // Astronomy;Apr2009, Vol. 37 Issue 4, p22
The article reports that the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission will be delayed until 2011. Details are provided about the nuclear-powered MSL buggy which will examine the habitability of Mars' surface. According to the article,...
- Spirit lands at Gusev. Moomaw, Bruce // Astronomy;Apr2004, Vol. 32 Issue 4, p32
The article discusses the smooth landing of the NASA Mars Exploration Rover Spirit on the Gusev Crater of the planet Mars. The MER project was developed at a frenzied pace, and NASA and JPL officials worried that if Spirit failed, it would be another blow for NASA, already battered by the...
- NASA'S Phoenix digs Mars. Moomaw, Bruce // Astronomy;Sep2008, Vol. 36 Issue 9, p50
The article reports that National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) spacecraft Phoenix Mars Lander has landed in the Martian arctic and will begin studying the surface of the planet. Details about the goals of Phoenix Mars Lander's expedition and the two on-board laboratories,...
- Red light. // New Scientist;3/25/2002, Vol. 173 Issue 2335, p14
Highlights the conference of researchers on the secrets of rocks transported from Mars in Houston, Texas. Discovery on the evidences for life in Mars; Proposals of the National Aeronautics & Space Administration for sample return missions; Questions on the entire Mars program. INSET: Hidden...
- 10 years ago in Astronomy. McChain, Megan // Astronomy;Feb2009, Vol. 37 Issue 2, p26
The article highlights the article "Divining on Mars," by Michael Carroll, which first appeared in the February 1999 issue. The article detailed what astronomers hoped to find on Mars in advent of the arrival of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Mars Climate Orbiter...
- New Topographic Map May Explain Martian History. Graham, Rex // Astronomy;Sep99, Vol. 27 Issue 9, p24
Features a three-dimensional map of Mars by the United States National Aeronautics Space Administration which may explain the geologic history of the planet. Uses of the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter; Details on the report on the map.
- Mission to Mars may begin on this Idaho reservation. Wilkinson, Todd // Christian Science Monitor;10/25/2000, Vol. 92 Issue 234, p2
Focuses on a science program the participants in which are Native American high school students at the Fort Hall Indian Reservation in Idaho. Partnership between the students and the United States National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA); Attempts to ascertain whether crops might...
- Mars's iron is better for building a base than Earth's rusty stock. // New Scientist;9/27/2008, Vol. 199 Issue 2675, p16
The article focuses on the elemental iron which can also be found in the planet Mars. It infers that steel, the most widely used building material on Earth could also be manufactured in Mars since it has the element iron which is a key ingredient of steel. Geoffrey Landis of the U.S. National...
- Odyssey Set To Orbit Mars For Surface Study. Smith, Bruce A. // Aviation Week & Space Technology;10/15/2001, Vol. 155 Issue 16, p76
Reports the orbiting of the spacecraft Odyssey around the planet Mars. Mission of the spacecraft; Changes in the processes and procedures within the space exploration programs at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory agency of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Schedule of...
