|
|
|
Hot Topic
Solar System
Mars
|
|
|
| |
|
| The World Goes to Mars |
| Topic: Mars |
07/09/03 |
| The quartet of science missions headed to the Red Planet is now complete, with the successful Monday launch of the last Mars Exploration Rover, called Opportunity. Not since 1976, have multiple landers explored Mars simultaneously. |
|
|
|
|
| The Edge of Life |
| Topic: Mars |
06/09/03 |
| This is the first in a series of articles on a research project, Life in the Atacama, that recently began in Chile's Atacama desert. This article will focus on the unique habitats for life that exist in the Atacama and on how the project may guide the search for life on Mars. |
|
|
|
|
| Beagle Hunts for Mars |
| Topic: Mars |
06/04/03 |
| Europe's first probe to land on another planet--launched flawlessly late Monday night from the Russian Cosmodrome. |
|
|
|
|
| The Viking Files |
| Topic: Mars |
05/29/03 |
| Three expeditions to the surface of Mars have succeeded so far: the two Viking probes in the 1970s and Mars Pathfinder in 1997. As that total is expected to double with planned launches next month (2 NASA/1 ESA probe), scientists have periodically revisited what it might take for life detection. |
|
|
|
|
| Dune |
| Topic: Mars |
05/28/03 |
| Satellite photos of a bright dune in the Martian southern hemisphere show remarkable details of an unusual erosion pattern. Unlike rocky avalanches found elsewhere, the dune flows suggest to two German scientists that for a few summer noon hours, liquid water may carve up the dunes in a region called Russell Crater. |
|
|
|
|
| Countdown: Martian Traffic Jam |
| Topic: Mars |
05/24/03 |
| Three missions are headed to Mars over the next five weeks. All of them will hunt for evidence of water, after potentially bouncing on airbags. |
|
|
|
|
| Valley Networks: Connecting the Dots |
| Topic: Mars |
05/21/03 |
| New data suggest that Mars's valley networks are far more extensive than previously thought. That, according to one researcher, adds weight to the idea that Mars was once much warmer and wetter than it is today. But not everyone is convinced. |
|
|
|
|
| Hitchhikers May Have Thumbed A Ride to Mars |
| Topic: Mars |
04/09/03 |
| Could dormant forms of bacteria called endospores potentially travel from Earth to Mars aboard spacecraft? If so, new experiments suggest that even a dry and cold Mars might not prove so inhospitable, despite the possibility of self-sterilizing and oxidizing martian soil. |
|
|
|
|
| Lakeside Landing |
| Topic: Mars |
03/19/03 |
| Gusev Crater, one of the landing sites proposed for the upcoming missions to Mars, is believed to the site of an ancient lakebed. By landing there, NASA hopes to learn more about Mars's watery past. |
|
|
|
|
| Red Rovers: Returning to Mars |
| Topic: Mars |
03/12/03 |
| NASA will launch two rovers to Mars in the late spring of this year. In this, the first of two articles on potential landing sites, we will examine one of the leading candidates, Meridiani Planum. |
|
|
|
|
|
