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Phoenix on the Rocks
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| Topic: Mars |
05/31/08 |
| When NASA's Phoenix lander reached the surface of Mars a week ago, soil was blown away and exposed what may be ice. The existence of water ice, and the potential for liquid water, is important for the existence of life on Mars. |
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Phoenix Bares Its Claw
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| Topic: Mars |
05/30/08 |
| NASA's Phoenix lander has freed its nearly 8-foot robotic arm. This will allow the lander to dig into the martian soil and determine if this region of the Red Planet was ever habitable for life. Phoenix also sent more detailed images of the martian surface. |
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Phoenix Coming Into View
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| Topic: Mars |
05/28/08 |
| The Phoenix lander has sent back new images of its landing site on the northern plains of Mars. Now Phoenix will begin the process of unfolding its robotic arm in order to dig into the martian soil. |
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MRO Snaps Phoenix
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| Topic: Mars |
05/27/08 |
| NASA has achieved a photographic first. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured an image of Phoenix, hanging below its parachute, as the lander descended through the martian atmosphere. |
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Can You Hear Me Now?
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| Topic: Mars |
05/27/08 |
A glitch in the communications hardware of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has caused a delay in the Phoenix mission.
UPDATE: MRO received information from the Phoenix Mars Lander Tuesday evening and relayed the information to Earth. |
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Iron-Coated Fossils
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| Topic: Mars |
05/26/08 |
| Fossilized microbes found in Spain´s Rio Tinto valley may guide the search for past life on Mars. |
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Martian Touchdown
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| Topic: Mars |
05/26/08 |
| NASA´s Phoenix lander has touched down safely on Mars and sent back the first close-up pictures of the planet´s northern arctic plains. Over the next three months, it will look for evidence of liquid water in Mars´s recent past. |
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Spirit's Silica Surprise
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| Topic: Mars |
05/25/08 |
| NASA's Spirit rover has discovered deposits on Mars that resemble those seen around hydrothermal vents on Earth. The finding has important implications in understanding whether or not Mars once supported habitats suitable for life. |
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Mars Cold Goes Down Deep
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| Topic: Mars |
05/23/08 |
| New observations from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter indicated that the crust and upper mantle of Mars is stiffer and colder than previously thought. The data could have implications for the search for life in Mars' subsurface. |
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Rendezvous with Mars
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| Topic: Mars |
05/22/08 |
| Phoenix, NASA´s latest mission to Mars, is a lander that will touch down in the planet´s northern polar region on May 25, 2008. It will search for evidence that liquid water, and a habitable environment for life, have been present there in the recent past. But first the spacecraft has to land safely. |
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