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Paving the Road to Mars
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| Topic: Mars |
05/22/08 |
| NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is preparing for its upcoming entry, descent and landing event. This vital stage in the mission will see Phoenix down to the martian surface where the lander will be used to determine if Mars was ever a suitable habitat for life. |
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Building Life's Foundations
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| Topic: Mars |
05/22/08 |
| New research conducted by the MARTE project team has shown that microbes can make barren areas suitable for life. This could have important implications for the search for life on Mars and other planets. |
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Testing Times for Robotic Explorers
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| Topic: Mars |
05/08/08 |
| A team of scientists have been investigating how signs of life on Mars can be spotted using instruments on robotic probes. |
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Is There Life on Mars? Ask a Magnet.
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| Topic: Mars |
05/05/08 |
| Magnetite, a type of iron oxide, is common on both Earth and Mars, and appears in many forms. On Earth, some of those forms are produced only by bacteria and have unique magnetic signatures. Soon Sam Kim has developed a means of detecting this biologically-produced magnetite help in the search for life on Mars. |
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Mapping Mars from Wet to Dry
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| Topic: Mars |
05/04/08 |
| High-resolution data from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter´s CRISM instrument has been used to create a new online map of Mars. The map allows visitors to see Mars' progression through wet, volcanic and dry eras. |
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A.I. on Mars
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| Topic: Mars |
05/01/08 |
| Artificial intelligence is giving a boost to Mars Express as it searches for signs of past or present life on Mars. |
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The Arm of Opportunity
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| Topic: Mars |
04/27/08 |
| NASA's Opportunity rover is having difficulty with a small motor in its robotic arm. Researchers are assessing how the rover's mission will be affected if the motor is no longer usable. |
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Icy Active Mars
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| Topic: Mars |
04/25/08 |
| New evidence shows that Mars' climate may have been much more dynamic than previously thought. The research has implications in understanding whether or not Mars could have supported life in its past. |
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Colorful Phobos
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| Topic: Mars |
04/11/08 |
| NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has captured a new stereo view of Mars' largest moon, Phobos. The image could yield new information about Mars and its unique moons. |
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Visiting Mars, Again and Again
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| Topic: Mars |
04/07/08 |
| There are several new missions set to explore the planet Mars over the next decade. Astrobiology Magazine recently discussed these missions with Michael Meyer, lead scientist for NASA's Mars Exploration Program, and Luann Becker, a geochemist who is developing an instrument for the European Space Agency´s ExoMars mission. |
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