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»» Mars Was Life-Friendly More Recently than Thought
[Tuesday, June 30, 2009] Warm weather near the Martian equator may have melted the ice in ice-rich soils as recently as 2 million years ago, according to a paper published yesterday in "Earth and Planetary Science Letters."
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»» Mars Rover Yielding New Clues While Lodged in Martian Soil
[Thursday, June 25, 2009] NASA's Mars rover Spirit, lodged in Martian soil that is causing traction trouble, is taking advantage of the situation by learning more about the Red Planet's environmental history.
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»» The Mars Gravity Biosatellite Program Is Closing Down
[Wednesday, June 24, 2009] Unfortunately, with the current economy and priorities at NASA, the time has come to close out the program and look forward to the next adventure.
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»» New Instrument Could Detect Water Underground on Mars
[Wednesday, June 24, 2009] With the whoosh of compressed gas and the whir of unspooling wire, a team of Boulder scientists and engineers tested a new instrument prototype that might be used to detect groundwater deep inside Mars.
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»» NASA's Mars Odyssey Alters Orbit to Study Warmer Ground
[Tuesday, June 23, 2009] NASA's long-lived Mars Odyssey spacecraft has completed an eight-month adjustment of its orbit, positioning itself to look down at the day side of the planet in mid-afternoon instead of late afternoon.
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»» University of Colorado team finds definitive evidence for ancient lake on Mars
[Wednesday, June 17, 2009] A University of Colorado at Boulder research team has discovered the first definitive evidence of shorelines on Mars, an indication of a deep, ancient lake there and a finding with implications for the discovery of past life on the Red Planet.
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»» Send Your Name to Mars Aboard Mars Science Laboratory
[Tuesday, June 16, 2009] NASA invites you to submit your name to be included on a microchip that will be sent to Mars as part of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, scheduled to launch in 2011.
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»» Mars mission could ease Earth's energy supply crisis
[Wednesday, June 10, 2009] Techniques and instrumentation initially developed for ExoMars - Europe's next robotic mission to Mars in 2016 - but now due to fly on a NASA mission in 2018, could also provide the answers to the globally pressing issue of energy supply.
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»» New cleaning protocol for future 'search for life' missions
[Tuesday, June 9, 2009] Scientists have developed a new cleaning protocol for space hardware, such as the scoops of Mars rovers, which could be used on future "Search for Life" missions on other planets.
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»» NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Resumes Science Operations
[Tuesday, June 9, 2009] NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is examining Mars again with its scientific instruments after successfully transitioning out of a precautionary standby mode triggered by an unexpected June 3 rebooting of its computer.
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»» Mars500 diary: a carefully planned menu
[Thursday, June 4, 2009] ESA-selected Mars500 crewmember Oliver Knickel reports back from inside the special isolation facility at the Russian Institute of Biomedical Problems in Moscow where the six-strong crew have now completed the ninth week of their simulated Mars mission.
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»» Meteorite bombardment may have made Earth more habitable, says study
[Monday, June 1, 2009] Large bombardments of meteorites approximately four billion years ago could have helped to make the early Earth and Mars more habitable for life by modifying their atmospheres.
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