[Monday, April 2, 2007] Starting in spring next year, a crew of six will be sent on a 500 day simulated mission to Mars. In reality the crew will remain in a special isolation facility in Russia. ESA is looking for experiment proposals for research to be carried out during their

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[Monday, April 2, 2007] For the first time in the history of planetary exploration, topographic maps of the Martian sub-soil have been produced, revealing considerable volumes of ice.

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[Sunday, April 8, 2007] Opportunity is healthy and working on obtaining a long baseline stereo image of the bay "Valley without Peril."

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[Sunday, April 8, 2007] Spirit is healthy and has finished her science campaign at "Mitcheltree Ridge." The rover is now heading south along the outside edge of "Home Plate" toward an outcrop named "Madeline English."

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[Sunday, April 8, 2007] NAU researchers Glen Cushing and Jut Wynne, working at the U.S. Geological Survey, propose that photos from the Mars Odyssey mission reveal football-field size holes that could be entrances to caves.

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[Friday, April 13, 2007] After studying Mars four times as long as originally planned, NASA's Mars Global Surveyor orbiter appears to have succumbed to battery failure caused by a complex sequence of events involving the onboard computer memory and ground commands.

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[Sunday, April 22, 2007] On sol 1120 the navigation camera aboard NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit captured one of the best dust devils it's seen in its three-plus year mission. The series of navigation camera images were put together to make a dust devil movie.

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[Sunday, April 22, 2007] Spirit is healthy and has completed a campaign of scientific studies of a rock outcrop known as "Elizabeth Mahon," on the edge of "Home Plate." Spirit is now en route to another outcrop nicknamed "Madeline English."

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[Sunday, April 22, 2007] Opportunity is healthy and spent the last week investigating the dark material trailing north from "Victoria Crater." The plan this week included two brief robotic arm campaigns at different areas roughly 33 meters (108 feet) apart.

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[Wednesday, April 25, 2007] After a few attempts, Spirit finally made it to the outcrop called "Madeline English," where the rover is performing scientific studies. Madeline English is interesting because of the apparent presence of clasts -- rock fragments -- in the outcrop.

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[Wednesday, April 25, 2007] Over the last week, Opportunity investigated the second of two "dark streak" soil targets named "Alicante." The sol 1145 Mössbauer touch sequence that was commanded did not make contact with the soil because of a minor targeting discrepancy.

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[Thursday, April 26, 2007] Earth sits between two worlds that have been devastated by climate catastrophes. In the effort to combat global warming, our neighbours can provide valuable insights into the way climate catastrophes affect planets.

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[Thursday, April 26, 2007] The Government is seeking information regarding lightweight, low-cost technologies and techniques to provide safe entry and either low-g ("soft") or high-g ("hard") landing for these payloads.

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[Thursday, April 26, 2007] Launched in August of 2005, the MRO High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) will investigate deposits and landforms resulting from geologic and climatic processes and assist in the evaluation of candidate landing sites.

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