[Monday, May 5, 2008] What are the principal purposes, goals, and priorities of the U.S. civil space program? This question was the focus of the workshop on civil space policy held November 29-30, 2007.

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[Tuesday, May 6, 2008] NASA has scheduled a media briefing Tuesday, May 13, at 11 a.m. EDT, to discuss the challenges, risks and science opportunities of the scheduled May 25 landing of the Phoenix Mars Lander.

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[Saturday, May 10, 2008] On April 20, 2008, the orbiter's Mars Color Imager camera captured this view of a large region of northern Mars that includes the landing target area in the lower right quadrant.

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[Saturday, May 10, 2008] NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander continues on course for its May 25 arrival at Mars.

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[Tuesday, May 13, 2008] NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is preparing to end its long journey and begin a three-month mission to taste and sniff fistfuls of Martian soil and buried ice. The lander is scheduled to touch down on the Red Planet May 25.

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[Tuesday, May 13, 2008] Science Channel will broadcast live coverage of mankind's next major step in Mars exploration with MARS LIVE: THE PHOENIX LANDS (wt) premiering Sunday, May 25, 2008, from 7-9 PM (ET) and 4-6 PM (PT).

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[Wednesday, May 14, 2008] Scott Parazynski will be the first human to fly in space and summit the highest peak on our planet. We won't see a similar combination and alignment of first accomplishments again until someone summits the highest lunar peak - or Olympus Mons on Mars.

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[Thursday, May 15, 2008] An interview with With Bill Feldman, Planetary Science Institute, Arizona, USA and Bernard Schmitt, Laboratoire de Planetologie de Grenoble, France.

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[Thursday, May 15, 2008] New observations from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter indicate that the crust and upper mantle of Mars are stiffer and colder than previously thought.

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[Thursday, May 15, 2008] NASA news briefings, live commentary and updates before and after the scheduled Sunday, May 25 arrival of the agency's Phoenix Mars Lander will be available on NASA Television and on the Web.

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[Sunday, May 18, 2008] Without ISRU there simply is no long term human space program. Why? We simply cannot afford to take everything with us at prices exceeding two hundred thousand dollars per kilogram for the Moon and even more for Mars.

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[Monday, May 19, 2008] There has not been a selection campaign since 1992, so this is a rare opportunity to be at the forefront of ESA's human spaceflight programmes including future missions to the ISS, the Moon and beyond.

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[Tuesday, May 20, 2008] ESA's Mars Express mission control team are ready to monitor Phoenix's critical entry, descent and landing onto the Martian surface on 26 May 2008.

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[Thursday, May 22, 2008] Mars24 is a Java program which displays a Mars sunclock, a graphical representation of the planet Mars showing its current sun- and nightsides, along with a numerical readout of the time in 24-hour format.

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[Thursday, May 22, 2008] Shortly after NASA's Phoenix lands, it will undertake what is literally a microscopic examination of the red sand beneath its feet. By doing so, it may find evidence that liquid water – generally agreed to be a prerequisite of life – once pooled here.

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[Friday, May 23, 2008] With three days and 3 million miles left to fly before arriving at Mars, NASA's Phoenix spacecraft is on track for its destination in the Martian arctic.

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[Friday, May 23, 2008] A mineral-scouting camera designed at ASU pointed scientists toward an ancient Martian hydrothermal system like those in Yellowstone National Park.

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[Saturday, May 24, 2008] Mission controllers for NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander decided Saturday afternoon, May 24, to forgo the second-to-last opportunity for adjusting the spacecraft's flight path.

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[Sunday, May 25, 2008] Dr. Ernst Stuhlinger, one of the last surviving members of the 126 German rocket scientists brought over to the United States after world war II has passed away quietly in Huntsville Alabama. Dr. Stuhlinger was 94 years old.

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[Sunday, May 25, 2008] NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander sped on Sunday morning toward its arrival at Mars, as the tug of the Red Planet's gravity accelerated the craft during the final day of its trip from Earth to Mars.

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[Sunday, May 25, 2008] NASA's Phoenix spacecraft landed in the northern polar region of Mars today to begin three months of examining a site chosen for its likelihood of having frozen water within reach of the lander's robotic arm.

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[Monday, May 26, 2008] A NASA spacecraft today sent pictures showing itself in good condition after making the first successful landing in a polar region of Mars.

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[Monday, May 26, 2008] This image, one of the first captured by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, shows the vast plains of the northern polar region of Mars.

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[Monday, May 26, 2008] A telescopic camera in orbit around Mars caught a view of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander suspended from its parachute during the lander's successful arrival at Mars Sunday evening, May 25.

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[Tuesday, May 27, 2008] The HiRISE camera has acquired this image of the Phoenix landing site 22 hours after landing. The image shows 3 unusual features, which were not present in the earlier HiRISE imag s.

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[Tuesday, May 27, 2008] NASA's Phoenix Lander is ready to begin moving its robotic arm, first unlatching its wrist and then flexing its elbow.

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[Tuesday, May 27, 2008] This image, released on Memorial Day, May 26, 2008, shows the American flag and a mini-DVD on the Phoenix's deck, which is about 3 ft. above the Martian surfa

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[Tuesday, May 27, 2008] Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera acquired this image of Phoenix hanging from its parachute as it descended to the Martian surface.

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[Tuesday, May 27, 2008] To help scientists collect the more detailed data they need without risking scientists' safety, researchers have created specially designed robots called SnoMotes to traverse these potentially dangerous ice environments.

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[Wednesday, May 28, 2008] MRO successfully received information from the Phoenix Mars Lander Tuesday evening and relayed the information to Earth. The relayed transmission included images and other data collected by Phoenix during the mission's second day after landing on Mars.

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[Wednesday, May 28, 2008] With data recorded on board Mars Express, you can hear Phoenix descend on to the surface of the Red Planet. After being processed by the Mars Express Flight Control Team, the sounds of Phoenix descending are audible, loud and clear.

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[Wednesday, May 28, 2008] Scientists leading NASA's Phoenix Mars mission from the University of Arizona in Tucson sent commands to unstow its robotic arm and take more images of its landing site early today.

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[Thursday, May 29, 2008] This image was acquired at the Phoenix landing site on day 4 of the mission on the surface of Mars, or Sol 3, after the May 25, 2008, landing.

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[Thursday, May 29, 2008] NASA’s Mars lander is returning more detailed images from the Martian surface and is now preparing its instruments for science operations.

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[Friday, May 30, 2008] Scientists have discovered what may be ice that was exposed when soil was blown away as NASA's Phoenix spacecraft landed on Mars last Sunday, May 25. The possible ice appears in an image the robotic arm camera took underneath the lander, near a footpad.

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