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Mars
- 07.17: Water: Evidence of vast lakes, rivers and
deltas shows water was once widespread (BBC)
- 07.15: Phoenix Lander: A powered rasp on the back
of the robotic arm will scrape ice samples (SFN)
- 07.08: Phoenix Lander: Controllers test
methods to get icy sample into robot arm scoop (SFN)
- 07.02: Future Missions: NASA and ESA discuss the
next step, a Mars Sample Return (spaceref)
- 06.28: Phoenix Lander: Scientists say lander has found the nutrients
to support life (SFN)
- 06.26: Past Climate: New analysis of Martian soil
shows atmosphere once had moisture (spaceref,
SFN)
- 06.25: Impact Craters: Largest known one in
solar system.covers 40% of Mars (NASA,
spaceref,
SFN)
- 06.17: Phoenix Lander: Crumbs of bright material
dug up by lander must have been ice (SFN1,
SFN2)
- 06.17: Phoenix Lander: Results are now in from the first round
of baking: no water, yet (SFN)
- 06.11: Phoenix Lander: After a few attempts,
lander has filled its first oven with Martian soil (spaceref)
- 06.10: Phoenix Lander: NASA engineers test new
handling method for clumpy soil (spaceref)
- 06.07: Phoenix Lander: Robotic arm scoops up load
of dirt for high-temperature oven (SFN)
- 06.06: Phoenix Lander: Images of dust grains as
small as one-tenth the thickness of a human hair (SFN)
- 06.02: Phoenix Lander: Lander digs into
the Martian tundra, scraping up bits of soil (SFN,
spaceref)
- 05.30: Phoenix Lander: Ice may have been exposed
under spacecraft during landing (spaceref,
SFN)
- 05.26: Phoenix Lander: NASA Phoenix spacecraft
in good health after landing (spaceref,
SFN,
SFN)
- 05.25: Phoenix Lander: NASA mission lands near
the planet's northern polar cap (SFN,
BBC,
NASA)
- 05.25: Phoenix Lander: The spacecraft gets ready
to land on Mars (APOD);
preview (SFN)
- 05.23: Spirit Rover: Mars rover finds Yellowstone-like
hot spring deposits (spaceref)
- 05.15: Interior: MRO finds crust and upper mantle
are stiffer and colder than expected (SFN)
- 04.23: Weather: Thick, recurring glaciers suggest
climate has been recently active (spaceref)
- 04.03: Shooting Stars: Meteors have been seen
for the first time in the Martian atmosphere (spaceref)
- 03.24: Life? Salt deposits point to places where
evidence might exist of possible past life (SFN)
- 03.14: Surface: Collision with very large asteroid
is likely explanation for North-South difference (S&T)
- 03.03: Surface: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter photographs active
avalanches near north pole (spaceref)
- 03.02: Water? Despite a 2006 report, liquid water
has not been found on Mars after all (SFN,
pw)
- 02.28: Phoenix Lander: Mars orbiters
make adjustments to prepare for May 25 arrival (spaceref,
SFN)
- 02.15: Life? High concentrations of dissolved minerals may have
prevented life from evolving (spaceref)
- 01.11: Impacts: The Mars impact watch for January
30th is now officially "off" (S&T)
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