News - Powered by Yahoo NewsOrbiter, Finishing a Mission, Offers a Peek at Mars? Wrinkles
Last month, NASA?s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter wrapped up its two-year primary science phase, and Mars geologists are wallowing in a bounty of data.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:21:26 GMT - (New York Times)
Mars Exploration rovers just keep going and going...
When NASA's Spirit and Opportunity rovers touched down on Mars, they were each tapped for three-month missions exploring the Red Planet. But five years later, both are still moving, providing a bright spot at a tumultuous time for the space agency. [More]
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:56:20 GMT - (Scientific American)
China-Russia Mars mission set for takeoff
HONG KONG, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- The first joint Chinese-Russian mission to Mars is set to take off in October and reach the red planet in August 2010, an exploration project designer said.
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:44:45 GMT - (UPI)
Postcards From Mars
Over its two-year mission, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter provided images with more color and detail than could be seen before.
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:07:56 GMT - (New York Times)
Book paints a vision of a frontier Mars
Bob Zubrin's ?How to Live on Mars? extends the author?s advocacy by painting a vision of a frontier Mars.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:31:03 GMT - (Galveston County Daily News)
Mars rovers still roving five years later
PASADENA, Calif. ? NASA rovers Spirit and Opportunity may still have big achievements ahead as they approach the fifth anniversaries of their memorable landings on Mars.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:50:21 GMT - (The Bay Area Citizen)
Mars Rovers Still Ticking on 5th Anniversary
Five years after landing on Mars, Spirit and Opportunity march on.
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:38:32 GMT - (Discovery Channel)
Mars rover mission reaches 5th anniversary
PASADENA, Calif. - Five years after the NASA rover Spirit landed on Mars, the six-wheel robotic geologist and its twin Opportunity are still on the job.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:04:23 GMT - (Muzi)
Red-planet rovers mark five years on Mars
PASADENA, Calif. - Five years after the NASA rover Spirit landed on Mars, the six-wheel robotic geologist and its twin Opportunity are still on the job. Expectations were...
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:27:30 GMT - (Boston Herald)
The Mars Rovers' Long and Fruitful Journeys
NASA's rovers landed on Mars in 2004, with a life expectancy of 90 days. Five years on, they're still working, having amassed more data on the Red Planet than any other spacecraft
Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:31:27 GMT - (Time Magazine)