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February 2006 Top Stories


Path to Finding Life on Mars and in Outer Space Begins By Looking at Earth's Inner Space »» Path to Finding Life on Mars and in Outer Space Begins By Looking at Earth's Inner Space

[Wednesday, February 1, 2006] Clues to finding current or past life on Mars begins with an examination of Earth's most extreme environments according to a group of researchers launching an international broadcast science expedition January 30, 2006 with The JASON Project.

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Life leaves subtle signature in the lay of the land »» Life leaves subtle signature in the lay of the land

[Wednesday, February 1, 2006] One of the paradoxes of recent explorations of the Martian surface is that the more we see of the planet, the more it looks like Earth.

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Mars Exploration Rover Update - February 2, 2006 »» Mars Exploration Rover Update - February 2, 2006

[Sunday, February 5, 2006] Opportunity is healthy and is continuing the characterization of an outcrop called "Olympia." The rover is on top of a feature called "Overgaard."

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Planetary Society Charges Administration with Blurring its Vision for Space Exploration »» Planetary Society Charges Administration with Blurring its Vision for Space Exploration

[Monday, February 6, 2006] The NASA Budget released today shortchanges space science in order to fund 17 projected space shuttle flights. It seriously damages the hugely productive and successful robotic exploration of our solar system and beyond.

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Mars Exploration Rover Status 6 February 2006 »» Mars Exploration Rover Status 6 February 2006

[Monday, February 6, 2006] Spirit is healthy and continues to make progress toward "Home Plate" after driving more than 150 meters (492 feet), taking images, making atmospheric observations, and analyzing geology.

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NASA Mars Picture of the Day: Arsia & Phobos »» NASA Mars Picture of the Day: Arsia & Phobos

[Monday, February 6, 2006] This pair of Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) color images shows early autumn clouds over the Arsia Mons volcano, plus the shadow of the innermost of the two martain moons, Phobos.

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NASA's Centennial Challenges Program Seeks Input On New Prize Competitions »» NASA's Centennial Challenges Program Seeks Input On New Prize Competitions

[Tuesday, February 7, 2006] NASA's Centennial Challenges Program released today draft rules for six new prize competitions. NASA is seeking external comments and collaborating organizations in order to finalize and initiate these Challenges.

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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is on the Approach »» Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is on the Approach

[Wednesday, February 8, 2006] NASA's next martian orbiter has gotten one step closer to the red planet with the transition from cruise phase to approach phase.

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Mars Exploration Rover Spirit Update 10 February 2006 »» Mars Exploration Rover Spirit Update 10 February 2006

[Sunday, February 12, 2006] After several months of driving, Spirit finally reached the semicircular geologic feature dubbed "Home Plate" in Gusev Crater.

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Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity Update 10 February 2006 »» Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity Update 10 February 2006

[Sunday, February 12, 2006] Opportunity is healthy. The rover is in the midst of a robotic-arm and remote-sensing campaign on a feature informally named "Roosevelt."

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NASA LaRC Solicitation: Teaming Opportunity for a Mars Aerial Platform Scout Mission (MARS) »» NASA LaRC Solicitation: Teaming Opportunity for a Mars Aerial Platform Scout Mission (MARS)

[Thursday, February 16, 2006] NASA LaRC is seeking partners to participate in developing a proposal addressing the goals and objectives for a NASA Announcement of Opportunity (AO) for the Mars Scout 2006 and Mission of Opportunity.

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NASA GSFC Special Notice: Procurement Opportunity Document for MOLSAM (NASA Mars Scout) »» NASA GSFC Special Notice: Procurement Opportunity Document for MOLSAM (NASA Mars Scout)

[Thursday, February 16, 2006] The proposal opportunity is to the NASA Announcement of Opportunity (AO) for Mars Scout. This partnership opportunity document (POD) provides a description of MOLSAM, a scientific mission to locate and measure water on Mars.

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NASA Announces Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission Briefing »» NASA Announces Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission Briefing

[Friday, February 17, 2006] NASA will brief news media about the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter mission at 1 p.m. EST, Friday 28 February 2006.

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Collaboration is key to Antarctic Dry Valleys work »» Collaboration is key to Antarctic Dry Valleys work

[Sunday, February 19, 2006] The Dry Valleys Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Project is made up of seven separate field groups that work cooperatively to better understand the area's unique ecosystem. It's a textbook example of an interdisciplinary approach to research.

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Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity Update 16 February 2006 »» Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity Update 16 February 2006

[Sunday, February 19, 2006] Opportunity has completed its work on the "Olympia" outcrop. This week's activities included a Moessbauer spectrometer integration on target "Rough Rider," an alpha particle X-ray spectrometer integration on target "Fala," and a drive to "Bellemont."

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Mars Exploration Rover Spirit Update 16 February 2006 »» Mars Exploration Rover Spirit Update 16 February 2006

[Sunday, February 19, 2006] Spirit will soon be on top of the rugged plateau known as "Home Plate," which features the most spectacular layering Spirit has yet encountered, and begin taking images of the surrounding terrain.

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Mars Express studies possible aurorae above Mars »» Mars Express studies possible aurorae above Mars

[Monday, February 20, 2006] ESA's Mars Express spacecraft has seen more evidence that aurorae occur over the night side of Mars, especially over areas of the surface where variations in the magnetic properties of the crust have been detected.

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Light and shadow on the surface of Mars »» Light and shadow on the surface of Mars

[Monday, February 20, 2006] These images, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA's Mars Express spacecraft, show the fast-moving shadow of the moon Phobos as it moved across the Martian surface.

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Second Biennial Dinner for Association of Mars Explorers »» Second Biennial Dinner for Association of Mars Explorers

[Monday, February 20, 2006] The Association of Mars Explorers is to hold its second biennial dinner during the week of March 26th to coincide with the 2006 Astrobiology Science Conference in Washington D.C.

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NASA MEPAG Report: Mars Science Goals, Objectives, Investigations, and Priorities: 2006 »» NASA MEPAG Report: Mars Science Goals, Objectives, Investigations, and Priorities: 2006

[Monday, February 20, 2006] In 2000, the Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group (MEPAG) was asked by NASA to work with the science community to establish consensus priorities for the future scientific exploration of Mars.

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Scientists discover Mars' atmosphere altered by solar flares »» Scientists discover Mars' atmosphere altered by solar flares

[Thursday, February 23, 2006] Boston University astronomers announced today the first clear evidence that solar flares change the upper atmosphere of Mars.

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Texas State research sheds new light on panspermia »» Texas State research sheds new light on panspermia

[Friday, February 24, 2006] Panspermia is the idea that life--hitchhiking on rocks ejected from meteorite impacts on one world--could travel through space and seed other worlds with life under favorable conditions.

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Martian Gardens »» Martian Gardens

[Friday, February 24, 2006] There are plenty of harsh environments for life here on Earth. But when it comes to environmental stress, Mars has a corner on the market.

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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Nears Red Planet Rendezvous »» Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Nears Red Planet Rendezvous

[Friday, February 24, 2006] NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is nearing a crucial milestone. The spacecraft is preparing to slow itself to allow the red planet's gravity to grab it into orbit on March 10.

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ESA Mars Express Image: Ausonia Mensa Remnant Massif »» ESA Mars Express Image: Ausonia Mensa Remnant Massif

[Saturday, February 25, 2006] These images, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera on board Mars Express, show the Ausonia Mensa massif on Mars. The HRSC obtained these images during orbit 506 with a ground resolution of approximately 37.6 metres per pixel.

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