[Tuesday, October 4, 2005] Science leader of AMASE, Andrew Steele of the Carnegie Institution's Geophysical Laboratory, explained that "ice-filled volcanic vents, such as these, are likely to occur on Mars and may be a potential habitat for life there."

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[Friday, October 7, 2005] Opportunity suffered a warm reboot last week. After the flight computer rebooted, the spacecraft went into 'safe mode'. This error caused the team to miss two Odyssey passes.

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[Sunday, October 9, 2005] A group of NASA officials briefed a panel at the National Academy of Sciences last week on NASA's revamped exploration plans. The panel being briefed was organized to review NASA's plans for the International Space Station.

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[Monday, October 10, 2005] On October 3, containers filled with experimental materials that might one day be used to build the vehicles that carry humans to Mars were opened for the first time since their return to Earth.

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[Tuesday, October 11, 2005] Dr. Eppler has been performing tests on the Mark III space suit for many years; he has spent more than 100 hours putting it through its paces. In this, the first of three interview segments, he talks about the Mark III.

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[Tuesday, October 11, 2005] Spirit is healthy and still performing science in the summit area of "Husband Hill." Spirit drove back down to the clean face of the rock outcrop called "Hillary" to find a good position to perform work with the robotic arm.

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[Wednesday, October 12, 2005] Opportunity is healthy and traveling westward around 'Erebus Crater.' The rover is running in restricted sols, so the team is able to drive it only every other sol and has been doing so. On sol 601, Opportunity drove 34 meters (112 feet).

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[Thursday, October 13, 2005] Last month, the Desert RATS (Research and Technology Studies) team spent two weeks roaming about on a cattle field near Flagstaff, Arizona. Their objective: test out advanced technology - space suits, an automated rover, communications equipment.

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[Monday, October 17, 2005] A new map of Mars' magnetic field made by the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft reveals a world whose history was shaped by great crustal plates being pulled apart or smashed together.

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[Monday, October 17, 2005] New high-resolution images of mid-latitude Mars are revealing glacier-formed landscapes far from the Martian poles, says a leading Mars researcher.

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[Monday, October 17, 2005] If you're studying the history of a planet, the really good places to look are rugged terrains like canyons and other areas where water, igneous activity, wind, and seismic rumblings have left their respective marks. Flat is not so good.

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[Monday, October 17, 2005] Remote-sensing orbiters, probes, landers and rovers are returning astonishing discoveries. But some of the most exciting geological and potentially astrobiological places in our family of planets and moons are dangerous and difficult to explore.

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[Tuesday, October 18, 2005] Spirit is healthy and spent the week examining a rock called "Hillary" at the true summit of "Husband Hill." Meanwhile, Opportunity is continuing to travel westward around "Erebus Crater."

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[Thursday, October 20, 2005] Dr. Dean Eppler is a geologist at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. For the past eight years, Eppler has participated in field tests of experimental spacesuits as part of the Desert RATS (Research and Technology Studies) project.

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[Thursday, October 20, 2005] When it comes to longevity, the Spirit and Opportunity rovers on Mars are giving some real competition to the pink bunny from those battery advertisements - even though their original missions were only 90 days.

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[Monday, October 24, 2005] Spirit is healthy and has begun driving downhill from the top of "Husband Hill" toward the south basin. Opportunity is healthy and has been making excellent progress around "Erebus Crater."

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[Tuesday, October 25, 2005] It's been ten days of high drama on the Spirit side of the planet. As we were completing the Everest pan, we decided that the one thing we still had to do before leaving the summit was some IDD work on Hillary. Easier said than done.

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[Tuesday, October 25, 2005] Opportunity was the star of the show this week. One piece of news, of course, is that we're really driving again.

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[Wednesday, October 26, 2005] The bi-static radar experiment team, led by Callas, is now using the Odyssey UHF radio system and SRI's antenna to hunt for subsurface water ice - a key component to understanding the history or future of life on Mars.

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[Friday, October 28, 2005] CSA announced a final contribution of $6 million to Canadian firm MDA Space Missions to build a fully integrated weather station, known as MET, for the 2007 launch of NASA's Phoenix Lander Mission to Mars.

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