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»» A Concept for NASA's Mars 2016 Astrobiology Field Laboratory
[Sunday, September 2, 2007] The Mars Program Plan includes an integrated and coordinated set of future candidate missions and investigations that meet fundamental science objectives of NASA and the Mars Exploration Program (MEP).
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»» Searching for Life on Mars: Selection of Molecular Targets for ESA's Aurora ExoMars Mission
[Sunday, September 2, 2007] ExoMars will seek evidence of organic compounds of biological and non-biological origin at the martian surface. One of the instruments in the Pasteur payload may be a Life Marker Chip.
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»» Mars Astrobiology Field Laboratory and the Search for Signs of Life
[Sunday, September 2, 2007] A conceptual payload and mission scenario for the proposed NASA Mars mission known as the Astrobiology Field Laboratory (AFL) iis described in a report in the August 2007 issue of Astrobiology.
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»» NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter HiRISE Imagery Release 29 August 2007
[Monday, September 3, 2007] Onboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, the HiRISE camera offers unprecedented image quality, giving us a view of the Red Planet in a way never before seen. It's the most powerful camera ever to leave Earth's orbit.
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»» NASA Study will Help Stop Stowaways to Mars
[Tuesday, September 4, 2007] NASA clean rooms, where scientists and engineers assemble spacecraft, have joined hot springs, ice caves, and deep mines as unlikely places where scientists have discovered ultra-hardy organisms collectively known as 'extremophiles'.
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»» Rovers begin new observations on changing Martian atmosphere
[Tuesday, September 4, 2007] Mars rover scientists have launched a new long-term study on the Martian atmosphere with the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer, an instrument that was originally developed at the University of Chicago.
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»» Spirit Slowly Emerges from Blanket of Dust
[Tuesday, September 4, 2007] Spirit remains healthy as the rover slowly picks up more solar energy. The dust storms appear to be over, at least for now, and the skies are slowly clearing.
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»» Phoenix Status Report: Radar and Other Gear Pass Checkouts
[Thursday, September 6, 2007] Two crucial tools for a successful landing of America's latest mission to Mars, the radar and UHF radio on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, have passed in-flight checkouts.
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»» ESA support to NASA Phoenix highlights beneficial Mars cooperation
[Friday, September 7, 2007] When NASA's Phoenix lander descends to the Red Planet's surface in the spring of 2008, ESA's Mars Express will closely monitor progress, serving as a key communications back-up.
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»» Mars Rovers Survive Severe Dust Storms, Ready for Next Objectives
[Friday, September 7, 2007] Two months after sky-darkening dust from severe storms nearly killed NASA's Mars exploration rovers, the solar-powered robots are awake and ready to continue their mission.
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»» Phoenix Mars Lander Camera Sends First Image Back to Earth
[Tuesday, September 11, 2007] A camera flying aboard The University of Arizona-led Phoenix Mars Lander took its first picture during cruise and sent it back to Earth on Sept. 6.
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»» NASA Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity Makes Short Trip Into Victoria Crater
[Tuesday, September 11, 2007] According to NASA sources the Opportunity Mars rover successfully drove in and then out of Victoria Crater.
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»» Mars Exploration Rover Status Report: Spirit Finally Arrives at Home Plate!
[Wednesday, September 12, 2007] After remaining beyond the margins of Home Plate ever since exiting its northeast edge on Sol 774 to survive the first winter on Mars, Spirit finally climbed on top of the elevated, circular plateau that scientists believe is volcanic in origin.
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»» NASA's Phoenix to Assess Chance for Life in Mars' Northern Hemisphere
[Wednesday, September 12, 2007] In 2008, NASA's Phoenix spacecraft is scheduled to land in the northern plains of Mars to determine if that environment could support life in the past or in geologically recent times.
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»» New Theory Explains Ice on Mars
[Wednesday, September 12, 2007] Wobbles on Mars cause ice ages that are much more dramatic than those on Earth, says astronomer Norbert Schorghofer of the University of Hawaii.
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»» NASA Memo to Space Science Community: Mars Science Laboratory Project Changes Respond to Cost Increases, Keep Mars Program On Track
[Sunday, September 16, 2007] "... a combination of low-impact mission scope reductions and some new funding from the Mars Program's reserves pool, has been agreed upon. Together these measures effectively resolve the MSL cost increase issues identified at its CDR."
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»» Life on Mars "Pregnancy Test" Successfully Launched
[Monday, September 17, 2007] Key components of a new approach to discover life on Mars were successfully launched into space Friday as part of a low-Earth orbit experiment to assess their survivability in the space radiation environment - a prelude future journeys to Mars.
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»» Mars Odyssey Returning to Service After Taking Precaution
[Wednesday, September 19, 2007] The team operating NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter is returning the healthy spacecraft to usual activities this week after a precautionary status of reduced activity that the orbiter entered on Sept. 14.
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»» NASA Mars Rover Spirit Explores Top of "Home Plate"
[Wednesday, September 19, 2007] After spending some time getting used to the terrain on top of "Home Plate," Spirit began driving across the top of the elevated plateau, en route to taking more images and examining a possible fracture in the bedrock.
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»» Gullies with Characteristics of Water-Carved Channels
[Thursday, September 20, 2007] False-color image of gully channels in a crater in the southern highlands of Mars, taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
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»» Layered Ice Deposits Near North Pole of Mars
[Thursday, September 20, 2007] This false-color image of the north polar layered deposits has been processed to emphasize color variations. It shows that the color as well as texture or morphology varies from layer to layer
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»» Lava-Draped Channel System on Mars
[Thursday, September 20, 2007] This image shows a portion of the Athabasca Valles channel system. Part of a streamlined "island" is visible on the right, and dune-like landforms that occur on the channel floor can be seen on the left.
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»» Exploration of Details in Martian North Polar Layered Deposits
[Thursday, September 20, 2007] This video provides zoom and pan moves to emphasize the context and features of layered deposits near the north pole of Mars.
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»» Simulated Flight over Gullied Crater
[Thursday, September 20, 2007] This video uses three-dimensional modeling of a gullied crater in the Centauri Montes region of Mars and simulates a flight over that landscape.
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»» Exploration of Details in Athabasca Valles on Mars
[Thursday, September 20, 2007] This video provides zoom and pan moves to emphasize the context and features of a Martian valley named Athabasca Valles, perhaps the youngest outflow channel on Mars.
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»» Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Provides Insights About Mars Water and Climate
[Thursday, September 20, 2007] NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is examining several features on Mars that address the role of water at different times in Martian history.
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»» MIT observations give precise estimate of Mars surface ice
[Tuesday, September 25, 2007] An MIT-led team of planetary scientists has found that the southern pole of Mars contains the largest deposit of frozen water in the inner solar system, outside of Earth.
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»» Heat-sensing ASU camera finds possible cave skylights on Mars volcano
[Tuesday, September 25, 2007] A heat-sensitive camera designed at Arizona State University and flying on NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter has led a team of Mars geologists to find seven small, deep holes on the flanks of Arsia Mons, a giant volcano on Mars.
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»» Mars Express Image: The mysterious ridges at the mouth of Tiu Valles
[Wednesday, September 26, 2007] These images taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board Mars Express show the mouth of the Tiu Valles channel system on the red planet.
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»» Carnegie Mellon Building Robot for Lunar Prospecting
[Wednesday, September 26, 2007] Researchers in the Robotics Institute of Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science are building a robotic prospector that can creep over rocky slopes and then anchor itself as a stable platform for drilling deep into extraterrestrial soils.
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»» Spirit Makes Progress Across "Home Plate"
[Wednesday, September 26, 2007] Spirit is healthy after finishing a remote sensing campaign at Site 2 on "Home Plate."
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»» Opportunity: 'Shaking' Off the Dust and Getting Back to Work
[Wednesday, September 26, 2007] The skies continue to clear over the Opportunity site, and the dust is falling from both the sky and the rover. The last week was dedicated to evaluating the payload and assessing dust accumulation on the instruments.
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