http://www.marstoday.com/ Mars Today - Mars News as it Happens en-us Thu, 2 Jul 2009 18:25:00 PST kcowing@spaceref.com (Keith Cowing) mkboucher@spaceref.com (Marc Boucher) Copyright 2007, SpaceRef Interactive Inc. http://images.spaceref.com/mtrss.jpg http://www.marstoday.com/ 113 53 Mars Today - a service of SpaceRef http://www.marstoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=28614 Warm weather near the Martian equator may have melted the ice in ice-rich soils as recently as 2 million years ago, according to a paper published yesterday in "Earth and Planetary Science Letters." Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:41:14 http://www.marstoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=28552 NASA's Mars rover Spirit, lodged in Martian soil that is causing traction trouble, is taking advantage of the situation by learning more about the Red Planet's environmental history. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:09:56 http://www.marstoday.com/news/viewsr.rss.html?pid=31612 Unfortunately, with the current economy and priorities at NASA, the time has come to close out the program and look forward to the next adventure. Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:05:19 http://www.marstoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=28539 With the whoosh of compressed gas and the whir of unspooling wire, a team of Boulder scientists and engineers tested a new instrument prototype that might be used to detect groundwater deep inside Mars. Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:34:11 http://www.marstoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=28535 NASA's long-lived Mars Odyssey spacecraft has completed an eight-month adjustment of its orbit, positioning itself to look down at the day side of the planet in mid-afternoon instead of late afternoon. Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:13:26 http://www.marstoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=28478 A University of Colorado at Boulder research team has discovered the first definitive evidence of shorelines on Mars, an indication of a deep, ancient lake there and a finding with implications for the discovery of past life on the Red Planet. Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:21:50 http://www.marstoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=28471 NASA invites you to submit your name to be included on a microchip that will be sent to Mars as part of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, scheduled to launch in 2011. Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:47:40 http://www.marstoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=28415 Techniques and instrumentation initially developed for ExoMars - Europe's next robotic mission to Mars in 2016 - but now due to fly on a NASA mission in 2018, could also provide the answers to the globally pressing issue of energy supply. Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:51:07 http://www.marstoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=28404 Scientists have developed a new cleaning protocol for space hardware, such as the scoops of Mars rovers, which could be used on future "Search for Life" missions on other planets. Tue, 9 Jun 2009 19:34:19 http://www.marstoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=28396 NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is examining Mars again with its scientific instruments after successfully transitioning out of a precautionary standby mode triggered by an unexpected June 3 rebooting of its computer. Tue, 9 Jun 2009 13:33:31 http://www.marstoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=28377 NASA scientists modeled freezing conditions on Mars to test whether liquid water could have been present to form the surface features of the Martian landscape. Sat, 6 Jun 2009 20:25:54 http://www.marstoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=28356 NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is in safe mode and in communications with Earth after an unexpected rebooting of its computer Wednesday evening, June 3. Thu, 4 Jun 2009 16:07:33 http://www.marstoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=28343 MDA Alliance Delivers Engineering Model of Robotic Arm for NASA's Next Mars Rover Wed, 3 Jun 2009 20:53:07 http://www.marstoday.com/news/viewsr.rss.html?pid=31384 NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter HiRISE Images - May 27, 2009 Tue, 2 Jun 2009 7:17:39 http://www.marstoday.com/news/viewsr.rss.html?pid=31383 NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter HiRISE Images - May 20, 2009 Tue, 2 Jun 2009 7:17:26