http://www.marstoday.com/ Mars Today - Mars News as it Happens en-us Fri, 3 Sep 2010 5:25:00 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=31505 Orcus Patera is an enigmatic elliptical depression near Mars's equator, in the eastern hemisphere of the planet. Located between the volcanoes of Elysium Mons and Olympus Mons, its formation remains a mystery. Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:25:01 http://www.marstoday.com/news/viewsr.rss.html?pid=34771 Opportunity again drove five times in the past week, adding more to the total rover odometry as she makes her way to Endeavour crater. Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:18:14 http://www.marstoday.com/news/viewsr.rss.html?pid=34770 Spirit remains silent at her location called "Troy" on the west side of Home Plate. No communication has been received from the rover since Sol 2210 (March 22, 2010). Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:16:47 http://www.marstoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=31361 UA-Operated Stereo Camera Selected for Mars Mission Tue, 3 Aug 2010 17:05:23 http://www.marstoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=31356 Canadian Space Agency Contributing to 2016 Mars Mission Mon, 2 Aug 2010 20:37:43 http://www.marstoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=31352 NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) have embarked on a joint program to explore Mars in the coming decades and selected the five science instruments for the first mission. Mon, 2 Aug 2010 12:37:57 http://www.marstoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=31344 NASA mission controllers have not heard from the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit since March 22, and the rover is facing its toughest challenge yet -- trying to survive the harsh Martian winter. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 9:12:09 http://www.marstoday.com/news/viewsr.rss.html?pid=34611 Spirit Remains Silent at Troy Thu, 29 Jul 2010 9:24:59 http://www.marstoday.com/news/viewsr.rss.html?pid=34610 Due to Odyssey's safing event none of the planned Ultra-High Frequency (UHF) downlink passes for this period occurred. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 9:24:11 http://www.marstoday.com/news/viewsr.rss.html?pid=34609 In its six-and-a-half years on Mars, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity had never seen a dust devil before this month, despite some systematic searches in past years and the fact that its twin rover, Spirit, has seen dozens of dust devils. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 9:22:43 http://www.marstoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=31333 Talk about a growth-spurt. In one week, Curiosity grew by approximately 1 meter (3.5 feet) when spacecraft technicians and engineers attached the rover's neck and head (called the Remote Sensing Mast) to its body. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:53:42 http://www.marstoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=31310 A camera aboard NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft has helped develop the most accurate global Martian map ever. Researchers and the public can access the map via several websites and explore and survey the entire surface of the Red Planet. Fri, 23 Jul 2010 9:16:04 http://www.marstoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=31233 NASA and Microsoft Research are bringing Mars to life with new features in the WorldWide Telescope software that provides viewers with a high-resolution 3-D map of the Red Planet. Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:00:04 http://www.marstoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=31185 NASA's Curiosity rover, coming together for a late 2011 launch to Mars, has a newly installed component: a key onboard X-ray instrument for helping the mission achieve its goals. Tue, 6 Jul 2010 12:02:13 http://www.marstoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=31149 When Mars Express set sail for the crater named after Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan, it found a windblown plateau and mysterious rocky mounds nearby. Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:58:18