http://www.marstoday.com/ Mars Today - Mars News as it Happens en-us Tue, 9 Feb 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/viewsr.rss.html?pid=33433 NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter HiRISE Images February 3, 2010 Sun, 7 Feb 2010 19:12:49 http://www.marstoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=30153 The Mars Express High Resolution Stereo Camera has imaged craters both young and old in this view of the Southern Highlands of Mars. Wed, 3 Feb 2010 12:07:42 http://www.marstoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=30092 One of the skywatching highlights of the year takes place on the night of January 29, as the full Moon and the planet Mars march high across the sky. Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:18:51 http://www.marstoday.com/news/viewsr.rss.html?pid=33312 After six years of unprecedented exploration of the Red Planet, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit no longer will be a fully mobile robot. Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:53:44 http://www.marstoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=30083 NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Jan. 26 to discuss the status of the agency's Mars rover Spirit. The robotic explorer has been stuck in sandy soil on Mars for the past eight months. Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:13:01 http://www.marstoday.com/news/viewsr.rss.html?pid=33306 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:53:59 http://www.marstoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=30071 "Marquette Island is different in composition and character from any known rock on Mars or meteorite from Mars," said Steve Squyres of Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. Fri, 22 Jan 2010 8:17:41 http://www.marstoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=30055 The most powerful camera aboard a NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars will soon be taking photo suggestions from the public. Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:47:26 http://www.marstoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=30053 How would you like to decide what should be photographed by NASA's most powerful camera orbiting Mars on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter? Well now you can. Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:01:27 http://www.marstoday.com/news/viewsr.rss.html?pid=33271 Spirit remains embedded at the location called "Troy" on the West side of Home Plate. Extrication drives were tried on sols 2138, 2140 and 2142 (Jan. 7, 9 and 11, 2010). Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:09:56 http://www.marstoday.com/news/viewsr.rss.html?pid=33270 On Sol 2124, Opportunity crossed the 19-kilometer odometry milestone! A near-term science objective along the path towards Endeavour Crater is a relatively fresh impact crater, called "Conception," approximately 250 meters (820 feet) to the south. Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:04:05 http://www.marstoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=30034 ESA and NASA are inviting scientists from across the world to propose instruments for their joint Mars mission, the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter. Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:38:36 http://www.marstoday.com/news/viewsr.rss.html?pid=33267 NASA Mars Odyssey THEMIS Images: January 11-15, 2010 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:03:50 http://www.marstoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=29994 Beginning Jan. 18, NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter will listen for possible, though improbable, radio transmissions from the Phoenix Mars Lander, which completed five months of studying an arctic Martian site in November 2008. Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:01:19 http://www.marstoday.com/news/viewsr.rss.html?pid=33206 Spirit remains embedded at the location called "Troy" on the west side of Home Plate. Attempts to extricate Spirit have been complicated by the lack of functionality in both the right-rear and right-front wheels. Sat, 9 Jan 2010 9:25:39