Spacecraft at Mars Prepare to Welcome New Kid on the Block

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Feb 28, 2008 | 4.3 / 5 (3) | 0

Three Mars spacecraft are adjusting their orbits to be over the right place at the right time to listen to NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander as it enters the Martian atmosphere on May 25.

Mars Orbiter Photographs Avalanches

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Mar 03, 2008 | 4.8 / 5 (21) | 5

A NASA spacecraft in orbit around Mars has taken the first ever image of active avalanches near the Red Planet's north pole. The image shows tan clouds billowing away from the foot of a towering slope, where ...

Where is Beagle 2? The search continues

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Feb 16, 2007 | 3.6 / 5 (15) | 0

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) spacecraft has used its onboard High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera (HiRISE) to take a colour image of a region of Mars in the vicinity of the intended ...

Phoenix Spacecraft Commanded to Unstow Arm

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May 28, 2008 | 4.8 / 5 (6) | 0

Scientists leading NASA's Phoenix Mars mission from the University of Arizona in Tucson sent commands to unstow its robotic arm and take more images of its landing site early today.

MRO Spacecraft Images Mars Moon in Color and in 3D

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Apr 09, 2008 | 4.5 / 5 (11) | 3

A new stereo view of Phobos, the larger and inner of Mars' two tiny moons, has been captured by a NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars.

Mars orbiter makes a grab for red planet

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Mar 10, 2006 | 4.2 / 5 (11) | 0

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter was going through maneuvers to place itself into orbit around the red planet Friday, scientists in California said.

Reconnaissance Orbiter Reveals Details of a Wetter Mars

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Oct 28, 2008 | 4.3 / 5 (39) | 18

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has observed a new category of minerals spread across large regions of Mars. This discovery suggests that liquid water remained on the planet's surface a ...

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera Concern Resolved

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Aug 27, 2007 | 4.3 / 5 (6) | 0

Diagnostic tests and months of stable, successful operation have resolved concerns raised early this year about long-term prospects for the powerful telescopic camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

NASA Satellite Finds Interior of Mars Is Colder

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May 15, 2008 | 4.4 / 5 (22) | 2

New observations from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter indicate that the crust and upper mantle of Mars are stiffer and colder than previously thought.

Mars Orbiter Examines 'Lace' and 'Lizard Skin' Terrain

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Dec 11, 2007 | 3.6 / 5 (29) | 7

Scrutiny by NASA's newest Mars orbiter is helping scientists learn the stories of some of the weirdest landscapes on Mars, as well as more familiar-looking parts of the Red Planet.

Planets Align for the 4th of July

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Jul 02, 2008 | 4.1 / 5 (19) | 0

News Flash: On 4th of July weekend, NASA forecasts lights in the sky. No, not those lights. Look beyond the fireworks. Almost halfway up the western sky, just above the twilight glow of sunset, a trio of worlds ...

Frost-Covered Phoenix Lander Seen in Winter Images

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Nov 05, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (5) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Winter images of NASA's Phoenix Lander showing the lander shrouded in dry-ice frost on Mars have been captured with the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, or HiRISE camera, aboard ...

Fast-Talking NASA Spacecraft Starts Final Approach to Mars

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Mar 08, 2006 | 4 / 5 (19) | 0

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has begun its final approach to the red planet after activating a sequence of commands designed to get the spacecraft successfully into orbit.

NASA Mars Lander Prepares to Move Arm

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May 27, 2008 | 4.8 / 5 (5) | 0

NASA's Phoenix Lander is ready to begin moving its robotic arm, first unlatching its wrist and then flexing its elbow. Mission scientists are eager to move Phoenix's robotic arm, for that arm will deliver ...

Phoenix Mars Lander Works Through the Night

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Jul 22, 2008 | 3.8 / 5 (19) | 19

(PhysOrg.com) -- To coordinate with observations made by an orbiter flying repeatedly overhead, NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is working a schedule Monday that includes staying awake all night for the first time. ...