News tagged with martian surface

Mission accomplished: 105-day Mars mission simulation ends in Moscow

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Jul 14, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A crew of six today completed their simulated Mars mission after leaving a special isolation facility in Moscow, Russia, for the first time in 105 days. Their mission is part of the Mars500 ...

Geological landforms indicate 'recent' warm weather on Mars

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Jun 29, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (13) | 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research led by a UK scientist indicates that Mars had significantly warmer weather in its recent past than previously thought. The research, funded by the UK’s Science and Technology ...

The search for unusual alien life on Earth and life that can survive on Mars

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Apr 21, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (5) | 0

Questions such as "How to search for weird alien life?" and "Would Earth microbes survive if delivered to the surface of Mars?" are addressed in articles that are part of the collection of reports presented ...

Sensitive laser instrument could aid search for life on Mars

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 15, 2008 | 3.8 / 5 (6) | 1

Minuscule traces of cells can be detected in a mineral likely present on Mars, a new study shows. The results, obtained using a technique developed at the U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory, could help ...

'Cold' Mars Could Have Harbored Liquid Water

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Jun 01, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (9) | 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new NASA study provides further evidence that Martian minerals dissolved in water could have kept that water from freezing, even on a cold, early Mars.

Phoenix Scrapes to Icy Soil in Wonderland

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Jun 30, 2008 | 4.1 / 5 (7) | 1

NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander scraped to icy soil in the "Wonderland" area on Thursday, June 26, confirming that surface soil, subsurface soil and icy soil can be sampled at a single trench.

Patterns in Mars crater floors give picture of drying lakes

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Sep 16, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (6) | 0

Networks of giant polygonal troughs etched across crater basins on Mars have been identified as desiccation cracks caused by evaporating lakes, providing further evidence of a warmer, wetter martian past.  ...

Mars Dust Devil Has Colorful Effect in Image Series

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Jul 14, 2009 | 3.5 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have combined a trio of shots taken seconds apart through different colored filters to create a special-effects portrait of a moving dust devil on Mars.

Phoenix Scoops Up Martian Soil

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jun 02, 2008 | 4.2 / 5 (30) | 7

One week after landing on far-northern Mars, NASA Phoenix spacecraft lifted its first scoop of Martian soil as a test of the lander's Robotic Arm.

Layered Crater on Mars

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Jul 18, 2007 | 4.4 / 5 (10) | 0

This image covers an impact crater roughly 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) in diameter. The subimage shows just a small segment of the crater rim (1336 x 889; 3 MB). ...

Important role of groundwater springs in shaping Mars

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Dec 11, 2008 | 4.3 / 5 (9) | 0

Data and images from Mars Express suggest that several Light Toned Deposits, some of the least understood features on Mars, were formed when large amounts of groundwater burst on to the surface. Scientists ...

Martian weather satellite's first report

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Oct 13, 2008 | 4.5 / 5 (16) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists now have a ‘Martian weather satellite’ to observe the weather on Mars in the same way as they monitor Earth’s weather. Its first ‘weather report’ has been given by a team including ...

3-D Views Posted From NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander

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Jul 18, 2008 | 4.2 / 5 (5) | 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Phoenix Mars Mission has released stereo images of the Martian surface near the Phoenix lander. The images in the new 3-D Gallery combine views from the left and right "eyes" of the ...

New Views of Martian Moon and Surface

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Mar 09, 2009 | 4.4 / 5 (10) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- New images from two observations of the Martian moon Deimos and more than 600 observations of Mars, acquired by the high-resolution camera (HiRISE) on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, became ...

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