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NASA to Begin Attempts to Free Sand-Trapped Mars Rover

Nov 12, 2009 | 5 / 5 (6) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA will begin transmitting commands to its Mars exploration rover Spirit on Monday as part of an escape plan to free the venerable robot from its Martian sand trap.

A Tale of Planetary Woe (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 11, 2009 | 4.2 / 5 (11) | 5

Once upon a time — roughly four billion years ago — Mars was warm and wet, much like Earth. Liquid water flowed on the Martian surface in long rivers that emptied into shallow seas. A thick atmosphere blanketed ...

Gullies and Flow Features on Crater Wall

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Nov 26, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- This image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a sample of the variety and complexity of processes that may occur ...

Distal Rampart of Crater in Chryse Planitia

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Nov 13, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Impact craters on Mars are kind of neat. Many of them look very different than impact craters seen on Earth's moon or Mercury. Fresh lunar and Mercurian craters have ejecta blankets that look ...

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Texas A&M prof to predict weather on Mars

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 04, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Is there such a thing as "weather" on Mars? There are some doubts, considering the planet's atmosphere is only 1 percent as dense as that of the Earth. Mars, however, definitely has clouds, drastically low temperatures and ...

NASA and Microsoft Allow Earthlings to Become Martians

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Nov 17, 2009 | 5 / 5 (5) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA and Microsoft Corp. of Redmond, Wash., have collaborated to create a Web site where Internet users can have fun while advancing their knowledge of Mars.

Taking a Bite of Antarctic Ice

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 16, 2009 | 3.8 / 5 (6) | 1

Scientists with NASA’s IceBite project are heading this week for University Valley, a hanging valley perched more than 1600 feet (more than 1 mile) above sea level in Antarctica’s McMurdo Dry Valleys. Their ...

Team Prepares to Uplink Commands to Spirit

Tilt Parameters End First Extrication Drive for Spirit

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Nov 17, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The preliminary results from the first extrication drive for Spirit on Sol 2088 (Nov. 17, 2009) indicate the rover stopped less than 1 second after it began, sensing more vehicle lateral tilt ...