News tagged with phoenix
Mars explorer says we'll find life on other planets within 10 years
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 21, 2009 |
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Within 10 years, we'll find life outside Earth -- that's the prediction of Peter Smith, the University of Arizona professor who led NASA's Phoenix Mars Mission.
Phoenix Returns Treasure Trove for Science
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 27, 2008 |
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander performed its first wet chemistry experiment on Martian soil flawlessly yesterday, returning a wealth of data that for Phoenix scientists was like winning the lottery.
Mars Lander Sees Falling Snow, Soil Data Suggest Liquid Past
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 29, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has detected snow falling from Martian clouds. Spacecraft soil tests experiments also have provided evidence of past interaction between minerals and liquid water, ...
Liquid saltwater is likely present on Mars, new analysis shows
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Salty, liquid water has been detected on a leg of the Mars Phoenix Lander and therefore could be present at other locations on the planet, according to analysis by a group of mission scientists ...
Phoenix Rasps Frozen Layer, Collects Sample
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 16, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A powered rasp on the back of the robotic arm scoop of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander successfully drilled into the frozen soil and loosened material that was collected in the lander's scoop.
NASA's Phoenix Lander Delivers Soil-Chemistry Sample
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 08, 2008 |
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander used its Robotic Arm to deliver a second sample of soil for analysis by the spacecraft's wet chemistry laboratory, data received from Phoenix on Sunday night confirmed.
Swiss nano-microscope delivers first images recorded on Mars
Jul 11, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time ever, nanostructures have been measured on another planet. On July 9, the NASA "Phoenix" Mars Probe recorded images with nanometer resolution (one nanometer roughly corresponds ...
NASA Hearing Daily From Weak Phoenix Mars Lander
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 04, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has communicated with controllers daily since Oct. 30 through relays to Mars orbiters. Information received over the weekend indicates Phoenix is running out of ...
Phoenix Mars Lander Digs Deeper as Third Month Nears End
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 26, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The next sample of Martian soil being grabbed for analysis is coming from a trench about three times deeper than any other trench NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has dug.
Phoenix Lander Might Peek Under a Rock
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 22, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- If the robotic arm on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander can nudge a rock aside today, scientists on the Phoenix team would like to see what's underneath.
Phoenix Images Discarded Heat Shield
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 18, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new color high-resolution image from the Phoenix Mars Lander shows its crumpled heat shield about 150 meters away from the spacecraft.
NASA Finishes Listening for Phoenix Mars Lander
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 02, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- After nearly a month of daily checks to determine whether Martian NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander would be able to communicate again, the agency has stopped using its Mars orbiters to hail the ...
Ice Cold Sunrise on Mars
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 27, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- From the location of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, above the Martian arctic circle, the sun does not set during the peak of the Martian summer.
Phoenix Mars Team Opens Window on Scientific Process
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 06, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Phoenix Mars mission scientists spoke today on research in progress concerning an ongoing investigation of perchlorate salts detected in soil analyzed by the wet chemistry laboratory aboard ...
Phoenix Mars Lander Working With Sticky Soil
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 29, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists and engineers on NASA's Phoenix Mars Mission spent the weekend examining how the icy soil on Mars interacts with the scoop on the lander's robotic arm, while trying different techniques ...
