News tagged with phoenix
Mars explorer says we'll find life on other planets within 10 years
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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.
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 ...
Mars Odyssey Orbiter Puts Itself Into Safe Standby
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter put itself into a safe standby mode on Saturday, Nov. 28, and the team operating the spacecraft has begun implementing careful steps designed to resume Odyssey's ...
Frost-Covered Phoenix Lander Seen in Winter Images
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 05, 2009 |
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(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 ...
Report: Images from Mars lander show liquid water
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Did NASA's Phoenix Mars lander find evidence of liquid water before it froze to death?
Phoenix Site on Mars May be in Dry Climate Cycle Phase
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 15, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Martian arctic soil that NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander dug into this year is very cold and very dry. However, when long-term climate cycles make the site warmer, the soil may get moist enough ...
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 ...
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 Out Of Communication
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 30, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA'S Phoenix Mars Lander, with its solar-electric power shrinking due to shorter daylight hours and a dust storm, did not respond to an orbiter's attempt to communicate with it Wednesday ...
Phoenix Mars Mission Faces Survival Challenges
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 29, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In a race against time and the elements, engineers with NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander mission hope to extend the lander's survival by gradually shutting down some of its instruments and heaters, ...
Phoenix Lander Finishes Soil Delivery to Onboard Labs
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 22, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has finished scooping soil samples to deliver to its onboard laboratories, and is now preparing to analyze samples already obtained. Scientists are anxious to analyze ...
Phoenix Gets Bonus Soil Sample
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 20, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Mars Phoenix Lander's robotic arm successfully delivered soil into oven six of the lander's thermal and evolved-gas analyzer (TEGA) on Monday, Oct. 13, or Martian day (sol) 137 of the ...
Phoenix Lander Digs and Analyzes Soil as Darkness Gathers
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 09, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As fall approaches Mars' northern plains, NASA's Phoenix Lander is busy digging into the Red Planet's soil and scooping it into its onboard science laboratories for analysis.
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, ...
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.
