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Trench map collection solves 95 year-old mystery

Other Sciences / Other

Jul 30, 2009 | 3.3 / 5 (3) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- McMaster's collection of trench maps from the First World War is being put to work more than 90 years after the end of hostilities.

Analysis Begins on Deepest Martian Soil Sample

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Sep 02, 2008 | 4.5 / 5 (6) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have begun to analyze a sample of soil delivered to NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's wet chemistry experiment from the deepest trench dug so far in the Martian arctic plains. Phoenix ...

Phoenix Mars Lander Extending Trench

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jul 15, 2008 | 3.3 / 5 (7) | 2

NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is using its Robotic Arm to enlarge an exposure of hard subsurface material expected to yield a sample of ice-rich soil for analysis in one of the lander's ovens.

Phoenix Digs Deeper Trench

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jun 16, 2008 | 5 / 5 (5) | 2

This color-coded elevation map shows the "Dodo-Goldilocks" trench dug by the Robotic Arm on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander.

NASA Phoenix Lander Bakes Sample, Arm Digs Deeper

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jun 17, 2008 | 4.7 / 5 (9) | 0

One of the ovens on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander continued baking its first sample of Martian soil over the weekend, while the Robotic Arm dug deeper into the soil to learn more about white material first revealed ...

Phoenix Scrapes to Icy Soil in Wonderland

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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.

Soil Studies Continue at Site of Phoenix Mars Lander

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Aug 11, 2008 | 3.7 / 5 (3) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has continued studies of its landing site by widening a trench, making overnight measurements of conductivity in the Martian soil and depositing a sample of surface ...

Phoenix Mars Lander Digs Deeper as Third Month Nears End

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Aug 26, 2008 | 4.2 / 5 (15) | 1

(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 Mars Lander Delivers Soil Sample to Microscope

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jun 12, 2008 | 3.9 / 5 (10) | 0

NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander sprinkled a spoonful of Martian soil Wednesday onto the sample wheel of the spacecraft's robotic microscope station, images received early Thursday confirmed.

New evidence from excavations supports theory of the 'Birth of Zeus'

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

Feb 02, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (12) | 0

In the third century BCE, the Greek poet Callimachus wrote a 'Hymn to Zeus' asking the ancient, and most powerful, Greek god whether he was born in Arcadia on Mt. Lykaion or in Crete on Mt. Ida.

Mid-Depth Soil Collected for Lab Test On NASA's Mars Lander

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Aug 22, 2008 | 4.1 / 5 (9) | 0

NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has scooped up a soil sample from an intermediate depth between the ground surface and a subsurface icy layer. The sample was delivered to a laboratory oven on the spacecraft.

Phoenix Revises Method to Deliver Icy Sample

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jul 28, 2008 | 4.1 / 5 (7) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's robotic arm will use a revised collection-and-delivery sequence overnight Sunday with the goal of depositing an icy soil sample in the lander's oven.

Phoenix Rasps Frozen Layer, Collects Sample

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jul 16, 2008 | 4.4 / 5 (19) | 6

(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.

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