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The Viewspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
... support the hope that once Mars was habitable and it possibly supported life- as quoted by Doug McCuistion, director of Mars Exploration Programme, NASA. These findings include excavating soil above the ice table, revealing at least two distinct types of ice deposits and providing data on temperature, pressure, humidity and wind. Findings also include small concentration of salts...
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GadgetPimp.com (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
... that this is it. However, the Phoenix lives on as the analysis of data is studied further. Doug McCuistion, director of the Mars Exploration Program in Washington said, “With the upcoming launch of the Mars Science Laboratory, the Mars Program never sleeps.” Tags: exploration (T) , mars (T) , mars exploration program (T) , mars lander (T) , nasa (T) , phoenix (T) , solar arrays (T)...
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Global Security (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
... step to spur the hope that we can show Mars was once habitable and possibly supported life," said Doug McCuistion, director of the Mars Exploration Program at NASA Headquarters in Washington.According to NASA, "additional findings include documenting a mildly alkaline soil environment unlike any found by earlier Mars missions; finding small concentrations of salts that could be nutrients...
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BJP (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
Launched Aug 4, 2007, Phoenix landed on the Martian surface May 25, 2008. The $420-million mission lasted much longer than the planned three months, and verified the presence of water-ice in the Martian subsurface, among other important scientific findings. “Phoenix provided an important step to spur the hope that we can show Mars was once habitable and possibly supported life,” said Doug McCuistion,...
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Los Angeles Times (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
Pronouncing the $475-million mission a success, Doug McCuistion, director of NASA's Mars Exploration Program, said the end should be an occasion for celebration rather than disappointment."This is an Irish wake rather than a funeral," he said during a briefing with reporters at NASA headquarters in Washington.After landing May 25 on a dimpled Martian plain, Phoenix made several discoveries...
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Top Stories: BreakingNews.ie (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
... arctic plains, scientists had said it was a matter of time before Phoenix would freeze to death.Doug McCuistion, who heads the Mars exploration programme at Nasa headquarters, said people should view Phoenix’s end as “an Irish wake rather than a funeral”.“It’s certainly been a grand adventure,” Mr McCuistion said.Since its successful landing in May, Phoenix has sent back a...
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LA Times (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
Pronouncing the $475-million mission a success, Doug McCuistion, director of NASA's Mars Exploration Program, said the end should be an occasion for celebration rather than disappointment."This is an Irish wake rather than a funeral," he said during a briefing with reporters at NASA headquarters in Washington.After landing May 25 on a dimpled Martian plain, Phoenix made several discoveries...
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Denver Post (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
... fifth year near the planet's equatorial region, Phoenix's days were numbered from the outset. Doug McCuistion, who heads the Mars exploration program at NASA headquarters, said people should view Phoenix's end as "an Irish wake rather than a funeral." The Associated Press
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Channel 4 (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
... arctic plains, scientists had said it was a matter of time before Phoenix would freeze to death.Doug McCuistion, who heads the Mars exploration programme at Nasa headquarters, said people should view Phoenix's end as "an Irish wake rather than a funeral". "It's certainly been a grand adventure," Mr McCuistion said. Since its successful landing in May, Phoenix has sent back...
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
... plains, scientists had said it was a matter of time before Phoenix would freeze to death.
Doug McCuistion, who heads the Mars exploration program at NASA headquarters, said people should view Phoenix's end as "an Irish wake rather than a funeral."
"It's certainly been a grand adventure," McCuistion said.
Since its successful landing in May, Phoenix has sent...
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Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
... panels."While we are losing a spacecraft, it's really an Irish wake, rather than a funeral," said Doug McCuistion, director of the Mars Exploration Program. "We should celebrate what Phoenix has done, what the Phoenix team has done and where it will take the [Mars] program in the future."In 2009, NASA plans to launch the Mars Science Laboratory, a rover sent to supplement two others...
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Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
... arctic plains, scientists had said it was a matter of time before Phoenix would freeze to death.Doug McCuistion, who heads the at NASA headquarters, said people should view Phoenix's end as "an rather than a funeral.""It's certainly been a grand adventure," said.Since its successful landing in May, Phoenix has sent back a bonanza of scientific discoveries. Its first breakthrough was...
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USA Today (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
... arctic plains, scientists had said it was a matter of time before Phoenix would freeze to death.Doug McCuistion, who heads the Mars exploration program at NASA headquarters, said people should view Phoenix's end as "an Irish wake rather than a funeral.""It's certainly been a grand adventure," McCuistion said.Since its successful landing in May, Phoenix has sent back a bonanza...
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Examiner (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
... arctic plains, scientists had said it was a matter of time before Phoenix would freeze to death.Doug McCuistion, who heads the Mars exploration program at NASA headquarters, said people should view Phoenix's end as "an Irish wake rather than a funeral.""It's certainly been a grand adventure," McCuistion said.Since its successful landing in May, Phoenix has sent back a bonanza...
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News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
... arctic plains, scientists had said it was a matter of time before Phoenix would freeze to death.Doug McCuistion, who heads the Mars exploration programme at Nasa headquarters, said people should view Phoenix's end as "an Irish wake rather than a funeral"."It's certainly been a grand adventure," Mr McCuistion said.Since its successful landing in May, Phoenix has sent back a...
