Mars Today (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
As fall approaches Mars' northern plains, NASA's Phoenix Lander continues to dig into the red planet's soil and deliver samples to its onboard science instruments for analysis.
Space Ref (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
As fall approaches Mars' northern plains, NASA's Phoenix Lander continues to dig into the red planet's soil and deliver samples to its onboard science instruments for analysis.
Gizmodo (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
As the clock continues to tick for brave Phoenix so far away on Mars, the discoveries keep on rolling: this time, that snow falls on Mars. A laser instrument called for pulsing the atmosphere and...
ScrippsNews (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
Here's a sign that our government can still do some things right: NASA has extended the mission of the Mars Phoenix lander until its solar batteries die during the lightless Martian winter. read more
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
NASA announced on Monday it was extending the Mars Phoenix lander’s mission, saying it will operate until it dies in the cold, dark Martian winter.Since it was dropped onto the Martian surface in May, the Phoenix lander has already operated far longer than expected and its controllers said they would squeeze every drop of life they could out of the solar-powered lander.The lander...
The Plummet Onions (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
Okay, now it just seems like they’re getting a little bored: the Phoenix Martian explorer may peek under a rock. Kidding. This is actually rather exciting, since the explorer wasn’t designed to move rocks. If it can do so it might make future digging and sampling a lot easier. Posted in science Tagged: Mars, Phoenix [...]
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 09/20/2008
What it's doing * The three-legged Phoenix spacecraft is studying whether the the Martian north pole could have been favorable for microbial life to emerge. How much? * The space agency will invest about $6 million to keep the $422 million mission going through December.
NASA Watch (Free subscription) | 09/16/2008
Reader note: "I reviewed a presentation given by Professor Nilton O. Renno as part of the Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences division at MIT's Department Lecture Series on September 10th. It was called "Physical and Thermodynamical Evidence of Deliquescence and Liquid Water on Mars." During this presentation many students and professors in the room asked Dr. Renno about the long delay...
Space Ref (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
The Robotic Arm Camera on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander took this image on Sept. 1, 2008, at about 4 a.m. local solar time during the 97th Martian day, or sol, since landing.
Mars Today (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
The Robotic Arm Camera on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander took this image on Sept. 1, 2008, at about 4 a.m. local solar time during the 97th Martian day, or sol, since landing.
Gizmodo (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
The Mars Phoenix Lander has been Twittering away its mission details since landing on Mars in May. But lately, you can see a sense of impending doom starting to creep in, slowly: "It's noon, Sol 81....
Wired Science (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
After three months of mostly expected results, the Mars Phoenix Lander has a genuine puzzle on its hands, err, probes. The mission's recent confirmations of water ice in the soil and water vapor in the air have led the NASA...
Wired Science (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
Ever wonder what it would be like to lie out on the surface of Mars and watch the clouds go by? Well, now you can get a taste of it. Earlier this week, Mars Phoenix posted a video of the...
Mars Today (Free subscription) | 08/30/2008
As NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander excavates trenches, it also builds piles with most of the material scooped from the holes. The piles, like this one called "Caterpillar," provide researchers some information about the soil.
Mars Today (Free subscription) | 08/30/2008
This red-filter image taken by the lander's Surface Stereo Imager, shows the sun rising on the morning of sol 90, Aug. 25, 2008, the last day of the Phoenix nominal mission.
