Spirit Mars Rover May Never Phone Home Again
Last year, Spirit became stuck in loose sand. This prevented the rover from driving to a sun-facing slope for the winter NASA mission controllers have not…
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Strange Martian Spirals Explained
Mariner 9 image of the north polar cap of Mars. The image was taken on 12 October 1972, about one-half Martian month after summer solstice, at…
Read the article →Phoenix Mars Lander Is Damaged
Two images of the Phoenix Mars lander taken from Martian orbit in 2008 and 2010. The 2008 lander image shows two relatively blue spots on either…
Read the article →Mars500 Experiment
The purpose of the Mars500 study is to gather data, knowledge and experience to help prepare for a real mission to Mars. Obviously there will be…
Read the article →Mars500 to Mars and Back Simulation
A crew of six, including two Europeans, will soon begin a simulated mission to Mars in a mockup that includes an interplanetary spaceship, Mars lander and…
Read the article →Phobos Flyby Images
Images from the recent flyby of Phobos, on 7 March 2010, are released today. The images show Mars’ rocky moon in exquisite detail, with a resolution…
Read the article →Mars Express’ Phobos Flyby Success
This image of Phobos’s surface was obtained by the Super Resolution Channel (or SRC, a part of the High Resolution Stereo Camera experiment) on board ESA’s…
Read the article →Spirit Journeys to the Center of Mars
Spirit’s view of its own predicament. The rover is now parked for the winter with its solar panels tilted 9 degrees away from the sun. Mars…
Read the article →Mars Spirit Rover Stationery on Mars for Good
Jan. 26, 2010: After six years of unprecedented exploration of the Red Planet, NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit no longer will be a fully mobile robot.…
Read the article →Mars Close Encounter
It rises in the east at sunset, pumpkin-orange and brighter than a first magnitude star. You stare at it, unblinking. Unblinking, it stares right back. It…
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