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Scientists Find 'Missing' Mineral and Clues to Mars Mysteries
Researchers using a powerful instrument aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have found a long-sought-after mineral on the Martian surface and, with it, unexpected clues to the Red Planet's watery past.
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Phoenix Site on Mars May Be in Dry Climate Cycle Phase
The Martian arctic soil that NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander dug into this year is very cold and very dry.
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Mars Orbiter Completes First Phase of Science Mission
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has completed its primary, two-year science phase.
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New 3-D Views from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
The team operating the highest-resolution camera orbiting Mars has posted 362 stereo images, providing three-dimensional views of mounds, canyons, gullies and other features.
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NASA Orbiter Finds Martian Rock Record With 10 Beats to the Bar
Climate cycles persisting for millions of years on ancient Mars left a record of rhythmic patterns in thick stacks of sedimentary rock layers.
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Next NASA Mars Mission Rescheduled for 2011
NASA's Mars Science Laboratory will launch two years later than previously planned, in the fall of 2011.
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NASA Finishes Listening for Phoenix Mars Lander
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 lander and listen for its beep.
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NASA Spacecraft Detects Buried Glaciers on Mars
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has revealed vast Martian glaciers of water ice under protective blankets of rocky debris at much lower latitudes than any ice previously identified on the Red Planet.
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Site List Narrows For NASA's Next Mars Landing
Four intriguing places on Mars have risen to the final round as NASA selects a landing site for its next Mars mission, the Mars Science Laboratory.
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NASA Invites Students to Name New Mars Rover
NASA is looking for the right stuff, or in this case, the right name for the next Mars rover.
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Mars Rover Team Sets Low-Power Plan for NASA's Spirit
After assessing data received from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit on Thursday, mission controllers laid out plans for the rover to conserve its modest energy during the next few weeks.
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NASA Mars Lander Receives Award From Magazine
Phoenix has won recognition from Popular Science magazine as an innovation worthy of the publication's "Best of What's New" Grand Award in the aviation and space category.
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Controllers Cheer as Data Arrive From NASA's Spirit Rover
Spirit communicated via the Mars Odyssey orbiter today right at the time when ground controllers had told it to, prompting cheers among the rover team at JPL.
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Mars Rover Spirit Remains Quiet as Dust Storm Weakens
A dust storm that has reduced power to NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit is clearing, but the Spirit's status remains unknown on Wednesday.
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Dust Storm Cuts Energy Supply of NASA Mars Rover Spirit
A dust storm on Mars has cut into the amount of sunlight reaching the solar array on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, leaving the rover in a vulnerable state.
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Mars Phoenix Lander Finishes Successful Work
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has ceased communications after operating for more than five months.
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NASA Hearing Daily From Weak Phoenix Mars Lander
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has communicated with controllers daily since Oct. 30 through relays to Mars orbiters.
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NASA's Phoenix Mission Faces Survival Challenges
Phoenix, 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 night and Thursday morning.
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NASA's Phoenix Mission Faces Survival Challenges
NASA'S Phoenix Mars Lander entered safe mode late yesterday in response to a low-power fault brought on by deteriorating weather conditions.
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NASA's Phoenix Mission Faces Survival Challenges
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, starting today.