Researchers at NASA have just been awarded new funds to study data that has been collected by the space agency's Phoenix Mars Lander before the harsh conditions on Mars subdued it.Engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California, who managed the lander's mission, lost contact with t... |
31 August 2010
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The race to the Moon starts to look more as an obligation rather than a competition, with Korea adding up to the increasing number of the countries which turn their face to our natural satellite. It feels like it's the normal thing to do if you want to get noticed as an important nation. Recently, South Korea ha... |
2 December 2008
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You must be thinking that the poor lander has been pronounced dead several times now and you're right to some extent. The difference is that, this time, it's for good. Although hopes for any sign of communication with the brave lander were extremely low, NASA technicians still made a few more attempts to li... |
2 December 2008
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The mission of the Phoenix Mars Lander seems to have hit a snag last week after soil samples delivered by the robotic arm of the spacecraft failed to pass through the screen of the test oven of the Thermal and Evolved Gas Analyzer instrument. The TEGA instrument is equipped with seven other such ovens, which could po... |
10 June 2008
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Launched by the European Space Agency in 2003, the Mars Express was the first European spacecraft in the orbit of the Red Planet. After four years of continuous study of the planet's surface and sending countless images, this Friday the orbiter will complete its 5000th orbit around Earth's sister planet.Equ... |
23 November 2007
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NASA's Phoenix Mars lander is ready to launch and agency officials presented August 3 as the earliest possible launch date, despite a hardware glitch that caused one of its cameras to malfunction and the massive Mars storm that is currently affecting the other two probes on the surface, Mars Spirit and Opportun... |
10 July 2007
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The next robotic probe scheduled to land on Mars is the Phoenix Mars Lander, a new rover built for the purpose of touching and analyzing Martian water for the first time. Right now it is being prepared for launch at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.But before the actual launch, scientists are concerned th... |
15 June 2007
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The Phoenix, a fabulous mythical bird the size of an eagle, symbolizes rebirth in many ancient cultures. According to the ancient Greeks, the bird lives in Arabia, nearby a coolwell and sings a beautiful morning song. The phoenix lives 500 years or longer with only one phoenix existing at a time. When the bird'... |
16 April 2007
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