Mars Mission May Be In Jeopardy, NPR “NASA’s inspector general issued a significant list Wednesday of items that need to be resolved before the next mission to Mars can be […]
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NASA OIG Report on Mars Science Laboratory Released
NASA OIG: Final Report: NASA’s Management of the Mars Science Laboratory Project “Our analysis of the Project’s current estimate to complete development indicates that even the $537 million figure may […]
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Farewell Spirit
NASA Concludes Attempts To Contact Mars Rover Spirit “NASA is ending attempts to regain contact with the long-lived Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, which last communicated on March 22, 2010. A […]
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JPL Screws Up Spirit Shutdown Announcement
NASA to abandon trapped rover Spirit, AP “The space agency tried every trick to listen for Spirit to no avail. Project manager John Callas of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory said […]
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SpaceX Has Its Eyes on Mars
Keith’s note: A new SpaceX Commercial Crew video shows Dragon landing – on Mars.
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Massive CO2 Deposits Found on Mars
NASA Spacecraft Reveals Dramatic Changes In Mars’ Atmosphere “NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has discovered the total amount of atmosphere on Mars changes dramatically as the tilt of the planet’s […]
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NRC Calls For Elevating Space Life Science Research Priorities
Renewal of a Life and Physical Sciences Research Program at NASA Could Facilitate Longer, Farther Human Space Missions “By elevating its life and physical sciences research program, NASA could achieve […]
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James Cameron's 3D Camera Is Not Going to Mars
NASA Stops Work on James Cameron’s Cameras for Mars Science Laboratory “Work has stopped on an alternative version of the instrument, with a pair of zoom-lens cameras, which would have […]
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Cryptic Tweet by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter HiRISE Team
Keith’s 21 March 9:20 pm EDT note: This Tweet was just posted by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter HiRISE Team: “We’ve been quiet lately. But we have a good reason.”
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Opportunity Is Busy On Mars
NASA Mars Rover Opportunity Update: Study of ‘Ruiz Garcia’ Rock Completed (with images) “Opportunity Status for sol 2527-2532: Opportunity completed the in-situ (contact) investigation on the surface target Ruiz Garcia […]