Martian weather report reveals ice and fog near surface
March 18th, 2011 - 2:08 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 18 (ANI): A pair of cameras mounted on the back of the Phoenix Mars Lander captured how laser light, emitted by the Lander's light detection and ranging (lidar) system, was ... Read more...
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NASA’s Mars Orbiter completes 5-yr mark
March 10th, 2011 - 12:55 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 10 (ANI): NASA's prolific Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has completed five years of circling the Red Planet.The orbiter has opened up a treasure trove of information about ancient environments, ice-age-scale climate ... Read more...
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‘Organics’ Found On Mars, Says New NASA Study
January 8th, 2011 - 8:37 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Jan 8, (THAINDIAN NEWS) A new study that has made space scientists excited indicates trace of life can be found on the soil of Mars. The study has been done ... Read more...
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NASA’s Odyssey spacecraft sets exploration record on Mars
December 16th, 2010 - 9:43 pm ICT by BNO News
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA (BNO NEWS) -- NASA's Mars Odyssey, which launched in 2001, has broken the record for longest-serving spacecraft at the Red Planet, the agency said.The probe began its 3,340th day in ... Read more...
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NASA’s Odyssey spacecraft becomes Mars’ longest-staying guest
December 16th, 2010 - 4:19 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 16 (ANI): NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft, which launched in 2001, has officially become the Red Planet's longest-staying guest.It broke break the record Wednesday for longest-serving spacecraft at the Red Planet. ... Read more...
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Mars had ‘recent’ interaction with water and volcanoes, finds study
September 10th, 2010 - 3:05 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 10 (ANI): Liquid water has interacted with the Martian surface throughout the planet's history and into modern times, according to data from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander.The research also offers new ... Read more...
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Missing piece of Mars puzzle may reveal whether life existed on planet
September 4th, 2010 - 5:49 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 4 (ANI): Experiments prompted by a 2008 surprise from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander suggest that soil examined by NASA's Viking Mars landers in 1976 may have contained carbon-based chemical building ... Read more...
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Carbon dioxide frost consigns Phoenix Mars Lander to history
May 25th, 2010 - 2:33 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 25 (ANI): NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has ended operations after carbon dioxide frost damaged the spacecraft's solar panels.Repeated attempts to contact the spacecraft were unsuccessful and a new image transmitted ... Read more...
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NASA declares Phoenix Mars lander dead
May 25th, 2010 - 7:04 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 25 (DPA) A robotic lander that confirmed the presence of ice on Mars was confirmed dead by NASA scientists Monday.
The Phoenix Mars lander was damaged by harsh conditions during the ... Read more...
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Top ten space finds of 2009
December 7th, 2009 - 5:52 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, December 7 (ANI): An article in the National Geographic News has listed the top ten space finds of the year 2009.At number 10 is the finding that a new computer ... Read more...
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Mars shares many similarities with Earth
July 3rd, 2009 - 3:14 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 3 (IANS) Parts of Mars resemble places on Earth, including its landscape, history of water, soil and even its weather, says a study.
Mark Lemmon, professor of atmospheric sciences at Texas ... Read more...
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Mars quite similar to planet Earth
July 3rd, 2009 - 12:35 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 3 (ANI): A new research has determined that many characteristics of Mars are quite similar to planet Earth, including its landscape, history of water, soil and even its weather.The research, ... Read more...
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Life on other planets will be found within 10 years: Mars explorer
April 25th, 2009 - 2:25 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 25 (ANI): A University of Arizona professor, who led NASA's Phoenix Mars Mission, has said that within 10 years life will be found outside Earth.Peter Smith held the audience spellbound ... Read more...
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Evidence of salt water found on Mars, scientists say
March 18th, 2009 - 12:28 am ICT by IANS
Washinton, March 17 (DPA) A group of scientists who worked on the Phoenix Mars lander last year say they have found evidence of liquid salt water on the red planet.
An analysis of ... Read more...
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NASAs top accomplishments in 2008
December 16th, 2008 - 4:28 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 16 (ANI): NASA has outlined its top ten science, exploration and discovery stories of 2008, the year in which the agency celebrated its 50th birthday.The top ten accomplishments are:International ... Read more...
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NASA concludes Mars lander programme
November 11th, 2008 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 11 (RIA Novosti) US space agency NASA said Tuesday its Phoenix Mars Lander had ceased communications after operating for more than five months on the red planet, and announced the ... Read more...
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NASA’’s Phoenix Lander ceases operations on Mars
November 11th, 2008 - 1:55 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 11 (ANI): NASA''s Phoenix Mars Lander has ceased communications after operating for more than five months on the Red Planet.
The decision was taken by NASA officials because seasonal decline ... Read more...
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NASA declares Phoenix Mars lander dead
November 11th, 2008 - 8:50 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 11 (DPA) After months of dust storms and severe cold, NASA's Phoenix Mars lander has been declared dead by mission scientists, who celebrated the probe's success as the first to ... Read more...
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NASA’’s Phoenix shuts down heaters to survive on Mars
October 29th, 2008 - 4:23 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 29 (ANI): Engineers with NASA''s Phoenix Mars Lander mission are trying to extend the lander''s survival by gradually shutting down some of its instruments and heaters.
Originally scheduled to last ... Read more...
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Falling snow discovered on Mars (Lead)
October 1st, 2008 - 1:30 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, Oct 1 (IANS) A Canadian-supplied meteorological station on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration' (NASA) Phoenix Mars Lander has found snow falling from clouds on Mars. Toronto-based York University scientists, who ... Read more...
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Snow spotted in Martian clouds: NASA
October 1st, 2008 - 12:51 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 1 (DPA) The Phoenix Mars lander has found snow falling from clouds above Mars, NASA has said.The snow evaporated before it reached the ground, Phoenix's instruments showed."Nothing like this view ... Read more...
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NASAs Phoenix sees snow falling from Martian clouds
September 30th, 2008 - 2:16 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, September 30 (ANI): In a discovery that is nothing less than astonishing, NASAs Phoenix Mars Lander has detected snow falling from Martian clouds.A laser instrument designed to gather knowledge of ... Read more...
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NASAs Phoenix captures Martian dust devils on camera
September 12th, 2008 - 12:17 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, September 12 (ANI): NASAs Phoenix Mars Lander has photographed several dust devils dancing across the arctic plain and sensed a dip in air pressure as one passed near the Lander.These ... Read more...
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NASAs Phoenix Mars Lander abandons underground salt search
September 10th, 2008 - 12:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, September 10 (ANI): NASAs Phoenix Mars Lander has abandoned its underground salt search, as soil from the Landers deepest trench has failed to fall into its wet chemistry laboratory, and ... Read more...
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NASAs Phoenix to collect soil sample in advance of winter
September 6th, 2008 - 4:39 pm ICT by ANI
London, September 6 (ANI): NASAs Phoenix Mars Lander will take a second stab at collecting ice from the bottom of the Snow White trench on the Red Planet, in advance of ... Read more...
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NASA’’s Phoenix extends its mission on Mars till September 30 (Re-Issue)
August 31st, 2008 - 10:58 am ICT by ANI
Washington, August 31 (ANI): NASA''s Phoenix Mars Lander, which has completed its 90-day primary mission on the Red Planet, has extended its activities till September 30. NASA made the decision after ... Read more...
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NASAs Phoenix extends its mission on Mars till September 30
August 30th, 2008 - 12:30 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 30 (ANI): NASAs Phoenix Mars Lander, which has completed its 90-day primary mission on the Red Planet, has extended its activities till September 30.NASA made the decision after ... Read more...
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NASA Mars Lander digs three times deeper than any other trench for soil sample
August 27th, 2008 - 4:34 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 27 (ANI): The next sample of Martian soil being grabbed for analysis is coming from a trench about three times deeper than any other trench NASAs Phoenix Mars Lander ... Read more...
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NASAs Phoenix Mars Lander scoops up soil sample for lab analysis
August 23rd, 2008 - 6:29 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 23 (ANI): NASAs Phoenix Mars Lander has scooped up a soil sample from an intermediate depth between the ground surface and a subsurface icy layer and delivered it to ... Read more...
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Phoenix Mars lander examines new soil sample
August 23rd, 2008 - 9:17 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 23 (DPA) The Phoenix Mars lander is examining a sample of soil from an "intermediate depth" of the Martian earth to determine if it is different from dirt at the ... Read more...
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NASAs Phoenix Mars Lander explores site by trenching
August 22nd, 2008 - 4:16 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 22 (ANI): NASAs Phoenix Mars Lander is continuing a dig into the area around the lander by trenching, with the spacecrafts robotic arm looking for new materials to analyze ... Read more...
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US spacecraft takes first image of Martian dust particle
August 15th, 2008 - 1:43 pm ICT by IANS
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Washington, Aug 15 (Xinhua) NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has taken the first image of a particle of Mars' ubiquitous dust, using its atomic force microscope, mission scientists have reported. The particle - ... Read more...
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NASA rubbishes web report claiming evidence of life on Mars
August 7th, 2008 - 2:44 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 7 (ANI): NASA officials have confirmed that contrary to some reports on the Internet, the Phoenix Mars Lander has not found any evidence of life on the Red Planet ... Read more...
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NASA probe confirms theres water on Mars!
August 1st, 2008 - 11:54 am ICT by ANI
Washington, August 1 (ANI): In a dramatic new development, laboratory tests aboard NASAs Phoenix Mars Lander have identified the presence of water in a soil sample.The landers robotic arm delivered the ... Read more...
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Martian ice undergoes unprecedented changes, observes NASA’’s Phoenix probe
July 30th, 2008 - 4:53 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 30 (ANI): NASA''s Phoenix Mars Lander have discovered visible changes in Martian ice, with cracks appearing in a distinctive hard-surface feature called "Snow Queen".
The feature visibly changed sometime ... Read more...
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