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Phoenix Mars spacecraft makes safe Mars landing

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2008-05-26 00:24:47 by Darrin Olson in SlipperyBrick
...Mars spacecraft today sent back signals that it has made a safe landing on the surface of Mars. The Phoenix spacecraft appears to have hit the intended target in the icy area of Mars arctic circle Signals sent from Phoenix were delayed by 15 minutes as they were routed through the Odyssey satellite currently orbiting Mars and back to the Jet...
 
Tags: mars, phoenix, phoenix mars mission, phoenix spacecraft appears, mars arctic circle, mission, jet propulsion laboratory, surface, provide power
 
 
 
 
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A One-Way, One-Person Mission to Mars: Who Wants In? [Space]

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2008-03-05 19:53:07 by posted by Pantha in
...mars? What about if it was a one-way mission? And you were by yourself? Yeah, that changes things a bit. Well, that's exactly what former NASA engineer Jim McClane suggests, saying that it's worth considering and removes many of the hurdles keeping us from the red planet now Dubbed "Spirit of the Lone Eagle," his plan would eliminate the...
 
Tags: mars, mission, potential mars mission, one-way mission, suicide mission, mission cheaper, mclane, mclane feels, tremendous risk
 
 
 
 
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A One-Way, One-Person Mission to Mars: Who Wants In? [Space]

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2008-03-05 14:53:07 by Adam Frucci in Gizmodo
...mars? What about if it was a one-way mission? And you were by yourself? Yeah, that changes things a bit. Well, that's exactly what former NASA engineer Jim McClane suggests, saying that it's worth considering and removes many of the hurdles keeping us from the red planet now Dubbed "Spirit of the Lone Eagle," his plan would eliminate the...
 
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Meet Veronica McGregor, Mars Phoenix Lander's Humanoid Personality Construct [Phoenix Mars Lander]

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2008-11-16 18:30:14 by John Mahoney in Gizmodo
...Mars Phoenix Lander, already a prolific Twitterer , became the first spacecraft to blog from its cold, unforgiving home tens of millions of miles away on Mars as its mission came to endculminating in a touching goodbye this past Monday. As some of you may have guessed (and, for the rest of you, hate to burst the bubble), Phoenix had some...
 
Tags: mars phoenix lander, mars, phoenix, veronica, person, first-person quickly, twitter page, twitter, mission director
 
 
 
 
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Reconnaissance Orbiter Captures Live North Pole Avalanche on Mars [Space]

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2008-03-04 10:10:00 by Adam Frucci in Gizmodo
...Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter as it flew over the north pole of the red planet. It shows fine-grains and chunks of ice falling down the side of a 2,300-foot-high cliff and then creating a huge dust cloud on the gentle slopes below. Click through for more detailed photos and shots of the orbiting robot that took them What makes the image so...
 
Tags: mars, mars cameras, mars reconnaissance orbiter, north pole, images, hirise image, image, cameras, future spacecraft
 
 
 
 
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How is it that the Phoenix Mars Lander has over 20,000 Twitter followers and I've only got 20?

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2008-06-15 14:01:00 by bookofjoe in bookofjoe
...Mars A Ghost-Written Micro-Blog Makes NASA's Robot Lander Less Alien The most nerve-racking moments of the mission came three weeks ago, when the Phoenix Mars lander touched down on the Red Planet's dusty surface. From 13,000 miles per hour, the spacecraft screeched to a 5 mph crawl, broke through the Martian atmosphere and gently landed...
 
Tags: twitter, mars, twitter followers, phoenix mars lander, lander, mars time, followers, robot, robot lander
 
 
 
 
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Bigfoot on Mars

2008-01-25 03:01:55 by admin in GadgetBB News Blog
 
...Mars might turnout to be bigfoot New video from the planet Mars shows another mysterious figure that actually looks like the famous image of Bigfoot. Sasquatch on Mars you say? Hey could be. Leading conspiracy theorists speculate that Bigfoot may have actually been captured by the government and send up with the Mars rover. Ok. I made that...
 
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Mars Phoenix lander discovers ice on Mars

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2008-06-19 22:39:00 by Paul Miller in Engadget
...Mars was broke over Twitter this evening, via the Mars Phoenix lander 's own first-person ramblings. Apparently Mars Phoenix was keeping an eye on some white patches it uncovered the other day, only to discover they'd disappeared today. According to the scientist folk over at NASA, that means those white patches must've been ice, which...
 
Tags: mars phoenix, mars phoenix lander, apparently mars phoenix, mars, ice, water ice, white patches, nasa, first-person ramblings
 
 
 
 
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Hello World, Phoenix Lander Here [Phoenix Mars Lander]

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2008-11-04 12:01:00 by Mars Phoenix in Gizmodo
...Mars rovers have that I dont? Just like the rovers, I set out on a mission expected to last a mere 90 days. Ive outlived my warranty and lasted five months, but those plucky rovers have lasted nearly five years (with no end in sight What the rovers have that I dont is sunlight and plenty of it. Theyre on opposite sides of the planet from each...
 
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