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Phoenix Lander Has Touched Martian Water For the First Time [Water On Mars]

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2008-07-31 14:25:00 by John Mahoney in Gizmodo
...Martian water ice sample and placed it in its oven for scientific analysis. "Mars Odyssey discovered this ice six years ago, but we've now touched it and tasted it, which is something that hasn't been done before," said a scientist at today's press conference. The sample has been dubbed the "Wicked Witch" (because it's meeeelting,...
 
Tags: successful mission, phoenix lander, ice, mission, ice sample, sample, sols, martian sols, trenches dug
 
 
 
 
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Martian Ice Is Why I'm Alive and Why I'm Dying [Phoenix Mars Lander]

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2008-11-07 14:31:00 by Mars Phoenix in Gizmodo
...Martian topsoil. It would probably take a few to several days, maybe even weeks, of tireless digging with my robotic arm to find it. Or so they thought Before I could dig, I first had to check some blind spots around my base that were hidden from the view of my main camera. Engineers wanted the smaller camera on my robotic arm to check under...
 
Tags: water ice, water ice crystals, ice, water ice clouds, subsurface ice, mission, entire mission, mission downlink, prime 90-day mission
 
 
 
 
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Phoenix lander shutting down for good before Martian fall

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2008-10-30 08:21:26 by Kevin Hall in DVICE
...Martian terrain , scientist have come as close as they can to holding the soil in their owns hands, save making the impossible journey to the Red Planet The handlers will shut down one heater at a time. That will let them continue to work for a few more weeks yet, conserving power as the lengthening darkness on Mars gives the lander less and...
 
Tags: phoenix lander, lander, phoenix, successful mission, jet propulsion laboratory, mission, mars, soil, bot
 
 
 
 
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This is My Farewell Transmission From Mars [Phoenix Mars Lander]

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2008-11-10 16:20:00 by Mars Phoenix in Gizmodo
...Martian spring in the northern hemisphere begins, its one Earth-year awayOctober 27, 2009. The next Martian summer solstice, when maximum sunlight would hit my solar arrays, falls on May 13, 2010 Thats a long time away. And its one of the reasons there isnt much hope that Ill ever contact home again For my mission teams on Earth, I bid a...
 
Tags: mars, phoenix mars lander, mars phoenix guest, mission team announces, mission team, phoenix, mission, mission teams, martian ice
 
 
 
 
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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
...Martian equator to ensure they get a good dose of sunshine every day (um, sol) of the year And sun equals life when youre a solar powered robot Im located in the far north, above the Martian arctic circle. When I landed at the start of summer, this was the land of the midnight sun. But summer is giving way to autumn and now the sun dips below...
 
Tags: mars, mars odyssey spacecraft, mission, entire mission, spacecraft, current mission, rovers, plucky rovers, half-built
 
 
 
 
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Sandstalker: Space age wheels to explore extra-terrestrial terrain!

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2008-02-25 10:59:26 by attitude in Born Rich
...Martian flat surfaces, re-supplies the crew and gives them vital information about their hostile environment. It has dimensions of about 4m (length) x 3.3m (width) x 1.9m (height) at an estimated mass of 1t (including two fully equipped astronauts The Sandstalker can be operated by a GPS-like system and it has no built in seats. It can...
 
Tags: future space programs, future, sandstalker, martian flat surfaces, surfaces, backyard consists, future nasa mission, backyard, martian surfaces
 
 
 
 
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Sandstalker: Space age wheels to explore extra-terrestrial terrain!

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2008-02-25 10:59:26 by attitude in Born Rich
...Martian flat surfaces, re-supplies the crew and gives them vital information about their hostile environment. It has dimensions of about 4m (length) x 3.3m (width) x 1.9m (height) at an estimated mass of 1t (including two fully equipped astronauts The Sandstalker can be operated by a GPS-like system and it has no built in seats. It can...
 
Tags: future space programs, future, sandstalker, martian flat surfaces, surfaces, backyard consists, future nasa mission, backyard, martian surfaces
 
 
 
 
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Sandstalker: Space age wheels to explore extra-terrestrial terrain!

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2008-02-25 10:59:26 by attitude in Born Rich
...Martian flat surfaces, re-supplies the crew and gives them vital information about their hostile environment. It has dimensions of about 4m (length) x 3.3m (width) x 1.9m (height) at an estimated mass of 1t (including two fully equipped astronauts The Sandstalker can be operated by a GPS-like system and it has no built in seats. It can...
 
Tags: future space programs, future, sandstalker, martian flat surfaces, surfaces, backyard consists, future nasa mission, backyard, martian surfaces
 
 
 
 
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NASA Releases Dirty Photos of Spirit Rover Solar Panels [Spirit Rover]

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2008-04-27 20:00:00 by posted by Pantha in
...Martian dust all over your solar panels. We're filing a post on a bathtub later today, so why don't you take the hint and use one? What's that? You're millions of miles away and potable water may or may not be somewhere on the planet you're currently exploring? Oh, well, in that case, pray for another wind storm or something, because these...
 
Tags: spirit rover, rover, mars spirit rover, spirit, red martian dust, martian, nasa, dust, storm
 
 
 
 
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NASA Releases Dirty Photos of Spirit Rover Solar Panels [Spirit Rover]