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The Phoenix Lander is studying its third sample of Martian soil in an onboard oven. The results may confirm the presence of a chemical called perchlorate, which could shed light on the history of water on the Red Planet. ... Source: www.moreover.com --- 9 hours ago
This mosaic of images shows Phoenix's workspace with the major trenches and features that have been informally named as of Sol 84 (August 19, 2008), the 84th Martian day after landing. ... Source: slashdot.org --- 1 day ago
An anonymous reader writes "The Mars Lander has taken its very first microscopic image of a piece of Martian dust ( image ). The particle, according to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, is shown at a higher magnification than anything ever seen from another planet. The piece of dust is a rounded particle about a millionth of a meter across. This particle is one of the countless specks of dust that continually swirl around the Red Planet, coloring the Martian sky pink. 'Taking the images required the highest resolution microscope operated off of Earth and a specially designed substrate to hold the Martian dust,' said Tom Pike, a Phoenix science team member. 'We always knew it was going to be technically very challenging to image particles this small.'" ... Source: www.moreover.com --- 3 days ago
As the Mars Lander continues to scoop up soil for analysis, it has taken its very first microscopic image of a single piece of Martian dust. ... Source: www.moreover.com --- 11 days ago
This false-color image shows a soil sample after being delivered to a gap between partially opened doors on the Lander's Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer. ... Source: www.moreover.com --- 8 days ago
Vibration of the screen above a laboratory oven on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander on Saturday, Aug. 9, succeeded in getting enough soil into the oven to begin analysis. ... Source: antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov --- 6 days ago
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Mars Phoenix sent home a series of images of frost accumulating on the mirror of the telltale --a four-inch instrument used to sense wind direction and velocity on the Lander. Although frost was also seen accumulating on the ground a few days ago, and around rocks during the Viking missions in the 1970’s, this image is striking because of how the frost sparkles on the mirror’s surface. The frost accumulated from 12:54 a.m. to 2:34 a.m. at the landing site on August 15th, 2008, or 80 Martian “sols” into the mission. The mission was originally expected to last 90 sols but it has now been extended to 120 sols according to a recent Twitter post. To conserve bandwidth, only the portion of the image containing the telltale and the mirror were downloaded in every frame. The “movie” made from all the images pieced together was then superimposed on the full frame of the telltale to give the backdrop for the images. The frost is not a problem for the operation of the spacecraft. See Also: Mars Phoenix Tweets: "We Have ICE!" Mars Phoenix "Shovel" Hits Hard White Layer Just Below Surface Wired Science Scores Exclusive Twitter Interview with the Phoenix Lander Mars Phoenix Update: 50+ Sols on Mars Image courtesty NASA/JPL/University of Arizona ... Source: www.dzone.com --- 4 days ago
Software running -- with no process separation -- on a BAE Systems RAD6000 single board computer that's configured with one 33 MHz RISC CPU and 128 MB of RAM. ...
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As the Phoenix spacecraft came to rest on the barren Martian landscape, the control room at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory was crammed with NASA experts sporting doctorates in every space-related discipline. But there was one witness to the historic landing who still hadn't made it out of kindergarten. Six-year-old Tyler, who was diagnosed with Langerhans cell histiocytosis, had a spot in the control room because he loves space exploration. When wish granters offered him the chance to make a dream come true, he reached for the stars by wishing to watch the Phoenix Mars Lander touch down. And he was the first to congratulate the brilliant minds behind the mission. "Good job from Tyler Zimmerman," he said over his headset, sending his message from the Pasadena, Calif., lab to stations in Australia and Spain. Tyler (R) and his brother, Caleb, are rocket men. Being part of the event was a milestone for Tyler, too, coming after months of chemotherapy that delayed his entry to kindergarten. Doctors first diagnosed Tyler when he was 4, just after he broke his leg. He handled MRIs, CT scans and blood tests without a complaint. "He's my inspiration," said his mother, Celia. "He never cried or asked why. He just does what he has to do." Though Tyler puts on a brave face where his treatments are concerned, he reveled in the joy of his new NASA colleagues. They explained to him that all might not go to plan. The rover might malfunction and wind up ... Source: www.topix.com --- 10 days ago
Phoenix Mars mission scientists spoke today on research in progress concerning an ongoing investigation of perchlorate salts, detected in soil analyzed by the wet chemistry laboratory aboard NASA's Phoenix Lander. 'Finding perchlorates is neither good nor bad for life, but it does make us reassess how we think about life on Mars,' said Michael Hecht of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., lead scientist for the Microscopy, Electrochemistry and Conductivity Analyzer (MECA), the instrument that includes the wet chemistry laboratory. If confirmed, the result is exciting, Hecht said, 'because different types of perchlorate salts have interesting properties that may bear on the way things work on Mars if - and that's a big 'if''- the results from our two teaspoons of soil are representative of all of Mars, or at least a significant portion of the planet.' Phoenix Mars Lander: Ongoing Investigation of Perchlorate Salts ... Source: www.topix.com --- 9 days ago
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has continued studies of its landing site by widening a trench, making overnight measurements of conductivity in the Martian soil, and depositing a sample of surface soil into a gap between partially opened doors to an analytical oven on the Lander. Phoenix's robotic arm delivered soil Thursday from a trench informally named 'Rosy Red' through a narrow opening to a screen above the No. 5 oven on the Lander's Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer (TEGA). A few particles of the sample passed through the screen on Thursday, but not enough to fill the oven and allow analysis of the sample to begin. The Phoenix team sent commands for TEGA to vibrate the screen again on Friday, and more material reached the oven, though still not enough to proceed with analysis. Phoenix Mars Lander: Soil Studies Continue at Landing Site ... Source: www.webhostingtalk.co.za --- 14 hours ago
An anonymous reader writes "The Mars Lander has taken its very first microscopic image of a piece of Martian dust (image). The particle, according to... ... Source: www.biztoolbelt.com --- 9 days ago
Or at least that's what NASA says and I don't think there would be a reason for them to "lie". Do you? Since the Phoenix Lander has identified water in a soil sample it collected in Mars earlier, they've decided to extend the mission for another 90 days to go look for more. We (they) don't have an analysis of the ice yet and should take like 3 to 4 months before we have real data. Does that mean we can prepare for a walk on Mars? Most likely, NOT, but it's cool to explore other planets don't you think? BBC ... Source: the-jazzman.com --- 10 days ago
Ever since Victorian astronomers pointed their telescopes towards Mars and wrongly believed they had discovered canals, mankind has been obsessed by the red planet. ... Source: www.casavaria.com --- 9 days ago
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has found water on the Martian surface, in the form of ice, after just 62 days on the Red Planet. The find is the first confirmed evidence that water exists on the planet, meaning we now know it is technically possible for life as we know it to have existed there in the past or to exist there now. The sample was collected from the Martian soil by the Lander's robotic arm, then heated in its Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer (TEGA), which identifies the chemical signature of vapors. ... Source: arcticcartoons.wordpress.com --- 7 days ago
Boy, I was lucky with this series: it ran the week that the Phoenix Lander sent back confirmation that it had tasted water on Mars. ... Find more results for Mars Lander on RSSMicro.com |
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Reuters - NASA's Mars Phoenix Lander has sent back the first-ever image of a speck of red Martian dust taken through an atomic force microscope, shown at a higher magnification than anything ever seen from another planet. ...
Phoenix Telltale. credit: NASA/JPL/Caltech/Uof Arizona More early morning frost is showing up on the Phoenix spacecraft. The Surface Stereo Imager (SSI) took several pictures of the "Telltale" on the Phoenix Mars Lander, the device used to measure wind velocities at the landing site on Mars and created a movie of bright specks of frost accumulating on the mirror of the Telltale. The movie was created from a series of images taken by the Surface Stereo Imager (SSI)between 12:54 a.m. and 2:34 a.m. during the 80th Martian day, or sol, of the mission (Aug. 15, 2008 here on Earth ). Sorry, we couldn't load the movie on this page, the file was too big. But follow this link to see it — the frost is very cool (pun intended). (...) Read the rest of More Frost on Mars Phoenix Lander (284 words) © Nancy Atkinson for Universe Today , 2008. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us digg Who's linking ? Technorati BlogPulse Google Want more on these topics ? Browse the archive of posts filed under Mars , Missions . ...