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A closer look at Nat Geo's "Mars: Making the New Earth."
Mars - Solar System - Space - Technology - List of Doctor Who planets. (Read More)
USATODAY.com - Science Fair:
Atlantis astronauts prepare for mission's first spacewalk ... Study: Sabretoothed tigers not as aggressive as once thought ... How starfish stay cool ... Bees can learn differences in food temperature .. (Read More)
USATODAY.com - Science Fair:
NASA struggles to free Mars rover ... Researchers finds signs of heart disease in mummies ... A vampire star ... Atlantis arrives at space station today ... Hubble image of nearby spiral galaxy released .. (Read More)
New York Times:
Engineers tried to move the Spirit from a sand trap where it became stuck in May, but the maneuvers stopped after less than a second.
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L.A. Times - Science:
NASA scientists have a new plan to free the robot from its sand trap, but failure could mean its end. NASA scientists said Thursday that t (Read More)
New York Times:
NASA engineers said that they would begin trying to drive the Mars rover Spirit out of a sand trap where it became stuck last spring.
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ABC News:
Spirit, the Mars rover that landed in Gusev Crater on Mars in January 2004 and is still working, just isn't going forward or backward. Back in April its wheels broke through some crusty ground into thick, soft dust, and engi (Read More)
USATODAY.com - Science Fair:
Trapped in the clutches of the Red Planet! NASA engineers announced plans Thursday to free the Spirit rover from a lengthy stay in a sand pit. "This is going to be a lengthy process, and there's a high probability attempts... (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
By Susan DavisObama in Asia: President Barack Obama heads to Asia today for a nine-day swing through Japan, Singapore, China and South Korea. According to CBS’s Mark Knoller, who keeps such tabs, Obama has traveled to more co (Read More)
SF Gate:
The Mars rover Spirit will soon try to drive itself out of a sand trap where it has been stuck for the past six months. NASA is set to outline plans to try to free Spirit, a risky process that could take months. Details of th (Read More)
Wired Science:
The Spirit Mars rover wiggled her wheels for the first time in months. The rover has been stuck in Martian soil for half a year.The movement, seen in the image above, doesn’t mean that Spirit has been extricated, but it did p (Read More)
USATODAY.com - On Deadline:
A physicians' group is asking NASA to delay plans to zap up to 27 squirrel monkeys with radiation to see how cosmic rays might affect humans on a three-year trip to Mars, Florida Today reports.
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USATODAY.com - Science Fair:
Researcher traces Falklands wolf to North America ... Ten Doomsday predictions that failed ... Stars may serve as signs to alien life ... A view from above of the Mars lander ... Laser technology preserves rare dinosaur footprint .. (Read More)
Wired Science:
Equipped with wearable AI systems and digital eyes that see what human eyes can’t, space explorers of the future could be not just astronauts, but “cyborg astrobiologists.”That’s the vision of a research team led by Patrick M (Read More)