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  • July 2008

    • Scientists Hatch Round-Trip Mission to Mars

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Jul 14, 08 9:05 AM CDT

      Scientists Hatch Round-Trip Mission to Mars

      Before scientists can put a man on Mars, they first need to figure out how to get a mission back to Earth, reports the Guardian. An international team is doing just that—developing an $8 billion mission to travel to Mars and return with rock samples and possibly microscopic life. The trip would launch between 2018 and 2023 and would require the expertise and financial backing of NASA, the European Space Agency, and other space programs. More »

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      NASA  • Mars  • European Space Agency  • space travel  • outer space

    • M&M's Maker Countersues Naked Cowboy

      newser  |  New York Post  |  Jul 11, 08 7:48 PM CDT

      M&amp;M's Maker Countersues Naked Cowboy

      The maker of M&M's isn’t sitting still while the Naked Cowboy tries to serenade his way into its corporate pocketbook, the New York Post reports. Yesterday Mars Inc. fired a copyright-infringement suit at the musical cowpoke, a fixture at Times Square who had sued Mars, saying the company stole his look in an M&M's ad. But Mars says that’s like the Yankees claiming they have a monopoly on pinstripes. More »

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      Mars  • guitar  • trademarks  • Robert Burck  • M&Ms

  • June 2008

    • 'You Might Be Able to Grow Asparagus' on Mars

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Jun 26, 08 4:47 PM CDT

      'You Might Be Able to Grow Asparagus' on Mars

      Samples of Martian soil analyzed by instruments onboard the Phoenix lander have earth-bound scientists “flabbergasted.” Why? Readings indicate that the extraterrestrial loam could, perhaps has, and possibly will, support life, Reuters reports. Along with ice the lander discovered earlier, “We basically have found what appears to be the requirements, the nutrients, to support life,” a scientist said. More »

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      NASA  • Mars  • extraterrestrial life  • Phoenix Mars Lander  • ice  • soil sample

    • Quest on for Chocolate Genome

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Jun 26, 08 6:44 AM CDT

      Quest on for Chocolate Genome

      Candy giant Mars is investing $10 million in a 5-year research project to unlock the secrets of chocolate's genetic code—the cocoa genome—as the first stage in developing cacao trees that can produce more, survive droughts, and combat disease. Mars intends to make the results public to stop key genes from being privately patented, reports the Washington Post. The cocoa harvest has become volatile and unreliable in recent years. More »

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      Brazil  • Mars  • IBM  • drought  • chocolate  • genome  • Department of Agriculture  • West Africa

    • Scientists Hail Ice Find on Mars

      newser  |  Wired  |  Jun 20, 08 4:49 AM CDT

      Scientists Hail Ice Find on Mars

      White material on Mars that was puzzling NASA scientists has turned out to be ice, Wired reports. "Are you ready to celebrate? We have ICE! Best day ever!" gushed a team scientist. The discovery of evidence of water—essential for terrestrial life—is exactly what scientists were hoping to find on Mars. More »

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      NASA  • Mars  • Phoenix Mars Lander  • scientific discoveries

    • Computer Woes Slow Mars Craft

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jun 19, 08 3:16 PM CDT

      Computer Woes Slow Mars Craft

      The Phoenix Mars Lander stopped digging yesterday to give its memory a rest after a computer glitch caused the loss of photographs and scientific data, the AP reports. Scientists were alerted to the problem after the lander transmitted a single piece of information 45,000 times. "It's unfortunate to lose any bit of science," one scientist said. "But it's not really critical stuff that you kick yourself over." More »

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      NASA  • Mars  • space exploration  • Phoenix Mars Lander  • robotic arm  • JPL

    • Shake 'N Bake: Unclogged Phoenix Ovens Ready

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Jun 12, 08 7:26 AM CDT

      Shake 'N Bake: Unclogged Phoenix Ovens Ready

      Scientists were cheering yesterday after a tricky operation succeeded in shaking Martian dirt into the Phoenix lander's oven, the Los Angeles Times . The spacecraft will now spend the next few weeks heating up soil samples and analyzing gases. Scientists hope the tests and photos being sent back today will help them understand why the planet's strange, clumpy soil is so different from what they expected. More »

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      NASA  • Mars  • space exploration  • Phoenix Mars Lander  • Phoenix  • soil sample

    • Clumpy Soil on Mars Tests Scientists' Skill

      newser  |  San Francisco Chronicle  |  Jun 10, 08 3:37 PM CDT

      Clumpy Soil on Mars Tests Scientists' Skill

      The soil on Mars turns out to be too clumpy to be analyzed by the Phoenix lander, but scientists are confident they've found away around the problem by "dribbling" it small amounts on sifters. They won't know for sure whether the new technique works for a day or two, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. More »

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      NASA  • Mars  • Phoenix

    • Mars Through a Microscope

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Jun 6, 08 7:34 AM CDT

      Mars Through a Microscope

      The Phoenix Mars Lander has taken the first high-resolution images of another planet's dirt and sand in its continued quest for signs of life in the planet's polar region. The microscopic particles were kicked up when the lander touched down and collected  on a slide, Reuters reports. Scientists note that a whitish material in one image probably is not ice but some kind of mineral. More »

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      NASA  • Mars  • Phoenix Mars Lander  • robotic arm  • ice  • salt  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory

    • Stowaway Molecules Could Taint Mars Results

      newser  |  LiveScience  |  Jun 5, 08 4:10 PM CDT

      Stowaway Molecules Could Taint Mars Results

      Missions searching for signs of life on Mars could be fooled by organic molecules that hitched a ride from Earth, a new study suggests. University of Florida researchers using simulated Martian conditions found that ATP, an energy-storing molecule fundamental to terrestrial life, could survive the trip and hang around for months or years on NASA equipment, LiveScience reports. More »

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      NASA  • Mars  • space exploration  • extraterrestrial life  • Phoenix Mars Lander  • ATP  • Mars rover

    • Phoenix Samples Martian Dirt

      newser  |  Arizona Republic (Phoenix)  |  Jun 2, 08 5:41 AM CDT

      Phoenix Samples Martian Dirt

      The Phoenix Mars Lander grabbed a small sample of the fine soil of the planet's polar region yesterday. It was only a test "dig and dump"—using the spacecraft's 8-foot-long robotic arm—but paves the way for retrieving and analyzing samples of Martian soil later this week, reports the Arizona Republic . More »

  • May 2008

    • On Mars, 'Something That Looks Like Ice'

      newser  |  Space.com  |  May 31, 08 7:53 PM CDT

      On Mars, 'Something That Looks Like Ice'

      The Phoenix probe sent home photos today of what looks like ice just under Mars' rocky surface, Space.com reports. "The thrusters have excavated two to six inches and, sure enough, we see something that looks like ice,” one mission scientist said. NASA picked the landing spot, in the planet's northern arctic, because it likely hid ice under a thin layer of soil. More »

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      NASA  • Mars  • extraterrestrial life  • Phoenix Mars Lander  • robotic arm  • ice

    • NASA Deploys Mars Probe's Robotic Arm

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  May 29, 08 1:00 PM CDT

      NASA Deploys Mars Probe's Robotic Arm

      NASA’s Phoenix Mars lander extended its robotic arm for the first time late last night, the AP reports, a day late because of a temporary radio blackout. The arm, which will unfurl over a 2-day period, will eventually be used to take samples of ice below the surface in Mars’ arctic regions to search for evidence of life. More »

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      NASA  • space  • Mars  • Arctic  • space exploration  • Phoenix Mars Lander  • soil sample

    • Martian Arctic Says Cheese

      newser  |  CNN  |  May 26, 08 1:39 PM CDT

      Martian Arctic Says Cheese

      The Mars Phoenix Lander is sending NASA the first photos of the red planet's northern polar region, CNN reports. On its 3-month mission, the lander will “taste and sniff the northern polar site’s soil and ice,” the agency said. The photos show brown polygons checkering the landscape as far as the eye can see. More »

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      NASA  • space  • Mars  • Phoenix Mars Lander  • Mars rover

    • Phoenix Touches Down on Mars

      newser  |  Space.com  |  May 25, 08 7:14 PM CDT

      Phoenix Touches Down on Mars

      The Phoenix probe has landed safely on Mars' icy surface and begun its search for life, Space.com reports. Exultant NASA scientists are now awaiting a second radio signal to see how much power it has left—a critical element of the mission. And they await the probe's first snapshots. "I can't wait for even that first look at the surface," the mission's main investigator said. More »

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      NASA  • Mars  • extraterrestrial life  • Phoenix Mars Lander

    • 7 Minutes of Danger in Mars Quest

      newser  |  Christian Science Monitor  |  May 23, 08 2:52 AM CDT

      7 Minutes of Danger in Mars Quest

      The latest NASA mission searching for signs of life on Mars comes to a heart-pounding climax Sunday as the Phoenix Lander attempts to touch down at the red planet's pole in a hunt for water. The lander must perform complex maneuvers in which the whole mission is at risk for a full 7 minutes, reports the Christian Science Monitor . More »

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      NASA  • Mars  • Arctic  • water  • Phoenix Mars Lander  • life  • Opportunity  • Spirit  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory  • University of Arizona  • Tufts University  • polar region

    • Asteroids Could Reseed a Devastated Earth

      newser  |  Astrobiology Magazine  |  May 18, 08 3:13 PM CDT

      Asteroids Could Reseed a Devastated Earth

      If a comet ever obliterates life on Earth, don't worry—space rocks could later fall in and reseed a few basic life forms. A new study shows that organisms can survive being hit by a meteor, ejected into space, and hurtled back to Earth on the face of a rock—which is good news should we ever go the way of the dinosaurs, Astrobiology reports. More »

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      space  • Mars  • Earth  • asteroid  • life  • space debris  • microorganisms  • meteorites

  • April 2008

    • Mars Buys Wrigley, With Assist From Buffett

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Apr 28, 08 8:05 AM CDT

      Mars Buys Wrigley, With Assist From Buffett

      M&Ms-maker Mars, backed by Warren Buffett, has made a deal to buy Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. for about $23 billion, reports the New York Times . The acquisition is likely to force other candy makers like Hershey and Cadbury Schweppes into mergers to maintain market share against a powerful conglomerate of recognized brands with global presence. More »

    • Mars Photos Suggest Ancient Hot Springs

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Apr 28, 08 3:45 AM CDT

      Mars Photos Suggest Ancient Hot Springs

      Scientists have found what look like the remains of hot springs on Mars—a sign life could have existed there, reports the Washington Post . Sophisticated equipment returned images of “mounds” that appear remarkably similar to springs found in Australia, according to scientists. They appear to have dried up tens of millions of years ago--fairly recently, in planetary terms. More »

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      NASA  • space  • Mars  • geology  • images

    • Red Planet of the Apes?

      newser  |  BBC  |  Apr 14, 08 2:57 PM CDT

      Red Planet of the Apes?

      The first mammal on Mars may be a monkey. Russia is testing radiation and weightlessness effects on macaques for a possible trip to the red planet. Scientists also want to see how the animals react to isolation and the special diet the 520-day mission would require, reports the BBC. Twelve monkeys have been passengers on previous Soviet and Russian space flights. More »

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      Russia  • Mars  • monkey  • Russian space program  • macaque

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