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NEWS ABOUT: Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Jet Propulsion Laboratory stories: 6 news summaries

 NASA Rover on Strike 

Mars Spirit fails to report for work

Jan 29, 09 3:49 AM CST
(Newser) - NASA engineers are perplexed by a rebellious streak that has developed in its Martian roving robot, Spirit. It was expected to last just 90 days when it landed on Mars five years ago, but the robot has continued to send back data. This past weekend, however, Spirit failed to report... More »

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NASA • Mars • Spirit • Jet Propulsion Laboratory • Mars rover • Sharon Laubach

 Mars Through a Microscope 

Phoenix takes unprecedented Mars shots

Jun 6, 08 7:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

 Phoenix Samples Martian Dirt 

Robotic arm tested prior to search for life

Jun 2, 08 5:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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NASA • Mars • University of Arizona • Phoenix Mars Lander • life • robotic arm • Jet Propulsion Laboratory • Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer • TEGA

 7 Minutes of Danger
 in Mars Quest 

Probe makes risky landing Sunday in hunt for water

May 23, 08 2:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Laws of Physics
May Need an Overhaul

Scientists detect gravity-defying behavior of spacecrafts

Mar 14, 08 6:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - The laws of physics just might be broken. Scientists have detected gravity-defying behavior from spacecrafts flung around the Earth, the Economist reports. Five different spacecrafts picked up speed at a pace deviating,ever so slightly, from the laws created by Newton and Einstein. After laborious calculations, astronomers have created... More »

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astronomy • science • Galileo • gravity • Albert Einstein • spacecraft • Jet Propulsion Laboratory • John Anderson

Antarctica Speeds Into Trouble

Disturbing new discovery indicates climate change is accelerating

Jan 14, 08 11:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Parts of Antarctica thought to be unaffected by global warming are in fact melting as the temperature of the oceans rises, and in parts of the continent, annual ice loss has jumped 140% in the past decade, new research shows. Satellite mapping shows change on a previously unimagined scale, reports... More »

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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change • Greenland • Antarctica • ice melt • western Antarctic ice sheet • Nature Geoscience • Antarctic Circumpolar Current • Jet Propulsion Laboratory • Eric Rignot • Rajendra Pachauri • American Geophysical Union

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