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  • June 2008

    • Computer Woes Slow Mars Craft

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

      Computer Woes Slow Mars Craft

      (Newser) - 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  • computer glitches  • JPL

    • Astronaut Waves Robot Arm

      Reuters  |  Jun 9, 08 3:25 PM CDT

      Astronaut Waves Robot Arm

      (Newser) - A Japanese astronaut on board the International Space Station successfully unfolded a massive robotic arm from the newly installed Kibo laboratory today, Reuters reports. The arm moved slightly on Saturday, but today’s extension of the 33-foot device was the first full test, Space.com reports. The Japanese-built robot had nothing to grab; the equipment the arm will tend to arrives next year. More »

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      Japan  • NASA  • International Space Station  • astronauts  • Discovery space shuttle  • space travel  • Kibo  • robotic arm

    • Mars Through a Microscope

      Reuters  |  Jun 6, 08 7:34 AM CDT

      Mars Through a Microscope

      (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 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  • ice  • salt  • robotic arm  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory

    • Phoenix Samples Martian Dirt

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

      Phoenix Samples Martian Dirt

      (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 the Arizona Republic . More »

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      NASA  • Mars  • Phoenix Mars Lander  • life  • robotic arm  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory  • University of Arizona  • TEGA

  • May 2008

    • On Mars, 'Something That Looks Like Ice'

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

      On Mars, 'Something That Looks Like Ice'

      (Newser) - 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  • ice  • robotic arm

  • August 2007

    • Astronauts Will Skip Shuttle Fix

      Associated Press  |  Aug 17, 07 2:57 AM CDT

      Astronauts Will Skip Shuttle Fix

      (Newser) - NASA has decided against a risky spacewalk repair job on the gouged heat shield of the space shuttle Endeavour, AP reports. Engineers concluded that a gash in the tiled underside of the spacecraft will not be a hazard during re-entry. Attempting a repair could risk causing more damage and could be dangerous. An earlier attempt was aborted when an astronaut's glove ripped. More »

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      NASA  • astronauts  • space shuttle  • spacewalk  • Endeavour  • repair  • Columbia  • robotic arm  • heat shield  • Challenger

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