items tagged with Mars
NASA Phoenix lander readies itself for new life on Mars
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-03-03 14:58:39
The Phoenix Mars Mission, scheduled to launch in August 2007, will end up on the northern pole of Mars in May 2008. As with the mythical Egyptian bird of the same name, the Phoenix had to regenerate itself after confronting previous mission cancellations, cost overruns, and unexpected rough terrain at its landing site. Scientists are hopeful that Phoenix will discover the history of water-ice on Mars.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-03-03 14:58:39
The Phoenix Mars Mission, scheduled to launch in August 2007, will end up on the northern pole of Mars in May 2008. As with the mythical Egyptian bird of the same name, the Phoenix had to regenerate itself after confronting previous mission cancellations, cost overruns, and unexpected rough terrain at its landing site. Scientists are hopeful that Phoenix will discover the history of water-ice on Mars.
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Stephen Hawking going weightless in ‘Vomit Comet’-like airplane ride
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-03-01 10:58:51
British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking is scheduled to be aboard a specially-equipped Boeing 727-200 airplane on April 26, 2007, for a flight with Zero Gravity Corporation.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-03-01 10:58:51
British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking is scheduled to be aboard a specially-equipped Boeing 727-200 airplane on April 26, 2007, for a flight with Zero Gravity Corporation.
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Rosetta swings by Mars, heads towards the Sun
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-02-25 17:09:45
The Rosetta comet probe successfully completed its swing-by of Mars and is now heading towards the Sun on its way back to Earth, according to the ESA's Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-02-25 17:09:45
The Rosetta comet probe successfully completed its swing-by of Mars and is now heading towards the Sun on its way back to Earth, according to the ESA's Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany.
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Rosetta swings by Mars for 2nd of 4 maneuvers to comet
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-02-24 17:00:08
On Sunday, February 25, 2007, the European Space Agency’s Rosetta probe will use the orbit of Mars as a springboard to propel it on its way to its 2014 encounter and landing on the distant comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-02-24 17:00:08
On Sunday, February 25, 2007, the European Space Agency’s Rosetta probe will use the orbit of Mars as a springboard to propel it on its way to its 2014 encounter and landing on the distant comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
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Space station science insufficient 45 years after John Glenn’s historic flight
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-02-21 10:38:25
Former U.S. astronaut John Glenn told a group of schoolchildren on Tuesday, February 20, 2007—the 45th anniversary of his historic Mercury 6 mission as the first American to orbit the Earth—that the International Space Station is not currently, and will not in the future, be fully utilized with its present funding and schedule.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-02-21 10:38:25
Former U.S. astronaut John Glenn told a group of schoolchildren on Tuesday, February 20, 2007—the 45th anniversary of his historic Mercury 6 mission as the first American to orbit the Earth—that the International Space Station is not currently, and will not in the future, be fully utilized with its present funding and schedule.
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