Article: Spirit Rover Begins Probing Martian Soil

Article: Bedrock in Mars' Gusev Crater Hints at Watery Past.
Ascribe Higher Education News Service;  August 18, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... thoroughly altered some rocks in Mars' Gusev Crater. Spirit and its twin, Opportunity ... a martian plain to reach bedrock in Gusev Crater. Now, Spirit's initial inspection ... basaltic rocks seen back on the plains of Gusev Crater. It appears to be highly altered ...

Article: Volcanic Rock in Mars' Gusev Crater Hints at Past ...
AScribe Science News Service;  March 5, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Spirit has found hints of a water history in a rock at Mars' Gusev Crater, but it is a very different type of rock than those in which ... rocks may tell yet a different story from an earlier era of Gusev Crater's past. At Meridiani Planum, Opportunity has finished ...

Article: Rover ready for overland Martian trek; A six-wheeled robot is ...
The Christian Science Monitor;  January 14, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... evening drain toward midnight, the sun will rise over the Gusev Crater some 106 million miles away. In the gathering light of a ... astrogeologist at the United States Geological Survey. Likewise, Gusev Crater is a testament to the the Red Planet's extreme character ...

Article: Out Where We Belong.(studying the Gusev crater on ...
Newsweek International;  July 26, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... hills in the basin's heart. But once the waters were there, sheltering under a Martian sky. Nathalie Cabrol has studied Gusev crater with her partner, Edmond Grin, for more than a decade. Her colleagues, especially those beyond the confines of her base ...

Article: Spirit Uses Tools to Examine Martian Soil
AP Online;  January 20, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... traversed the sandy martian terrain at Gusev Crater to arrive in front of the football ... analyze the composition of the martian soil, scientists said Tuesday. NASA ... examine its surroundings in the Gusev Crater as scientists search for evidence ...

Article: Rover Uses Tools to Examine Martian Soil
AP Online;  January 20, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... composition of the martian soil, scientists said Tuesday ... s going on in the martian soil," said Steve Squyres ... surroundings in the Gusev Crater as scientists search ... soil came from the Gusev Crater. The stuff could have ...

Article: Martian soil test raises more questions
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  January 21, 2004 ;     465 words ...Martian soil test raises more questions ... the composition of the Martian soil, scientists said Tuesday ... what's going on in the Martian soil," said Steve Squyres ... its surroundings in the Gusev Crater as scientists search for ...