Article: NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander Puts Soil in Chemistry Lab, Team Discusses Next Steps

Article: California scientist reinterprets 1976 data as evidence of living organisms; Nasa scientists 'didn't notice' life on Mars
The Sunday Herald;  July 29, 2001 ;     700+ words ......gases emitted from the Martian soil during experiments were...the iron-rich, clay-like Martian soil using a robotic arm and...tube within the lander, Nasa scientists dismissed the...to write a proposal to Nasa for carrying out biological...original findings from Nasa. "I asked ...

Article: NASA Spacecraft Analyzing Martian Soil Data
U.S. Newswire;  August 4, 2008 ;     676 words ......1-202-358- 1726, dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov, or Guy Webster, Jet...1-818-354-6278, guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov, both of NASA; or Sara Hammond of University...to science instruments on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander to...from substances in a sample. NASA will hold a media teleconference...information ...

Article: NASA Spacecraft Analyzing Martian Soil Data.
Science Letter;  August 19, 2008 ;     561 words ......to science instruments on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander to understand...chemistry and mineralogy (see also NASA). Within the last month, two...from substances in a sample. NASA will hold a media teleconference...information on the composition of Martian soil. We are committed to ...

Article: NASA delays Martian soil gathering due to communication glitch
Xinhua News Agency;  June 5, 2008 ;     394 words ...NASA delays Martian soil gathering due...4 (Xinhua) -- NASA has delayed gathering of Martian soil samples by the...satellite. The NASA Phoenix team...found in the Martian soil just beneath...trench," said NASA's Carol Stoker...

Article: NASA SPACECRAFT ANALYZING MARTIAN SOIL DATA
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  August 4, 2008 ;     623 words ...NASA issued the following press...to science instruments on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander to understand...from substances in a sample. NASA will hold a media teleconference...information on the composition of Martian soil. "We are committed to following...Phoenix project manager at NASA's ...

Article: Spirit Uses Tools to Examine Martian Soil
AP Online;  January 20, 2004 ;     565 words ......rover's first target rock. Spirit traversed the sandy martian terrain at Gusev Crater to arrive in front of the football-siz...for the first time to analyze the composition of the martian soil, scientists said Tuesday. NASA scientists said the examination revealed as many questions...now a number ...

Article: High silica content in Martian soil provides strongest evidence of Red Planet's watery past
The Hindustan Times;  May 22, 2007 ;     420 words ......Times Washington, May 22 -- NASA's Mars Spirit rover has unearthed...Chemical analysis of a patch of Martian soil has found the composition to...Albert Yen, a geochemist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory...Marais, an astrobiologist at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett...Doug ...

Article: NASA Phoenix spacecraft ready for Mars landing
Xinhua News Agency;  May 13, 2008 ;     312 words ...NASA Phoenix spacecraft ready for Mars landing WASHINGTON, May 13 (Xinhua) -- NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is preparing to...mission to taste and sniff fistfuls of Martian soil and buried ice. The lander is scheduled...Tuesday. Phoenix will enter the top of the Martian atmosphere at almost ...

Article: Spirit Rover Begins Probing Martian Soil
AP Online;  January 20, 2004 ;     700+ words ......shown). Spirit traversed the sandy martian terrain at Gusev Crater Sunday, Jan...not study these two rocks. (AP Photo/NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Cornell...complete a down-and-dirty analysis of the martian soil, using a "Swiss army knife" of gadgets...composition, scientists said Tuesday. ...

Article: NASA's Mars lander delivers first soil sample to microscope
Xinhua News Agency;  June 12, 2008 ;     182 words ...NASA's Mars lander delivers first soil sample...microscope WASHINGTON, June 12 (Xinhua) -- NASA said images received on Thursday confirmed...Mars lander has sprinkled a spoonful of Martian soil onto the sample wheel of the spacecraft...what we wanted," said Michael Hecht of NASA's Jet ...

Article: Rover let off its leash to roam the surface of Mars; Nasa scientists cheer as Spirit makes first move away from landing craft.(News)
The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  January 16, 2004 ;     668 words ......Engineers and scientists at Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory...its two rear wheels on the Martian soil, with its lander behind it...slogan My Other Car Is On Mars. Nasa said Spirit would take less...camera shows tracks left on the martian soil by the rover's wheels; TOUCHDOWN...

Article: Analysis: Spirit rover moves onto martian soil
NPR Morning Edition;  January 15, 2004 ;     700+ words ......01-15-2004 Analysis: Spirit rover moves onto martian soil Host: BOB EDWARDS Time: 11:00 AM-12...EDWARDS, host: Mission engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena...Spirit has six wheels sitting on the martian soil. Until today the rover was perched about...mean, everybody is ...

Article: NASA's Phoenix Mars lander puts soil in chemistry lab
Xinhua News Agency;  June 25, 2008 ;     379 words ...NASA's Phoenix Mars lander puts soil in chemistry lab WASHINGTON, June 25 (Xinhua) -- NASA's Phoenix Mars lander placed a sample of Martian soil in the spacecraft's wet chemistry laboratory...alkalinity of the planet's soil, said NASA's Phoenix science team. The analysis...provided by TEGA's ...

Article: NASA Spirit rover rolls onto Mars
Herald News, The (Joliet, IL);  January 16, 2004 ;     586 words ......view of the lander platform, showing tracks left on the martian soil by the rover's wheels Thursday. The rover is approximately...Mars early Thursday, placing its six wheels on solid martian ground for the first time since the robot bounced down...Planet nearly two weeks ago. Engineers and scientists at ...