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November 26, 2013

How Habitable Is Mars? A New View of the Viking Experiments
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Nov 25, 2013
Almost 40 years ago, two NASA probes on the surface of Mars scooped the soil in search of signs of microbes. The results that came back from the twin Viking missions were, to say the least, ambiguous. The scientific literature contains decades of debate over what they found. A new study took a bit of a different track. Rather than focusing on the question of life, the SETI Institute-lead study, which was carried out at NASA Ames and recently published in the journal Astrobiology, was more interest ... read more

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Winter Means Less Power for Solar Panels Opportunity is ascending 'Solander Point' at the rim of 'Endeavour Crater.' The rover is maintaining favorable northerly tilts for improved energy production. Opportunity is experiencing the p ... more		Unusual greenhouse gases may have raised ancient Martian temperature Much like the Grand Canyon, Nanedi Valles snakes across the Martian surface suggesting that liquid water once crossed the landscape, according to a team of researchers who believe that molecular hyd ... more		Billionaire eyes private Mars mission in 2017 Billionaire Dennis Tito has revealed his scheme for dispatching two astronauts to the red planet as early as December 2017, saying that 'rare alignments' of planets should be exploited as the contex ... more
				NASA poised to launch Mars atmosphere probe What happened to the water on Mars? How did the Red Planet's atmosphere become so thin over time? NASA's MAVEN probe is scheduled to launch Monday on a mission to find out. ... more		Research uncovers secrets of Mars' birth from unique meteorite As NASA prepares to launch a new Martian probe, a Florida State University scientist has uncovered what may be the first recognized example of ancient Martian crust. The work of Munir Humayun - a pr ... more

CubeSats, SmallSats and MicroSats

Rover Team Working to Diagnose Electrical Issue Science observations by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity have been suspended for a few days while engineers run tests to check possible causes of a voltage change detected on Nov. 17. "The vehicle ... more		Stunning meteorite sheds light on infant Mars A meteorite found in the Sahara last year by Bedouin tribesmen is a rock from Mars, revealing that the Red Planet's crust formed 4.4 billion years ago, scientists reported on Wednesday. ... more		Eutelsat orders 340 new OneWeb LEO satellites from Airbus Planet secures multi year satellite contract with Swedish Armed Forces EU should consider forming combined military force: defence chief		Lockheed Martin-Built MAVEN Launches To Mars NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft, built by Lockheed Martin, was launched Monday at 1:28 pm ET from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., aboard a United Launch Alli ... more
				The Overprotection of Mars? A recent commentary paper published in the journal Nature Geoscience argues that planetary protection policies and practices designed to guard solar system bodies from biological contamination from ... more		Variation of halogens in martian soil calls for an atmosphere-surface cycle In the November issue of Icarus, researchers from LSU's Department of Geology and Geophysics and Stony Brook's Department of Geosciences assess the details of halogen variability and an unusual proc ... more

International Conference on Protection of Materials and Structures From Space Environment

Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison & Memory Foam Mattress Review

Evidence found for granite on Mars Researchers now have stronger evidence of granite on Mars and a new theory for how the granite - an igneous rock common on Earth - could have formed there, according to a new study. The findings su ... more		The Plan for Inspiration Mars Earlier this year Dennis Wingo wrote a very interesting piece for SpaceRef.com on Dennis Tito's announced plan to send two space passengers on a comm ... more		HawkEye 360 boosts RF coverage with new Cluster 13 satellites Slow orbital wobble patterns drive ancient greenhouse climate swings Ordovician mass extinction cleared the way for jawed fishes to rise		Researchers develop algorithm to identify individual grains of Mars soil Researchers develop algorithm to identify individual grains in planetary regolith. Instruments on the Curiosity Mars rover not only measure the chemistry of rocks, elemental abundances of soils and ... more
				NASA launches spacecraft to study Mars atmosphere NASA on Monday launched its unmanned MAVEN spacecraft toward Mars to study the Red Planet's atmosphere for clues as to why Earth's neighbor lost its warmth and water over time. ... more		LeVar Burton Shares MAVEN's Story in a New NASA PSA As NASA prepares for next week's launch of the agency's next Mars-bound spacecraft, the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN), actor LeVar Burton shares the excitement of the mission in a n ... more

We're Going to the Moon!

Spotlight on China's Moon Rover

Big Boost for China's Moon Lander

"Gravity" director wants China to take him into space

Teal Identifies Over 3,000 Payloads For Launch By 2032

More Moon Missions For China

Russians take Olympic torch on historic spacewalk

Russia launches Sochi Olympic torch into space

Spaceflight Joins with NanoRacks to Deploy Satellites from the ISS

The Sounds of New Horizons

On the Path to Pluto, 5 AU and Closing

SwRI study finds that Pluto satellites' orbital ballet may hint of long-ago collisions

	Mars Rover Teams Dub Sites in Memory of Bruce Murray Features on Mars important to the missions of NASA's two active Mars rovers are now called "Murray Ridge" and "Murray Buttes," in honor of influential planetary scientist Bruce Murray (1931-2013). ... more		Martian moon samples will have bits of Mars A planned mission to return a sample from the Martian moon Phobos will likely be a twofer, according to a study by Brown University geologists. The study helps to confirm the idea that the sur ... more		NASA release 'tour' of ancient, wet Mars as YouTube video NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center has release a YouTube video it says shows how Mars may have looked 4 billion years ago. ... more		Curiosity Out of Safe Mode NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Project received confirmation from Mars Sunday (Nov. 10) that the Curiosity rover has successfully transitioned back into nominal surface operations mode. Curios ... more

SwRI tests rooftop solar fire behavior and mitigation options

Fast FPGA pulse shaping clears neutron gamma pile ups in nuclear detectors

Bayesian neural net sharpens thorium 232 fission yield data

MAVEN Aims To Answer Where Did the Water on Mars Go		Mission to Mars moon could be a sample-return twofer		Indian Mars mission suffers glitch but 'no setback'		NASA says new deep space vehicle on time for 2014 test		India Mars mission back on track after engine glitch: scientists
Proposed sample-collecting mission to Mars moon could be a 'twofer'		ExoMars Lander Module Named Schiaparelli		Opportunity Maneuvering Around A Dune Field		Prolific NASA Mars Orbiter Passes Big Data Milestone		'Freakish' asteroid discovered, resembles rotating lawn sprinkler

Frugal Mars mission launchpad for India in global space market

Mars probe named in honor of 19th century astronomer Schiaparelli

Curiosity Team Working To Understand First Fault Related Warm Reset

Multiple Missions Will Get China Moving On Mars

Mythbusting India's Mars Mission

Six-tailed asteroid stuns scientists

India reaches for Mars on prestige space mission

Dawn Enjoying Smooth Travels Deep In The Main Asteroid Belt

Mars Mission: India's Tryst with the Red Planet

India mission to Mars blasts off successfully

Students crash rockets into the ground to test sample return proposal

Martian box of delights

Seeking the Sun's Rays as Winter Approaches

Indian space head braced for tricky Mars challenge

Curiosity Mars Rover Approaches 'Cooperstown'

India Prepares for Mars Mission

NASA to probe why Mars lost its atmosphere

Scientists discover how the atmosphere of Mars turned to stone

Mars Crater May Actually Be Ancient Supervolcano

Mars Rover Opportunity Heads Uphill

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