Missions
Phoenix Relegated to Scraping the Sidewalk
If humans ever build a city on Mars, perhaps (in its retirement) the Phoenix Lander can apply for a job…
Phoenix Brings New Sample to Wet Chemistry Lab
The Phoenix Mars Lander used its robotic arm to deliver a second sample of soil for analysis by the spacecraft's…
International Group Studies Mars Sample Return Mission
Until humans can actually set foot on the Red Planet, the next best thing would be a sample return mission,…
Next TEGA “Bake” Could Be Last for Phoenix
The "vibrating" done to get the first Mars arctic soil sample into Phoenix's TEGA (Thermal and Evolved Gas Analyzer) oven…
GLAST Powers Up
The GLAST (Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope) spacecraft blasted off on June 11, 2008, and after acclimating to the cold…
Proposed Mission Could Study Space-Time Around Black Holes
What do black holes, magnetars and supernovae have in common? They all emit X-rays. But it's difficult, if not impossible…
Rare Binary Pulsars Provide High Energy Physics Lab
For the first time, a spacecraft has detected signals from both stars of a binary pulsar system in X-rays. XMM-Newton…
Phoenix Press Conference Update: Proof of Water Ice
Phoenix's scientific team team held a press conference today to officially make their big announcement, which was fairly evident from…
Phoenix: “It Must Be Ice”
Phoenix scientists have been keeping an eye on the white material uncovered in a trench dug by the lander's scoop.…
Phoenix Digs Again; More Science Data on the Way
The Phoenix lander began digging in an area called "Wonderland" early Tuesday, taking its first scoop of soil from a…