Scientists probing erratic behavior by Mars rover

Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., are trying to figure out why the Mars rover Spirit is acting erratically.

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Court Nixes NASA Background Checks

A federal judge blocked the government Friday from conducting background checks of low-risk employees at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory after an appeals court said the investigations threaten the constitutional rights of workers.

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Asteroid Impact on Mars Said Less Likely

Scientists tracking an asteroid approaching Mars say that an impact with the Red Planet has become less likely. Refined estimates of the asteroid's orbit were made using new observations from a telescope at the Calar Alto Observatory in Spain, according to the Near-Earth Object Program at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

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Judge Won't Block NASA Background Checks

A federal judge denied a request Wednesday by more than two dozen workers at one of NASA's research labs to block a Bush administration directive requiring background checks and access to personal information.

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NASA on Thursday outlined a rescue plan to try to free the rover Spirit, which has been bogged in a sand trap on the red planet for half a year. The risky operation is expected to last several months.

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NASA's Mars rover Spirit is suffering a new bout of amnesia, one that comes after months of being stuck in deep Martian sand.

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NASA Says - 'Send Your Name to Mars'

NASA currently has a webpage where you can fill in your name and zip code, and this information will be written on a microchip going to Mars with the upcoming Mars Science Laboratory.

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NASA Sets the Date We Finally Land on Mars: April 15, 2025 - and Here's How They Plan To Do It

You just knew they had something in mind for the International Space Station besides studying the weather and sending really nice pictures back to Earth. In fact, the ISS is critical in NASA's plan to land astronauts on Mars in less than sixteen years.

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NASA has confirmed the discovery of a new hole the size of the Earth in Jupiter's atmosphere, apparently showing that the planet was hit by something large in recent days.

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PASADENA, Calif. -- Four intriguing places on Mars have risen to the final round as NASA selects a landing site for its next Mars mission, the Mars Science Laboratory.

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Laboratory tests aboard NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander have identified water in a soil sample. The lander's robotic arm delivered the sample Wednesday to an instrument that identifies vapors produced by the heating of samples.

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Phoenix Dazzles Scientists With Mars Arctic Landing

"Parachute deployment trigger detected," said Kornfeld. "Heat shield trigger detected. Ground relative velocity 90 meters per second...

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Scientists analyzing radar images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft have found as many as seven distinct layers of ice and dust beneath the north pole.

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An essay contest for students in grades 5 through 12 will determine which of three science targets Cassini will photograph on June 10, the space agency announced late Thursday.

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In an open letter to Santa last week and a speech to children at Seattle's Annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony at Westlake Center, Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels last week offered a Grinch-like tone, grumbling about climate change threatening Santa, telling kids "I hope the r …

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Good story about the testing of the ion engine on a very nice science mission to the asteroid belt.

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"In America, contrary to our self-image, we are no longer leaders but simply players," said Neil DeGrasse Tyson, the director of the Hayden Planetarium in a recent editorial. "We've moved backward just by standing still."

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From Greenland to Antarctica, the world is losing its ice faster than anyone thought possible. Can humans slow the melting?

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It is a feat millions of times more impressive than finding a needle in a haystack.

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Mars rover unperturbed by potential software disaster.Mars rover Spirit has quietly survived its own version of the millennium bug during its winter break.

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Students get a chance to command the Cassini Spacecraft. A field trip you can envy.

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