Recent Posts Tagged With 'space travel'

• Mars soil may not be so good for life

  Posted on Tuesday August 5th, 2008 at 11:42 in science, mars, space travel

  Fresh tests detect highly oxidizing chemical; bye-bye, ‘Marsparagus’?New results from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander suggest that the surface layers of the Martian arctic region may not be as friendly to life as initial results suggested, NASA said M...

• NASA probe confirms water on Mars

  Posted on Tuesday August 5th, 2008 at 10:53 in science, mars, space travel

  LOS ANGELES (AFP) — NASA scientists said Thursday the Phoenix lander exploring Mars had confirmed water on the planet after analysis of a soil sample from the Red planet's surface.The discovery was made after the lander's robotic arm delivered a sa...

• Phoenix lander confirms ice in Martian soil

  Posted on Thursday July 31st, 2008 at 21:00 in science, mars, space travel

  This image provided by NASA shows the full-circle panoramic view of the Phoenix Mars Lander taken during the first several weeks after NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander arrived on an arctic plain on Mars in late May. The Phoenix spacecraft "tasted" Martian ...