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Mars News from the San Diego Chapter and More
Up one levelGerry William from the San Diego Chapter of the Mars Society assembles the most comprehensive set of Mars and related news that I know of. Here they are updated daily. We may also place other non Mars Society news here once in a while.
Phoenix Team Still At Work As Anniversary Approaches
May 20, 2009 -- It has been nearly one year since NASA's Phoenix Mars Mission successfully landed on the polar region of Mars on May 25, 2008, but the science team remains hard at work.
NASA Phoenix Results Point To Martian Climate Cycles
July 02, 2009 -- Favorable chemistry and episodes with thin films of liquid water during ongoing, long-term climate cycles may sometimes make the area where NASA's Phoenix Mars mission landed last year a favorable environment for microbes.
Mars and Me Blog: The unofficial diary of a Mars rover driver
Spirit Sol 176
See the ISS over the next week
Orbits can be a bit complicated. As the International Space Station orbits the Earth every 90 minutes or so, the Earth is spinning underneath it… and not only that, the orbit of the ISS is tilted by about 50 degrees to the Equator. All of this means that any one spot on Earth doesn't see the ISS every 90 minutes, and in fact it can be days or weeks between favorable overhead passes.
Faster, Cheaper (and Better?) Way to the Moon
Written by Nancy Atkinson ShareThis
Mars Will NOT Look as Big as the Full Moon, But You Can Watch it Get Closer
Written by Nancy Atkinson
NASA Solicitation: Exploration Systems Mission: Radiation Standards for Lunar Sortie Missions
STATUS REPORT Date Released: Wednesday, July 1, 2009 Source: NASA HQ
Wayne Hale's NASA Blog: Point, Counterpoint
STATUS REPORT Date Released: Thursday, July 2, 2009 Source: NASA Blogs
ATK Awarded Contract for Ares I Upper Stage Ullage Motor
Press Release Source: ATK On Wednesday July 1, 2009, 8:00 am EDT
Space Camp grads named astronauts
Wednesday, July 01, 2009 From staff reports Huntsville Times
Landing on the moon rocks
The moon landings did not mark the end of our space dreams. Such exploration is our destiny – and inspires science careers
Cargo carrier loaded with refuse undocks from ISS
MOSCOW. July 1 (Interfax-AVN) - Russia's Progress M-02M cargo carrier filled with refuse and decommissioned equipment has undocked from the International Space Station (ISS).
It's official -- Bolden hearing on July 8
posted by Mark Matthews on Jul 1, 2009 9:56:06 AM
Space Shuttle to Launch July 11 After Successful Leak Test
By Tariq Malik Senior Editor posted: 01 July 2009 03:53 pm ET
New Mouse Constellation Chosen By Children
By SPACE.com staff posted: 01 July 2009 11:21 am ET
NASA: Fuel test a success, shuttle launch day set
By MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer – Wed Jul 1, 2:59 pm ET
ET-131 Tanking Test success - STS-127 now officially tracking launch on July 11
July 1st, 2009 by Chris Bergin
Twelfth International Mars Society Convention
Brookhaven National Laboratory Publication Features FMARS
