Mars News from the San Diego Chapter and More http://www.marssociety.org/portal Gerry 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. daily 1 2007-07-13T03:34:19Z Phoenix Team Still At Work As Anniversary Approaches http://www.marssociety.org/portal/mars-news-from-the-san-diego-chapter/TMSSD_News_47464 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. gwilliams 2009-07-04T07:00:08Z TMSSDNews NASA Phoenix Results Point To Martian Climate Cycles http://www.marssociety.org/portal/mars-news-from-the-san-diego-chapter/TMSSD_News_47463 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. gwilliams 2009-07-04T07:00:07Z TMSSDNews SpaceUp http://www.marssociety.org/portal/mars-news-from-the-san-diego-chapter/TMSSD_News_47462 a new kind of space conference gwilliams 2009-07-03T07:01:05Z TMSSDNews FREE SPIRIT - Extraction FAQs http://www.marssociety.org/portal/mars-news-from-the-san-diego-chapter/TMSSD_News_47460 FAQ - GETTING SPIRIT UNSTUCK gwilliams 2009-07-03T07:01:04Z TMSSDNews Mars and Me Blog: The unofficial diary of a Mars rover driver http://www.marssociety.org/portal/mars-news-from-the-san-diego-chapter/TMSSD_News_47459 Spirit Sol 176 gwilliams 2009-07-03T07:01:04Z TMSSDNews See the ISS over the next week http://www.marssociety.org/portal/mars-news-from-the-san-diego-chapter/TMSSD_News_47458 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. gwilliams 2009-07-03T07:01:03Z TMSSDNews Faster, Cheaper (and Better?) Way to the Moon http://www.marssociety.org/portal/mars-news-from-the-san-diego-chapter/TMSSD_News_47457 Written by Nancy Atkinson ShareThis gwilliams 2009-07-03T07:01:03Z TMSSDNews Mars Will NOT Look as Big as the Full Moon, But You Can Watch it Get Closer http://www.marssociety.org/portal/mars-news-from-the-san-diego-chapter/TMSSD_News_47456 Written by Nancy Atkinson gwilliams 2009-07-03T07:01:02Z TMSSDNews WiFi in Space Coming Soon? http://www.marssociety.org/portal/mars-news-from-the-san-diego-chapter/TMSSD_News_47455 Written by Nancy Atkinson ShareThis gwilliams 2009-07-03T07:01:02Z TMSSDNews NASA Solicitation: Exploration Systems Mission: Radiation Standards for Lunar Sortie Missions http://www.marssociety.org/portal/mars-news-from-the-san-diego-chapter/TMSSD_News_47454 STATUS REPORT Date Released: Wednesday, July 1, 2009 Source: NASA HQ gwilliams 2009-07-03T07:01:01Z TMSSDNews Wayne Hale's NASA Blog: Point, Counterpoint http://www.marssociety.org/portal/mars-news-from-the-san-diego-chapter/TMSSD_News_47453 STATUS REPORT Date Released: Thursday, July 2, 2009 Source: NASA Blogs gwilliams 2009-07-03T07:01:01Z TMSSDNews ATK Awarded Contract for Ares I Upper Stage Ullage Motor http://www.marssociety.org/portal/mars-news-from-the-san-diego-chapter/TMSSD_News_47452 Press Release Source: ATK On Wednesday July 1, 2009, 8:00 am EDT gwilliams 2009-07-03T07:01:01Z TMSSDNews Space Camp grads named astronauts http://www.marssociety.org/portal/mars-news-from-the-san-diego-chapter/TMSSD_News_47451 Wednesday, July 01, 2009 From staff reports Huntsville Times gwilliams 2009-07-03T07:01:00Z TMSSDNews Landing on the moon rocks http://www.marssociety.org/portal/mars-news-from-the-san-diego-chapter/TMSSD_News_47450 The moon landings did not mark the end of our space dreams. Such exploration is our destiny – and inspires science careers gwilliams 2009-07-03T07:01:00Z TMSSDNews Cargo carrier loaded with refuse undocks from ISS http://www.marssociety.org/portal/mars-news-from-the-san-diego-chapter/TMSSD_News_47449 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). gwilliams 2009-07-03T07:01:00Z TMSSDNews