[meteorite-list] Dawn Mission Extended at Ceres

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6980 Dawn Mission Extended at Ceres Jet Propulsion Laboratory October 19, 2017 NASA has authorized a second extension of the Dawn mission at Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. During this extension, the

[meteorite-list] This is a Test: Asteroid Tracking Network Observes Close Approach (Asteorid 2012 TC4)

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6969 This is a Test: Asteroid Tracking Network Observes Close Approach Jet Propulsion Laboraotry October 10, 2017 On Oct. 12 EDT (Oct. 11 PDT), a small asteroid designated 2012 TC4 will safely pass by Earth at a distance of approximately 26,000

[meteorite-list] Mars Study Yields Clues to Possible Cradle of Life

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6966 Mars Study Yields Clues to Possible Cradle of Life Jet Propulsion Laboratory October 6, 2017 Fast Facts: * A long-gone sea on southern Mars once held nearly 10 times as much water as all of North America's Great Lakes combined, a recent

[meteorite-list] Examining Mars' Moon Phobos in a Different Light

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[meteorite-list] NASA Glenn Tests Thruster Bound for Metal World

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6958 NASA Glenn Tests Thruster Bound for Metal World Jet Propulsion Laboratory September 28, 2017 As NASA looks to explore deeper into our solar system, one of the key areas of interest is studying worlds that can help researchers better

[meteorite-list] A Fresh Look at Older Data Yields a Surprise Near the Martian Equator

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6956 A Fresh Look at Older Data Yields a Surprise Near the Martian Equator Jet Propulsion Laboratory September 28, 2017 Scientists taking a new look at older data from NASA's longest-operating Mars orbiter have discovered evidence of significant

[meteorite-list] NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Climbing Toward Ridge Top

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6946 NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Climbing Toward Ridge Top Jet Propulsion Laboratory September 13, 2017 NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has begun the steep ascent of an iron-oxide-bearing ridge that's grabbed scientists' attention since before the

[meteorite-list] Dawn Mission Celebrates 10 Years in Space

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6955 Dawn Mission Celebrates 10 Years in Space Jet Propulsion Laboratory September 27, 2017 Ten years ago, NASA's Dawn spacecraft set sail for the two most massive bodies in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter: giant asteroid Vesta and

[meteorite-list] NASA's Next Mars Mission to Investigate Interior of Red Planet (InSight)

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6934 NASA's Next Mars Mission to Investigate Interior of Red Planet Jet Propulsion Laboratory August 28, 2017 Preparation of NASA's next spacecraft to Mars, InSight, has ramped up this summer, on course for launch next May from Vandenberg Air

[meteorite-list] Radar Reveals Two Moons Orbiting Asteroid Florence

https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news199.html Radar Reveals Two Moons Orbiting Asteroid Florence Lance Benner, Shantanu Naidu, Marina Brozovic, and Paul Chodas Center for NEO Studies (CNEOS) September 1, 2017 Radar images of asteroid 3122 Florence obtained at the 70-meter antenna at

[meteorite-list] Large, Distant Comets More Common Than Previously Thought

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6902 Large, Distant Comets More Common Than Previously Thought Jet Propulsion Laboratory July 25, 2017 Comets that take more than 200 years to make one revolution around the Sun are notoriously difficult to study. Because they spend most of their

[meteorite-list] Holographic Imaging Could Be Used to Detect Signs of Life in Space

https://www.caltech.edu/news/holographic-imaging-could-be-used-detect-signs-life-space-78931 Holographic Imaging Could Be Used to Detect Signs of Life in Space Engineers explore ways to sample and identify living microbes in the outer solar system Caltech July 20, 2017 We may be capable of

[meteorite-list] From Mars Rover Opportunity: Panorama Above 'Perseverance Valley'

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6898 >From Mars Rover: Panorama Above 'Perseverance Valley' Jet Propulsion Laboratory July 20, 2017 NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity recorded a panoramic view before entering the upper end of a fluid-carved valley that descends the inner

[meteorite-list] Large Asteroid 3122 Florence to Safely Pass Earth on Sept. 1

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6927 Large Asteroid to Safely Pass Earth on Sept. 1 Jet Propulsion Laboratory August 17, 2017 Asteroid Florence, a large near-Earth asteroid, will pass safely by Earth on Sept. 1, 2017, at a distance of about 4.4 million miles, (7.0 million

[meteorite-list] Curiosity Mars Rover Begins Study of Ridge Destination

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6894 Curiosity Mars Rover Begins Study of Ridge Destination Jet Propulsion Laboratory July 11, 2017 The car-size NASA rover on a Martian mountain, Curiosity, has begun its long-anticipated study of an iron-bearing ridge forming a distinctive

[meteorite-list] The Day The Internet Stood Still

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[meteorite-list] NASA Finds Evidence of Diverse Environments in Curiosity Samples

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6870 NASA Finds Evidence of Diverse Environments in Curiosity Samples Jet Propulsion Laboratory June 9, 2017 NASA scientists have found a wide diversity of minerals in the initial samples of rocks collected by the Curiosity rover in the lowermost

[meteorite-list] NASA's Asteroid-Hunting Spacecraft a Discovery Machine (NEOWISE)

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6864 NASA's Asteroid-Hunting Spacecraft a Discovery Machine Jet Propulsion Laboratory June 5, 2017 NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) mission has released its third year of survey data, with the spacecraft

[meteorite-list] Curiosity Peels Back Layers on Ancient Martian Lake

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6863 Curiosity Peels Back Layers on Ancient Martian Lake Jet Propulsion Laboratory June 1, 2017 Fast Facts: o NASA's Curiosity Mars rover mission has provided an unprecedented level of detail about an ancient lake environment on Mars that offered

[meteorite-list] Cassini Finds Saturn Moon Enceladus May Have Tipped Over

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6860 Cassini Finds Saturn Moon May Have Tipped Over Jet Propulsion Laboratory May 30, 2017 Saturn's icy, ocean-bearing moon Enceladus may have tipped over in the distant past, according to recent research from NASA's Cassini mission. Researchers

[meteorite-list] High-Silica 'Halos' Shed Light on Wet Ancient Mars

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6859 High-Silica 'Halos' Shed Light on Wet Ancient Mars Jet Propulsion Laboratory May 30, 2017 Pale "halos" around fractures in bedrock analyzed by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover contain copious silica, indicating that ancient Mars had liquid water

[meteorite-list] Mars Rover Opportunity Begins Study of Valley's Origin

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6844 Mars Rover Opportunity Begins Study of Valley's Origin Jet Propulsion Laboratory May 15, 2017 NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has reached the main destination of its current two-year extended mission -- an ancient fluid-carved

[meteorite-list] Movie Shows Ceres at Opposition from Sun

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6845 Movie Shows Ceres at Opposition from Sun Jet Propulsion Laboratory May 16, 2017 NASA's Dawn spacecraft successfully observed Ceres at opposition on April 29, taking images from a position exactly between the sun and Ceres' surface. Mission

[meteorite-list] NASA Moves Up Launch of Psyche Mission to a Metal Asteroid

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6854 NASA Moves Up Launch of Psyche Mission to a Metal Asteroid Jet Propulsion Laboratory May 24, 2017 Psyche, NASA's Discovery Mission to a unique metal asteroid, has been moved up one year with launch in the summer of 2022, and with a planned

[meteorite-list] RIP Michael A'Hearn (1940-2017)

MICHAEL F. A'HEARN VISITATION AND FUNERAL NOTICE Mike passed away on Monday, May 29, 2017, at his home in University Park, MD. He had a deep love of science and gregarious nature, always able to make a positive difference in whatever he did. An obituary will be forthcoming. Mike was the

[meteorite-list] Curiosity Rover Samples Active Linear Dune on Mars

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6835 NASA Rover Samples Active Linear Dune on Mars Jet Propulsion Laboratory May 4, 2017 As it drives uphill from a band of rippled sand dunes, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is toting a fistful of dark sand for onboard analysis that will complete

[meteorite-list] Initial Results from the Close Approach of Asteroid 2014 JO25

https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news196.html Initial Results from the Close Approach of Asteroid 2014 JO25 Center for NEO Studies (CNEOS) May 5, 2017 A relatively large asteroid called 2014 JO25 approached within 4.6 lunar distances (within 1.1 million miles or 1.8 million kilometers) of the

[meteorite-list] Dawn Journal - April 29, 2017

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[meteorite-list] Dawn Observing Ceres; 3rd Reaction Wheel Malfunctions

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6830 Dawn Observing Ceres; 3rd Reaction Wheel Malfunctions Jet Propulsion Laboratory Arpil 26, 2017 Mission Status Report NASA's Dawn spacecraft is preparing to observe Ceres on April 29 from an "opposition" position, directly between the dwarf

[meteorite-list] Detecting Life in the Driest Place on Earth

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6821 Detecting Life in the Driest Place on Earth Jet Propulsion Laboratory April 20, 2017 Few places are as hostile to life as Chile's Atacama Desert. It's the driest place on Earth, and only the hardiest microbes survive there. Its rocky

[meteorite-list] Landslides on Ceres Reflect Ice Content

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6820 Landslides on Ceres Reflect Ice Content Jet Propulsion Laboratory April 19, 2017 As NASA's Dawn spacecraft continues exploring Ceres, evidence mounts that the enigmatic dwarf planet retains a significant amount of water ice. A new study in

[meteorite-list] NASA's Mars Rover Opportunity Leaves 'Tribulation'

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6819 NASA's Mars Rover Opportunity Leaves 'Tribulation' Jet Propulsion Laboratory April 19, 2017 NASA's senior Mars rover, Opportunity, is departing "Cape Tribulation," a crater-rim segment it has explored since late 2014, southbound for its next

[meteorite-list] NASA Scientists to Discuss Search for Habitable Planets, Signs of Life off Earth

April 19, 2017 MEDIA ADVISORY M17-046 NASA Scientists to Discuss Search for Habitable Planets, Signs of Life off Earth NASA scientists from across the agency will present their latest findings and perspectives on topics ranging from the origins and evolution of life on Earth to the search

[meteorite-list] NASA Radar Spots Relatively Large Asteroid Prior to Flyby (2014 JO25)

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6817 NASA Radar Spots Relatively Large Asteroid Prior to Flyby Jet Propulsion Laboratory April 18, 2017 Radar images of asteroid 2014 JO25 were obtained in the early morning hours on Tuesday, with NASA's 70-meter (230-foot) antenna at the

[meteorite-list] NASA Invests in 22 Visionary Exploration Concepts

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6808 NASA Invests in 22 Visionary Exploration Concepts Jet Propulsion Laboratory April 7, 2017 A mechanical rover inspired by a Dutch artist. A weather balloon that recharges its batteries in the clouds of Venus. These are just two of the five

[meteorite-list] Asteroid 2014 JO25 to Fly Safely Past Earth on April 19

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6807 Asteroid to Fly Safely Past Earth on April 19 Jet Propulsion Laboratory April 6, 2017 A fairly large asteroid discovered nearly three years ago will fly safely past Earth on April 19 at a distance of about 1.1 million miles (1.8 million

[meteorite-list] Ceres' Temporary Atmosphere Linked to Solar Activity

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6802 Ceres' Temporary Atmosphere Linked to Solar Activity Jet Propuslion Laboratory April 6, 2017 Scientists have long thought that Ceres may have a very weak, transient atmosphere, but mysteries lingered about its origin and why it's not always

[meteorite-list] Dawn Journal - March 30, 2017

http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/journal_03_30_17.html Dawn Journal Dr. Marc Rayman March 30, 2017 Dear Leonardo dawn Vinci, Micheldawngelo and Other Artistic Readers, Now in its third year of orbiting a distant dwarf planet, a spacecraft from Earth is as active as ever. Like a master artist,

[meteorite-list] Prolific Mars Orbiter Completes 50, 000 Orbits (MRO)

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6800 Prolific Mars Orbiter Completes 50,000 Orbits Jet Propulsion Laboratory March 29, 2017 The most data-productive spacecraft yet at Mars swept past its 50,000th orbit this week, continuing to compile the most sharp-eyed global coverage ever

[meteorite-list] NASA Selects CubeSat, SmallSat Mission Concept Studies

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6791 NASA Selects CubeSat, SmallSat Mission Concept Studies Jet Propulsion Laboratory March 23, 2017 NASA has selected 10 studies under the Planetary Science Deep Space SmallSat Studies (PSDS3) program to develop mission concepts using small

[meteorite-list] Ice in Ceres' Shadowed Craters Linked to Tilt History

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6787 Ice in Ceres' Shadowed Craters Linked to Tilt History Jet Propulsion Laboratory March 22, 2017 Dwarf planet Ceres may be hundreds of millions of miles from Jupiter, and even farther from Saturn, but the tremendous influence of gravity from

[meteorite-list] The Many Faces of Rosetta's Comet 67P

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6786 The Many Faces of Rosetta's Comet 67P Jet Propulsion Laboratory March 21, 2017 Images returned from the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission indicate that during its most recent trip through the inner solar system, the surface of comet

[meteorite-list] Breaks Observed in Mars Curiosity Rover Wheel Treads

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6785 Breaks Observed in Rover Wheel Treads Jet Propulsion Laboratory March 21, 2017 Mars Science Laboratory Mission Status Report A routine check of the aluminum wheels on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has found two small breaks on the rover's left

[meteorite-list] Origami-inspired Robot Can Hitch a Ride with a Rover

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6782 Origami-inspired Robot Can Hitch a Ride with a Rover Jet Propulsion Laboratory March 20, 2017 The next rovers to explore another planet might bring along a scout. The Pop-Up Flat Folding Explorer Robot (PUFFER) in development at NASA's Jet

[meteorite-list] COBALT Flight Demonstrations Fuse Technologies to Gain Precision Landing Results

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6780 COBALT Flight Demonstrations Fuse Technologies to Gain Precision Landing Results March 17, 2017 Many regions in the solar system beckon for exploration, but they are considered unreachable due to technology gaps in current landing systems.

[meteorite-list] Dawn Identifies Age of Ceres' Brightest Area

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6766 Dawn Identifies Age of Ceres' Brightest Area Jet Propulsion Laboratory March 8, 2017 The bright central area of Ceres' Occator Crater, known as Cerealia Facula, is approximately 30 million years younger than the crater in which it lies,

[meteorite-list] Does Mars Have Rings? Not Right Now, But Maybe One Day

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6781 Does Mars Have Rings? Not Right Now, But Maybe One Day Jet Propulsion Laboratory March 20, 2017 As children, we learned about our solar system's planets by certain characteristics -- Jupiter is the largest, Saturn has rings, Mercury is

[meteorite-list] NASA Mars Orbiter Tracks Back-to-Back Regional Storms (MRO)

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6771 NASA Mars Orbiter Tracks Back-to-Back Regional Storms Jet Propulsion Laboratory March 9, 2017 A regional dust storm currently swelling on Mars follows unusually closely on one that blossomed less than two weeks earlier and is now dissipating,

[meteorite-list] Mars Volcano, Earth's Dinosaurs Went Extinct About the Same Time

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6783 Mars Volcano, Earth's Dinosaurs Went Extinct About the Same Time Jet Propulsion Laboratory March 20, 2017 New NASA research reveals that the giant Martian volcano Arsia Mons produced one new lava flow at its summit every 1 to 3 million years

[meteorite-list] Cassini Reveals Strange Shape of Saturn's Moon Pan

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6770 Cassini Reveals Strange Shape of Saturn's Moon Pan Jet Propulsion Laboratory March 9, 2017 [Images] These raw, unprocessed images of Saturn's tiny moon, Pan, were taken on March 7, 2017, by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The flyby had a

[meteorite-list] MAVEN Orbiter Steers Clear of Mars Moon Phobos

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6764 NASA Orbiter Steers Clear of Mars Moon Phobos Jet Propulsion Laboratory March 2, 2017 NASA's MAVEN spacecraft performed a previously unscheduled maneuver this week to avoid a collision in the near future with Mars' moon Phobos. The Mars

[meteorite-list] Dawn Journal - February 27, 2017

http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/journal_02_27_17.html Dawn Journal Dr. Marc Rayman February 27, 2017 Dear Pedawntic Readers, A sophisticated spaceship in orbit around an alien world has been firing its advanced ion engine to execute complex and elegant orbital acrobatics. On assignment from

[meteorite-list] Martian Winds Carve Mountains, Move Dust, Raise Dust (MSL)

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6758 Martian Winds Carve Mountains, Move Dust, Raise Dust Jet Propulsion Laboratory February 27, 2017 Fast Facts: * Wind is a dominant force shaping landscapes on Mars, despite the thin air. * A recent study supports the idea that a mountain that

[meteorite-list] Tiny Asteroid Whizzes by Earth (2017 EA)

http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news194.html Tiny Asteroid Whizzes by Earth (2017 EA) March 2, 2017 Paul Chodas Center for NEO Studies (CNEOS) A small near-Earth asteroid less than 3 meters (10 feet) across whizzed safely past Earth today at a distance so close that it passed well inside the

[meteorite-list] Dawn Discovers Evidence for Organic Material on Ceres

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6751 Dawn Discovers Evidence for Organic Material on Ceres Jet Propulsion Laboratory February 16, 2017 NASA's Dawn mission has found evidence for organic material on Ceres, a dwarf planet and the largest body in the main asteroid belt between Mars

[meteorite-list] Lasers Could Give Space Research its 'Broadband' Moment

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6746 Lasers Could Give Space Research its 'Broadband' Moment Jet Propulsion Laboratory February 14, 2017 Thought your Internet speeds were slow? Try being a space scientist for a day. The vast distances involved will throttle data rates to a

[meteorite-list] Scientists Shortlist Three Landing Sites for Mars 2020

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6744 Scientists Shortlist Three Landing Sites for Mars 2020 Jet Propulsion Laboratory February 11, 2017 Participants in a landing site workshop for NASA's upcoming Mars 2020 mission have recommended three locations on the Red Planet for further

[meteorite-list] Asteroid 2017 BQ6 Resembles Dungeons and Dragons Dice

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6742 Asteroid Resembles Dungeons and Dragons Dice Jet Propulsion Laboratory February 10, 2017 [Images] This composite of 25 images of asteroid 2017 BQ6 was generated with radar data collected using NASA's Goldstone Solar System Radar in

[meteorite-list] NASA's Curiosity Rover Sharpens Paradox of Ancient Mars

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6734 NASA's Curiosity Rover Sharpens Paradox of Ancient Mars Jet Propulsion Laboratory February 6, 2017 Fast Facts: * Curiosity rover findings add to a puzzle about ancient Mars because the same rocks that indicate a lake was present also indicate

[meteorite-list] Dawn Journal - January 31, 2017

http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/journal_01_31_17.html Dawn Journal Dr. Marc Rayman January 31, 2017 Dear Prodawns, Neudawns and Elecdawns, A deep-space robotic emissary from Earth is continuing to carry out its extraordinary mission at a distant dwarf planet. Orbiting high above Ceres, the

[meteorite-list] Mars Rover Curiosity Examines Possible Mud Cracks

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6721 Mars Rover Curiosity Examines Possible Mud Cracks Jet Propulsion Laboratory January 17, 2017 Scientists used NASA's Curiosity Mars rover in recent weeks to examine slabs of rock cross-hatched with shallow ridges that likely originated as

[meteorite-list] Similar-Looking Ridges on Mars Have Diverse Origins

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6725 Similar-Looking Ridges on Mars Have Diverse Origins Jet Propulsion Laboratory January 25, 2017 Fast Facts: * Many places on Mars have networks of ridges that intersect at angles to form polygons. * Martian polygonal-ridge features vary in

[meteorite-list] A New Test for Life on Other Planets

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6727 A New Test for Life on Other Planets Jet Propulsion Laboratory January 26, 2017 A simple chemistry method could vastly enhance how scientists search for signs of life on other planets. The test uses a liquid-based technique known as capillary

[meteorite-list] NASA Selects Two Discovery Missions to Explore the Early Solar System

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6713 NASA Selects Two Missions to Explore the Early Solar System Jet Propulsion Laboratory January 4, 2017 NASA has selected two missions that have the potential to open new windows on one of the earliest eras in the history of our solar system - a

[meteorite-list] Dawn Journal - December 29, 2016

http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/journal_12_29_16.html Dawn Journal Dr. Marc Rayman December 29, 2016 Dear Dawnimations, Dawn is concluding a remarkable year of exploring dwarf planet Ceres. At the beginning of 2016, the spacecraft was still a newcomer to its lowest altitude orbit (the

[meteorite-list] NASA's NEOWISE Mission Spies One Comet, Maybe Two

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6712 NASA's NEOWISE Mission Spies One Comet, Maybe Two Jet Propulsion Laboratory December 29, 2016 NASA's NEOWISE mission has recently discovered some celestial objects traveling through our neighborhood, including one on the blurry line between

[meteorite-list] Mars Odyssey Orbiter Recovering from Precautionary Pause in Activity

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6711 Orbiter Recovering from Precautionary Pause in Activity Jet Propulsion Laboratory December 28, 2016 Mars Odyssey Mission Status Report NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter, which has been in service at Mars since October 2001, put itself into safe

[meteorite-list] New Quasicrystal Found in Russian Meteorit

http://www.unifi.it/art-2306-discovery-of-yet-to-be-observed-extraterrestrial-quasicrystal.html Discovery of yet to be observed extraterrestrial quasicrystal University of Florence December 16, 2016 As reported in a study by a scientist of the Department of Earth Sciences appeared in

[meteorite-list] Mars Rover Opportunity Update: December 7-13, 2016

http://mars.nasa.gov/mer/mission/status.html#opportunity OPPORTUNITY UPDATE: Rover Performs Several Drives to Ancient Gully - sols 4576-4582, December 07, 2016-December 13, 2016: Opportunity is making progress towards the next science objective of the extended mission. The rover is headed

[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images: December 21, 2016

MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES December 21, 2016 o Lace on Mars http://www.uahirise.org/ESP_046414_0990 Channels formed by sublimation of a layer of seasonal dry ice are so dense in this area that they look like lace. o Spiders on Mounds

[meteorite-list] Where is the Ice on Ceres? New NASA Dawn Findings

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6703 Where is the Ice on Ceres? New NASA Dawn Findings Jet Propulsion Laboratory December 15, 2061 At first glance, Ceres, the largest body in the main asteroid belt, may not look icy. Images from NASA's Dawn spacecraft have revealed a dark,

[meteorite-list] Mars Rock-Ingredient Stew Seen as Plus for Habitability

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6700 Mars Rock-Ingredient Stew Seen as Plus for Habitability Jet Propulsion Laboratory December 13, 2016 Fast Facts: * NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is finding patterns of change in rock composition at higher, younger layers of a mountain. *

[meteorite-list] Dawn Journal - November 28, 2016

http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/journal_11_28_16.html Dawn Journal Dr. Marc Rayman November 28, 2016 Dear Decadawnt Readers, Blue rope lights adorn Dawn mission control at JPL, but not because the flight team is in the holiday spirit (although they are in the holiday spirit). The felicitous

[meteorite-list] NASA Radio on Europe's New Mars Orbiter Aces Relay Test

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6685 NASA Radio on Europe's New Mars Orbiter Aces Relay Test Jet Propulsion Laboratory November 29, 2016 Data from each of the two rovers active on Mars reached Earth last week in the successful first relay test of a NASA radio aboard Europe's new

[meteorite-list] Curiosity Rover Team Examining New Drill Hiatus

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6692 Curiosity Rover Team Examining New Drill Hiatus Jet Propulsion Laboratory December 5, 2016 NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is studying its surroundings and monitoring the environment, rather than driving or using its arm for science, while the

[meteorite-list] New Ceres Views as Dawn Moves Higher

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6678 New Ceres Views as Dawn Moves Higher Jet Propulsion Laboratory November 18, 2016 The brightest area on Ceres stands out amid shadowy, cratered terrain in a dramatic new view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft, taken as it looked off to the side of

[meteorite-list] NASA, FEMA Hold Asteroid Emergency Planning Exercise

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6669 NASA, FEMA Hold Asteroid Emergency Planning Exercise Jet Propulsion Laboratory November 4, 2016 What would we do if we discovered a large asteroid on course to impact Earth? While highly unlikely, that was the high-consequence scenario

[meteorite-list] Curiosity Mars Rover Checks Odd-looking Iron Meteorite

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6667 Curiosity Mars Rover Checks Odd-looking Iron Meteorite Jet Propulsion Laboratory November 2, 2016 [Image] The dark, golf-ball-size object in this composite, colorized view from the ChemCam instrument on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is a

[meteorite-list] Catalog of Known Near-Earth Asteroids Tops 15, 000

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6664 Catalog of Known Near-Earth Asteroids Tops 15,000 Jet Propulsion Laboratory October 27, 2016 The number of discovered near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) now tops 15,000, with an average of 30 new discoveries added each week. This milestone marks a

[meteorite-list] Further Clues to Fate of Schiaparelli Mars Lander, Seen From Orbit

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6663 Further Clues to Fate of Mars Lander, Seen From Orbit Jet Propulsion Laboratory October 27, 2016 The most powerful telescope orbiting Mars is providing new details of the scene near the Martian equator where Europe's Schiaparelli test lander

[meteorite-list] GRAIL Moon Mission Shares Insights into Giant Impacts

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6662 NASA Moon Mission Shares Insights into Giant Impacts Jet Propulsion Laboratory October 27, 2016 Fast Facts: * Orientale basin is a giant, ringed impact crater on Earth's moon. * Until now, how impact craters with rings form had not been well

[meteorite-list] Water Detected on Largest Metallic Asteroid in Solar System (Psyche)

https://www.usgs.gov/news/water-detected-largest-metallic-asteroid-solar-system Water Detected on Largest Metallic Asteroid in Solar System USGS Release Date: October 20, 2016 Scientists have discovered possible evidence for water-rich minerals on the surface of the largest metallic asteroid

[meteorite-list] Computing Glitch May Have Doomed Schiaparelli Mars Lander

http://www.nature.com/news/computing-glitch-may-have-doomed-mars-lander-1.20861 Computing glitch may have doomed Mars lander Researchers sift through clues after Schiaparelli crash in hopes of averting mistakes in 2020 mission. Elizabeth Gibney Nature 25 October 2016 Photos of a huge

[meteorite-list] Uranus May Have Two Undiscovered Moons

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6657 Uranus May Have Two Undiscovered Moons Jet Propulsion Laboratory October 21, 2016 NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft flew by Uranus 30 years ago, but researchers are still making discoveries from the data it gathered then. A new study led by

[meteorite-list] Citizen Scientists Seek South Pole 'Spiders' on Mars

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6654 Citizen Scientists Seek South Pole 'Spiders' on Mars Jet Propulsion Laboratory October 20, 2016 [Image] This image shows spidery channels eroded into Martian ground. This image shows spidery channels eroded into Martian ground. It is a Sept.

[meteorite-list] New Horizons: Possible Clouds on Pluto, Next Target is Reddish

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6651 New Horizons: Possible Clouds on Pluto, Next Target is Reddish Jet Propulsion Laboratory October 18, 2016 [Image] Scientists from NASA's New Horizons mission have spotted signs of long run-out landslides on Pluto's largest moon, Charon. This

[meteorite-list] Camera on MRO Shows Signs of Latest Mars Lander Schiaparelli

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6658 Camera on Mars Orbiter Shows Signs of Latest Mars Lander Jet Propulsion Laboratory October 21, 2016 [Images] This comparison of before-and-after images. This comparison of before-and-after images shows two spots that likely appeared in

[meteorite-list] ESA Celebrates ExoMars Orbiter Success, Keeps Vigil For Lost Lander

http://spaceflightnow.com/2016/10/19/esa-celebrates-exomars-orbiter-success-keeps-vigil-for-lost-lander/ ESA celebrates ExoMars orbiter success, keeps vigil for lost lander Stephen Clark SpaceFlight Now October 19, 2016 A European-built orbiter designed to seek out the source of methane on

[meteorite-list] NASA's Kepler Gets the 'Big Picture' of Comet 67P

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6641 NASA's Kepler Gets the 'Big Picture' of Comet 67P Jet Propulsion Laboratory October 7, 2016 On Sept. 30, the European Space Agency concluded its Rosetta mission and the study of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. During the final month of the

[meteorite-list] NASA's Opportunity Rover to Explore Mars Gully

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6642 NASA's Opportunity Rover to Explore Mars Gully Jet Propulsion Laboratory October 7, 2016 NASA's Opportunity Mars rover will drive down a gully carved long ago by a fluid that might have been water, according to the latest plans for the

[meteorite-list] Study Predicts Next Global Dust Storm on Mars

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6638 Study Predicts Next Global Dust Storm on Mars Jet Propulsion Laboratory October 5, 2016 Global dust storms on Mars could soon become more predictable -- which would be a boon for future astronauts there -- if the next one follows a pattern

[meteorite-list] NASA Flight Program Tests Mars Lander Vision System

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6635 NASA Flight Program Tests Mars Lander Vision System Jet Propulsion Laboratory October 4, 2016 NASA tested new "eyes" for its next Mars rover mission on a rocket built by Masten Space Systems in Mojave, California, thanks in part to NASA's

[meteorite-list] NASA's Curiosity Rover Begins Next Mars Chapter

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6632 NASA's Curiosity Rover Begins Next Mars Chapter Jet Propulsion Laboratory October 3, 2016 After collecting drilled rock powder in arguably the most scenic landscape yet visited by a Mars rover, NASA's Curiosity mobile laboratory is driving

[meteorite-list] Extraterrestrial Impact Preceded Ancient Global Warming Event

http://news.rpi.edu/content/2016/10/13/extraterrestrial-impact-preceded-ancient-global-warming-event Extraterrestrial Impact Preceded Ancient Global Warming Event By Mary L. Martially Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute October 13, 2016 A comet strike may have triggered the Paleocene-Eocene

[meteorite-list] Chinese Meteorite Field Likely To Be World's Largest

http://gbtimes.com/china/chinese-meteorite-field-likely-be-worlds-largest Chinese meteorite field likely to be world's largest gbtimes October 14, 2016 Experts from the Chinese Academy of Sciences confirmed on October 13 that the meteorite-strewn field in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is

[meteorite-list] Dawn Journal - September 27, 2016

http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/journal_09_27_16.html Dawn Journal Dr. Marc Rayman September 27, 2016 Dear Dawnniversaries, Nine years ago today, Dawn set sail on an epic journey of discovery and adventure. The intrepid explorer has sailed the cosmic seas and collected treasures that far

[meteorite-list] Mars Rover Opportunity Update: September 20-26, 2016

http://mars.nasa.gov/mer/mission/status.html#opportunity OPPORTUNITY UPDATE: Busy Week of Science and Imaging for Opportunity - sols 4500 - 4506, September 20, 2016-September 26, 2016: Since leaving the "Lewis and Clark Gap" of Marathon Valley, Opportunity has been driving through

[meteorite-list] Curiosity Rover Finds Evidence of Mars Crust Contributing to Atmosphere

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6631 Curiosity Finds Evidence of Mars Crust Contributing to Atmosphere Jet Propulsion Laboratory September 29, 2016 NASA's Curiosity rover has found evidence that chemistry in the surface material on Mars contributed dynamically to the makeup of

[meteorite-list] Farewell Rosetta: ESA Mission to End on Comet Surface

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6633 Farewell Rosetta: ESA Mission to End on Comet Surface Jet Propulsion Laboratory September 29, 2016 The European Space Agency's (ESA) Rosetta mission will come to a dramatic end on Friday, Sept. 30, with a controlled touchdown of the spacecraft

[meteorite-list] NASA TV Coverage of European Mission Comet Touchdow (Rosetta)

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6630 NASA TV Coverage of European Mission Comet Touchdown Jet Propulsion Laboratory September 28, 2016 NASA Television and the agency's website will air the conclusion of ESA's (European Space Agency's) Rosetta mission from 3:15 to 5 a.m PDT

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