Steve Squyres

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Name: Steve Squyres

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 1 reports

More Evidence That Ancient Mars Could Support Life Found by Old Rover

The venerable Mars rover Opportunity, the older and smaller cousin of Curiosity, has discovered another water-weathered rock hinting that the Red Planet could have supported life in its ancient past, NASA officials said.In its last days exploring "Cape ... [Published Space.com - 11 hours ago]

Entities: Steve Squyres, NASA, Gene Cernan, Stony Brook (United States)

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 22 hours ago - 1 reports

Mars rocks examined by NASA rovers

Curiosity's drill hole in the rock named Cumberland. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS(Sen) - Rovers on Mars have been analysing rocks to gain a clearer picture of the planet's past environment and to understand if it once had conditions suitable for ... [Published SEN - May 21 2013]

Entities: John Klein, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA, Yellowknife (Canada)

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Opportunity and Curiosity updates: Rolling and drilling and a little wear on the wheels

Topics: mission status, amateur image processing, Mars, Mars Exploration Rovers, Opportunity, Curiosity (Mars Science Laboratory)For most of April, while Mars scuttled behind the Sun as seen from Earth, both Mars rovers were pretty inactive. Now ... [Published Planetary Society - May 20 2013]

Entities: Steve Squyres, John Klein, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Mars rover studies rock weathered by water

India May 20(IM):Nasa's Mars rover Opportunity has finished examining a fractured rock on the red planet intensely altered by water, providing evidence about a wet ancient environment possibly favourable for life. Opportunity is now driving to a new study ... [Published Indian Mirror - May 20 2013]

Entities: Steve Squyres, NASA, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 6 reports

NASA

Mars rover Opportunity examines rock altered by water

NASA?s Mars rover, Opportunity, has finished examining a fractured rock on the red planet intensely altered by water, providing evidence about a wet ancient environment possibly favourable for life.Opportunity is now driving to a new study area after ... [Published Hindu Business Line - May 19 2013]

Entities: Steve Squyres, NASA, Acidic

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Cornell University

Mars Rover Opportunity Examines Clay Clues in Rock

PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's senior Mars rover, Opportunity, is driving to a new study area after a dramatic finish to 20 months on "Cape York" with examination of a rock intensely altered by water.The fractured rock, called "Esperance," provides evidence ... [Published Space Fellowship - May 17 2013]

Entities: Steve Squyres, Cornell University, NASA

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Mars One will look for — and hide from — life on Mars

Mars One plans to put four astronaut-explorers on Mars by 2023, but they will take steps to avoid contaminating any lifeforms already on Mars. Life may well lurk beneath the Martian surface today, but it'll be tough to detect without sending humans to ... [Published Christian Science Monitor - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Robotics, Steve Squyres, Microbe, Methane

First reported Mar 04 2013 - Updated Mar 04 2013 - 1 reports

The Humans2Mars Summit

That seems lively. http://h2m.exploremars.org/agenda/ “H2M is a comprehensive Mars exploration conference, organized by Explore Mars, Inc. to address the major challenges that need to be overcome to send humans to Mars by 2030.” Agenda Humans to ... [Published Wired: Beyond the Beyond - Mar 04 2013]

Entities: NASA, Todd May, International Space University, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Doug Cooke

First reported Jan 27 2013 - Updated Jan 27 2013 - 1 reports

Opportunity Rover Starts Year 10 on Mars with Remarkable Science Discoveries

Image caption: Opportunity Celebrates 9 Years and 3200 Sols on Mars snapping this view panoramic view from her current location on ‘Matijevic Hill’ at Endeavour Crater. The rover discovered phyllosilicate clay minerals and calcium sulfate veins at the ... [Published Universe Today - Jan 27 2013]

Entities: Steve Squyres, Opportunity Rover, Calcium Sulfate, Mineral, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

First reported Jan 26 2013 - Updated Jan 26 2013 - 1 reports

Opportunity rover moves into 10th year of operations

Designed to operate for at least 90 days on the surface of Mars, project engineers had high hopes that one or both of the Mars Exploration Rovers -- Spirit and Opportunity -- would manage to survive a bit longer than that as they creeped across the red ... [Published Spaceflight Now - Jan 26 2013]

Entities: Calcium Sulfate, Opportunity Rover, Steve Squyres, Gypsum, Precipitate

First reported Dec 09 2012 - Updated Dec 09 2012 - 1 reports

Opportunity rover beginning study of Martian clays

NASA's Opportunity mission, laboring halfway around Mars from the headline-stealing Curiosity rover, is giving geologists their first up-close glimpse of Martian clays, leftovers from an ancient watery environment on the red planet.Opportunity captured ... [Published Spaceflight Now - Dec 09 2012]

Entities: Steve Squyres, Opportunity Rover, Mineral, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Cornell University

First reported Dec 04 2012 - Updated Dec 05 2012 - 3 reports

NASA Opportunity Rover Does Walkabout of Crater Rim

PASADENA, Calif. - The latest work assignment for NASA's long-lived Mars rover Opportunity is a further examination of an area where the robot just completed a walkabout."If you are a geologist studying a site like this, one of the first things you do ... [Published ASDNews.com: Be the first to know - Dec 05 2012]

Entities: NASA, Steve Squyres, Cornell University

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...crater after NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter detected evidence there of clay minerals, which form in relatively neutral-pH wet environments. "esperance was so important, we committed several weeks to getting this one measurement of it, even though we knew the clock was ticking" Squyres said...

More Evidence That Ancient Mars Could Support Life Found by Old Rover [Published Space.com - 11 hours ago]

Ultimately, many agreed that whatever plan NASA decides on, the to achieve it. "nasa is being asked to do too much with too little" said Steve Squyres, a Cornell University astronomer who is principal investigator of NASA's Spirit and Opportunity rovers on Mars...

Moon or Asteroid? Congress Debates Best Pit Stop to Mars [Published Yahoo! News - 13 hours ago]

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Mars rocks examined by NASA rovers [Published SEN - May 21 2013]
Opportunity and Curiosity updates: Rolling and ... [Published Planetary Society - May 20 2013]
Six-wheeling Mars rover a record-setter [Published USA Today - May 20 2013]
Mars rover studies rock weathered by water [Published Indian Mirror - May 20 2013]
Mars rover Opportunity examines rock altered by... [Published Hindu Business Line - May 19 2013]
Mars Rover Opportunity Examines Clay For Ancien... [Published ITechPost - May 18 2013]
Opportunity Mars Rover Blazes Past 40 Year Old ... [Published Universe Today - May 18 2013]
Mars Opportunity Rover Examines Rock With... [Published Red Orbit - May 18 2013]
Mars rover Opportunity examines clay clues in rock [Published PhysOrg.com - May 18 2013]
Mars rover Opportunity examining rock changed b... [Published TruthDive - May 18 2013]
Mars Rover Opportunity Examines Clay Clues in Rock [Published Space Fellowship - May 17 2013]
Mars One will look for — and hide from — life o... [Published Christian Science Monitor - Apr 30 2013]
Want to be an Astronaut? Learn How to Speak Rus... [Published Universe Today - Apr 08 2013]
Demographics Have No Impact on Americans’ Confi... [Published Yahoo! Finance - Mar 07 2013]
The Humans2Mars Summit [Published Wired: Beyond the Beyond - Mar 04 2013]
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Opportunity rover beginning study of Martian clays [Published Spaceflight Now - Dec 09 2012]
Curiosity Gets a Sister â What Should She Do ? ... [Published Universe Today - Dec 09 2012]
NASA Opportunity Rover Does Walkabout of Crater... [Published ASDNews.com: Be the first to know - Dec 05 2012]
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Mars Rover Opportunity Working at 'Matijevic Hill' [Published Space Daily - Sep 30 2012]
Sample return remains focus of NASA's Mars program [Published Spaceflight Now - Sep 28 2012]
Mysterious Martian Spheres Might Be The Weird W... [Published Popular Science - Sep 19 2012]
Squyres Warns Congress of Threats to Mars Program [Published Space Daily - Sep 16 2012]