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  Canso (crater) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Canso crater is a (Imaginary people who live on the planet Mars) Martian (A bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb) crater.
It lies about 450 (A metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles)) km west of the (additional info and facts about Viking 1) Viking 1 lander.
The name was chosen by (additional info and facts about Carlyle Smith Beales) Carlyle Smith Beales, an (A physicist who studies astronomy) astronomer who grew up in Canso.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/ca/canso_(crater).htm   (92 words)

  
 Archive: April 04, 2004 - April 10, 2004 | Martian Soil
At some point in the past, fluid—mud or lava—flowed past two meteor impact craters in the Marte Valles.
Martian Soil is a daily blog dedicated to Mars, bringing the exploration of the Red Planet closer to enthusiasts and little green men alike.
Martian Soil is edited by Joost Schuur, Todd 'Tungsten' Northcutt and Fred Kiesche, powered by Movable Type and hosted by Verve.
www.martiansoil.com /archives/week_2004_04_04.php   (1285 words)

  
 TIM'S SPACE DIARY
a spacecraft, Phobos-Grunt to explore the Martian moon, Phobos and collect samples; expanding the Glonass navigation satellite constellation from 14 to 18 craft, also involving neighbouring countries such as India and China; and studies of volunteers in preparation for a manned mission to Mars.
The Hubble Space Telescope’s ultraviolet-visible light Advanced Camera for Surveys is being used to search for oxygen-bearing minerals on Earth’s moon that will be critical to future human exploration, such as ilmenite, a combination of titanium and iron oxide, which could be a potential source of oxygen for breathing and rocket fuel.
Images have included those of the Aristarchus crater (pictured), where there might be oxygen-rich glassy soils, Schroter’s Valley and the Apollo 15 and 17 landing sites.
www.ssc.se /default.asp?groupid=20041119215621308   (9075 words)

  
 Rocket Jones: Space Program Archives
Spirit, having trekked nearly two miles across the flat terrain of the vast Gusev Crater region where it set down, is zigzagging up the rugged Columbia Hills and is now nearly 200 feet above the surrounding plain.
Opportunity is nearing the end of its exploration of stadium-size Endurance Crater in the Meridiani Planum region and may claw its way over the rim.
I'd rather imagine that the Martian equivalent of Gomer Pyle wandered by and did the windows.
rocketjones.mu.nu /archives/cat_space_program.php   (8923 words)

  
 Raymond E. Arvidson
M. Smith, S. Squyres, M. Wolff, and M. Wyatt, 2004, Initial Results from the Mini-TES Experiment in Gusev Crater from the Spirit Rover, Science, 305(5685), 836-842, doi:10.1126/science.1100564.
Hynek, B.M., R. Phillips, R. Arvidson, 2003, Explosive Volcanism in the Tharsis Region: Global Evidence in the Martian Geologic Record.
Morris, R. Klingelhöfer, B. Bernhardt, C. Schröder, D. Rodionov, P. de Souza, Jr., A. Yen, R. Gellert, E. Evlanov, J. Foh, E. Kankeleit, P. Gütlich, D. Ming, F. Renz, T. Wdowiak, S. Squyres, and R. Arvidson, 2004, Mineralogy at Gusev Crater from the Mössbauer Spectrometer on the Spirit Rover, Science, 305(5685), 833-836, doi:10.1126/science.1100020.
epsc.wustl.edu /admin/people/arvidson.html   (1094 words)

  
 (AXCH) 2004 Mars Exploration Rovers - News, Status, Technical Info, History
Surrounding crater + trail to trench (Navcam/Hazcam mosaic): JPEG (64 KB)
Oliver Morton Mainly Martian Blog (lots of details and musings).
Mars weather: Daily Martian Weather Report (from MGS science team, interesting but out of date).
axonchisel.net /etc/space/mars-exp-rover-highlights.html   (2812 words)

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