New & Now 2001

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December 2001

New Rover Design Videos--December 19, 2001
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/video/index.html

All-Terrain Rovers May Scale Mars' Cliffs--December 19, 2001
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/releases/2001/release_2001_242.html

New Signs of Water on Mars Create Hope of Great Discovery--December 14, 2001
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/odyssey_hydrogen_011214.html

Where to Land on Mars? It's not as Easy as It Looks--December 12, 2001
http://passporttoknowledge.com/mars/newnow/merlanding.html

NASA's Global Surveyor Sees Possible Climate Change on Mars--December 6, 2001
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/releases/2001/release_2001_236.html

November 2001

Mars Odyssey Mission Status--November 30, 2001
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/releases/2001/release_2001_232.html

Mars Odyssey Encounters Polar Vortex--November 26, 2001
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/odyssey_vortex_011126.html

Analyses Show Water Stayed on Mars Longer Than Previously Thought--November 26, 2001
http://passporttoknowledge.com/mars/newnow/analyses.html

Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Orbiter Camera, MOC's 100,000th Image--November 20, 2001
http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/100000th_image/index.html

ASU Researchers Set Criteria for Recognizing Extraterrestrial Life --November 15, 2001
http://passporttoknowledge.com/mars/newnow/criteria.html

Mars Odyssey Mission Status--November 13, 2001
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/releases/2001/release_2001_218.html

First THEMIS Infrared and Visible Images of Mars--November 12, 2001
http://passporttoknowledge.com/mars/newnow/themisfirstimage.html

NASA Selects 10 Investigations for 2005 Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter--November 9, 2001
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/releases/2001/release_2001_217.html

October 2001

Mars Odyssey Mission Status--October 30, 2001
http://passporttoknowledge.com/mars/newnow/mission103001.html

NASA Bulldozer Rovers Could Get the Scoop on Mars --October 29, 2001
http://passporttoknowledge.com/mars/newnow/bulldozer.html

2001 Mars Odyssey - Aerobraking--October 24, 2001
http://passporttoknowledge.com/mars/newnow/aerobraking.html

Mars Odyssey Success Puts Key Communication Link In Place For 2003 Mars Rovers--October 24, 2001
http://passporttoknowledge.com/mars/newnow/mermission.html

Mars Odyssey in Successful Orbit Around Mars--October 24, 2001
http://passporttoknowledge.com/mars/newnow/orbit.html

Mars Odyssey: Why Failure Is Not an Option--October 22, 2001
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/odyssey_option_011022.html

Mars within Los Alamos' neutron spectrometer's reach--October 20, 2001
http://passporttoknowledge.com/mars/newnow/spectrometer.html

Landing Sites for 2003 Mars Exploration Rovers Mission Identified--October 19, 2001
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/missions/mars_2003_landings_011019.html

Scientists Track "Perfect Storm" on Mars--October 12, 2001
http://passporttoknowledge.com/mars/newnow/perfectstorm.html

Mars Odyssey Mission Status--October 12, 2001
http://passporttoknowledge.com/mars/newnow/odysseymission.html

Antarctic/Alaska-Like Wind Turbines Could Be Used On Mars--October 10, 2001
http://passporttoknowledge.com/mars/newnow/windturbines.html

Ancient, Gigantic Drainage Basin Become Aquifer On Mars--October 9, 2001
http://passporttoknowledge.com/mars/newnow/aquifer.html

Global Dust Storm On Mars--October 9, 2001
http://passporttoknowledge.com/mars/newnow/massiveduststorm.html

New Mars Meteorite Found In Morocco (NWA 856)--October 8, 2001
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/snc/nwa856.html

The Tricky Science of Aerobraking--October 3, 2001
http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/aerobraking_lee_011003-1.html

Returning Rocks from Mars: The Latest Plans--October 1, 2001
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/missions/marssample_return_011001-1.html

Exploring Mars: Mars Mission Risks--October 2001
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/behind/risks01.html

September 2001

The Challenges of Getting to Mars--September 2001
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/video/index.html

Exploring Mars: Mars Mission Risks--September 2001
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/behind/risks01.html

Latest Images from Mars Global Surveyor Now Online--September 21, 2001
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/releases/2001/release_2001_188.html

August 2001

Europe To Identify Underground Water On Mars--August 27, 2001
http://passporttoknowledge.com/mars/newnow/marsexpress.html

From Mars to Earth in a Meteorite?--August 24, 2001
http://www.sciam.com/news/102700/1.html

Mars Odyssey Mission Status--August 20, 2001
http://passporttoknowledge.com/mars/newnow/marsodyssey82001.html

Having a Ball on Mars--August 17, 2001
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2001/ast17aug_1.htm?list53217

Canceled Mars Lander Could Be Resurrected for 2007 Launch--August 15, 2001
http://passporttoknowledge.com/mars/newnow/parts.html

Ames Completes Successful Test Of Mars Airplane Prototype--August 13, 2001
http://passporttoknowledge.com/mars/newnow/prototype.html

Scientists Find Largest Flood Channels in the Solar System--August 1, 2001
http://uanews.opi.arizona.edu/cgi-bin/WebObjects/UANews.woa/wa/SRStoryDetails?ArticleID=3995&wosid=No

July 2001

Mars Global Surveyor Finds Traces Of Past Ice Age On Mars--July 25, 2001
http://passporttoknowledge.com/mars/newnow/iceage.html

Water Shaped Martian Landscape In Recent Times, Hydrologist Says --July 19. 2001
http://passporttoknowledge.com/mars/newnow/watershaped.html

NASA Celebrates 25TH Anniversary of Mars Landing--July 17, 2001
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/releases/2001/release_2001_148.html

Watch Global Warming Happen in Real Time - on Mars--July 17, 2001
http://passporttoknowledge.com/mars/newnow/globalwarm.html

Planet Gobbling Dust Storms--July 16, 2001
http://passporttoknowledge.com/mars/newnow/gobbling.html

Zooming In On Mars: The Road to Human Missions--July 16, 2001
http://passporttoknowledge.com/mars/newnow/zooming.html

Mars Odyssey Mission Status--July 16, 2001
http://passporttoknowledge.com/mars/newnow/odyssey.html

New wheels developed for Mars--July 16, 2001
http://passporttoknowledge.com/mars/newnow/newwheels.html

Dust Storm Swallows Half of Mars--July 9, 2001
http://passporttoknowledge.com/mars/newnow/duststorm.html

Mars Odyssey Fine-tunes Flight Path--July 2, 2001
http://passporttoknowledge.com/mars/newnow/finetune.html

June 2001

Detecting Dust Devils on Mars (Ken Edgett Interview) --June 25, 2001
http://passporttoknowledge.com/mars/newnow/edgett.html