Operations have begun at the Viking landing site to dig foot-deep trench in the Martian soil and distribute samples to three instruments.
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Particles, Environments And Possible Ecologies In The Jovian Atmosphere
The eddy diffusion coefficient is estimated as a function of altitude, separately for the Jovian troposphere and mesosphere. Complex organic molecules produced by the Ly alpha photolysis of methane may […]
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Second Viking Oven May Have Failed
One of three small ovens in an experiment aboard the Viking 1 spacecraft may not be working, similar to condition on Viking 2 reported last week. Both Vikings are enroute […]
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Viking 2 Oven Has Failed
One of three small ovens on an experiment aboard NASA’s Viking 2 Lander apparently did not operate during recent checkout tests of the instrument.
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Mars Viking Program Press Kit
The 1975-1976 Viking Mars Mission is described in detail, from launch phase through landing and communications relay phase.
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Mariner 9 Orbital Study of Mars
Will the “wave of darkening” soon go the way of Martian canals during the Mariner 9 orbital study of the red planet?
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Mariner 9 Hopes to Answer Long Awaited Questions
Is Mars totally bleak and inhospitable to life? Or could water still be found on the planet? What role do dust storms play in forming Martian clouds?
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Prospects For Martian Life
If there is life on Mars, it may be a microbial form no more complex than blue-green algae, according to Dr. Roy E. Cameron, head of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s […]
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Book: Intelligent Life In The Universe by I.S. Shklovskii and Carl Sagan
This book, first published in 1966, is a product of a unique international collaboration between a world famous Russian astronomer and a leading American space scientist, the first popular and […]
