InSight Message from Dale Andersen: “We landed at Novolazarevskaya’s ice runway at 8:30 UTC. All good now busy unloading cargo.”
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Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Antarctic Status Report 24 October 2018: Waiting In Cape Town
We arrived in Cape Town last Thursday night, and the team spent the weekend adjusting to the new time zone, dealing with a few last minute errands and attending a […]
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Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Antarctic Status Report 17 October 2018: Preparing To Depart
Tomorrow (17 October) my team and I will depart for Cape Town, South Africa the first leg in our journey to Lake Untersee in the Mountains of Queen Maud Land, […]
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Harvesting Solar Fuels Through a Bacterium's Unusual Appetite For Gold
A bacterium named Moorella thermoacetica won’t work for free. But UC Berkeley researchers have figured out it has an appetite for gold. And in exchange for this special treat, the […]
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Candy-Pink Lagoon Serves Up Salt-Rich Diet for Potential Life on Mars
The discovery of a microorganism that gives a candy-pink lagoon in central Spain its startling colour is providing new evidence for how life could survive on a high-salt diet on […]
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Extreme Environment of Danakil Depression Sheds Light on Mars, Titan
The Danakil Depression in Ethiopia is a spectacular, hostile environment that may resemble conditions encountered on Mars and Titan — as well as in sites containing nuclear waste. From 20 […]
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Extremophile Dye Labeling And Searching For Life On Mars
Researchers from MIPT and their colleagues from Research Center Juelich (Germany) and Dmitry Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia have described a new method for studying microorganisms that can […]
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Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Antarctic Status Report 15 February 2018: Heading Home
Hi Keith: I am writing from sunny, warm, Cape Town, South Africa having arrived the night before last on the Il-76TD-90VD operated by Antarctic Logistics Centre International (ALCI). larger image […]
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Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Antarctic Status Report 11 February 2018: Novolazarevskaya Station
Dale Andersen sent this message via Iridium 7:24:11 AM EST 11 February 2018: “Hi Keith: 14 members of the JARE 59 summer team are returning to Novolazarevskaya today, our flight […]
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Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Antarctic Status Report 6 February 2018: Syowa Station
February 6, 2018 3:55:35 PM EST Update: “Hi Keith, Quick note to let you know we are now at Syowa Station – depending on the weather, we will be here […]