SETI public: Developing an Organic Analyzer to Find Mars Life

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MARSDAILY

- Scientists To Develop Organic Analyzer To Find Life On Mars

http://www.spacedaily.com/news/mars-life-04c.html>

Berkeley CA - Apr 13, 2004 - The same cutting-edge technology that speeded sequencing of the human genome could, by the end of the decade, tell us once and for all whether life ever existed on Mars, according to a University of California, Berkeley, chemist.

- Mars, King Of The Hill
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/mars-mers-04zzzr.html>

Moffett Field - Apr 13, 2004 - As both rovers approach their third month resident on Mars, the mission planners have returned to Earth time. Both rover teams look to make rapid progress toward distant hills, with a possible second September extension continuing with any remaining mission science.

- Spirit Stands Down for Flight Software Update
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Pasadena - Apr 13, 2004 - Spirit began a four-sol stand-down on sol 94, which ended at 8:37 p.m. on April 8, 2004. During this time, the rover will receive a flight software update that should make its remaining martian days even safer and more productive.

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INNER PLANETS

- A Messenger To The Sun
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/mercury-04d.html>

Laurel DE - Apr 13, 2004 - Messenger (MErcury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry, and Ranging) is a scientific investigation of the planet Mercury, and the first NASA mission designed to orbit the planet closest to the Sun. One of its goals is to look for water-ice.

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RINGWORLDS

- Caught In The Act: Two Storms Merging On Saturn
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/cassini-04d.html>

Pasadena - Apr 13, 2004 - Three months before Saturn arrival, the Cassini spacecraft has observed two storms in the act of merging into one larger storm. This is only the second time this phenomenon has been observed on the ringed planet.

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