European Mars explorer sends back 1st photos ahead of Christmas rendezvous

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firsthigh-res photos back from Mars

firsthigh-res photos back from Mars 01/07/2004 06:58 PM
color pictures from the Mars Rover .. started to flow in .. first color images .. that are in color .. color

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"first high-res photos back from Mars"

"first high-res photos back from Mars" 01/07/2004 06:08 PM

2nd Rover Sends Mars Pix

2nd Rover Sends Mars Pix 01/25/2004 07:30 PM
CBS News Jan 25 2004 10:22PM GMT

Rover Sends Images From Mars

Rover Sends Images From Mars 01/04/2004 06:58 PM
CBS News Jan 4 2004 5:23PM ET

Sun sends European server team packing

Sun sends European server team packing 05/25/2004 01:25 PM
Volume layoffs in UK and Ireland

Austria sends 3G tax dispute to European
court

Austria sends 3G tax dispute to European
court 08/03/2004 07:04 AM
Reuters Aug 3 2004 10:56AM GMT

Second Rover Lands on Mars, Sends
Pictures

Second Rover Lands on Mars, Sends
Pictures 01/25/2004 11:39 AM
Reuters via Wired News Jan 25 2004 2:31PM GMT

Second Mars Rover Sends Pictures to
Earth (AP)

Second Mars Rover Sends Pictures to
Earth (AP) 01/25/2004 08:44 PM
AP - NASA's Opportunity rover zipped its first pictures of Mars to Earth on Sunday, delighting and puzzling scientists just hours after the spacecraft bounced to a landing.

Opportunity lands, sends new Mars
pictures

Opportunity lands, sends new Mars
pictures 01/26/2004 05:08 AM
landed and is looking good .. Good news from Mars

cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/01/25/mars.rovers/index.html
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Microsoft sends revised proposal to
European Commission

Microsoft sends revised proposal to
European Commission 04/04/2005 07:23 PM
PARIS - Microsoft has sent a revised proposal to the European Commission for the terms under which it will license Windows protocols to competitors to comply with last year's antitrust ruling against the company, a Microsoft spokesman said Monday.

Mars Rover Sends Geology Data to Earth
(AP)

Mars Rover Sends Geology Data to Earth
(AP) 01/10/2004 09:37 AM
AP - NASA's Spirit rover unfolded its wheels, stood up atop its lander and took in its surroundings with infrared vision for the first time since arriving on Mars a week ago.

Second Rover Lands on Mars, Sends
Pictures (Reuters)

Second Rover Lands on Mars, Sends
Pictures (Reuters) 01/25/2004 08:44 PM
Reuters - NASA's second Mars rover, Opportunity, scored "an interplanetary hole-in-one" by safely landing inside a shallow impact crater, coming face to face with the first exposed bedrock ever seen on the Red Planet, mission scientists said on Sunday.

All Set For Mars Christmas Landing

All Set For Mars Christmas Landing 12/24/2003 01:23 PM
CBS News Dec 24 2003 1:09PM ET

US sends back Colombian 'rebel'

US sends back Colombian 'rebel' 07/07/2004 12:46 PM
A Colombian extradited for the killing of three Americans is sent home in a probable case of mistaken identity.

US Explorer Spacecraft Speeds Toward
Mars Landing

US Explorer Spacecraft Speeds Toward
Mars Landing 01/03/2004 04:50 AM
Reuters via Wired News Jan 3 2004 3:37AM ET

Norman H. Horowitz, 90, Explorer of
Mars, Dies

Norman H. Horowitz, 90, Explorer of
Mars, Dies 06/05/2005 10:50 PM
Dr. Norman H. Horowitz, a biologist and geneticist, did pioneering work in biochemical synthesis and designed experiments that looked for life on Mars.

Explorer Spacecraft Speeds Toward Mars
Landing

Explorer Spacecraft Speeds Toward Mars
Landing 01/03/2004 11:53 AM
Reuters via Wired News Jan 3 2004 9:31AM ET

European Stocks Depressed Ahead of Intel

European Stocks Depressed Ahead of Intel 08/31/2004 07:50 AM
AP via ABCNEWS.com Aug 31 2004 12:35PM GMT

Cassinis sends back amazing Images

Cassinis sends back amazing Images 07/01/2004 03:53 PM


A very historic event took place yesterday with the Cassini space probe entering orbit around Saturn. The picture above is but one of many images that have been sent back and shows amazing details of the rings.

The science and engineering it took to do this is amazing the Mars Rovers continue to send back data and are making new discoveries but this latest data from Saturn is over the top. [Cassi ni Home Page]

General Photos from last night's UK
Webl0gger Christmas Party

General Photos from last night's UK
Webl0gger Christmas Party 12/02/2003 01:54 AM
Tom Morris's pictures of the event .. photos

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U.S. Rover Beams More Photos After Mars
Landing

U.S. Rover Beams More Photos After Mars
Landing 01/04/2004 06:57 PM
Reuters via Wired News Jan 4 2004 6:42PM ET

Scientists in 'Awe' of Color Photos of
Mars

Scientists in 'Awe' of Color Photos of
Mars 01/07/2004 02:24 PM
The first color photography of the Spirit mission, made public on Tuesday, showed that the rover was resting on a broad, ruddy plain among gray rocks of all sizes and shapes.

Mars Photos Find Volcanoes May Be Active

Mars Photos Find Volcanoes May Be Active 12/24/2004 12:55 PM
Photographs taken by a spacecraft orbiting Mars indicate that active volcanoes may still exist on the planet, a finding that further erodes its image as a dead world.

Rover Transmits 'Spectacular' Mars
Photos

Rover Transmits 'Spectacular' Mars
Photos 01/27/2004 03:59 PM
A photograph showed a thin, layered bedrock that a NASA scientist said was "something that we've never seen on Mars before."

Justices Uphold Block of Web Porn Law
but Sends Case Back

Justices Uphold Block of Web Porn Law
but Sends Case Back 06/29/2004 12:13 PM
New York Times Jun 29 2004 3:54PM GMT

Spacecraft sends back images of comet's
cratered nucleus

Spacecraft sends back images of comet's
cratered nucleus 01/05/2004 06:09 AM
shoot probe out into space .. MORE SPACE GOOD NEWS: .. More

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NASA Rover Mars Photos Draw Web Traffic

NASA Rover Mars Photos Draw Web Traffic 01/04/2004 09:33 PM
AP via Newsday Jan 4 2004 9:00PM ET

European Space Agency's webpage about
the Mars Express / Beagle 2 project.

European Space Agency's webpage about
the Mars Express / Beagle 2 project. 12/23/2003 10:27 PM
Mars ho! In about 24 hours, the Beagle 2 lander will descend to the surface of Mars, courtesy of the European Space Agency. After a few mighty bounces, encased in a giant rubber ball, the lander will open up and allow its instrument payload to start sampling the surface. This is the first in a trifecta of landers destined for Mars during the next month. NASA's landers, Spirit and Opportunity, land on January 3rd and January 24th.

Mars Photos Tempt Scientists With Vast
Areas for Exploration

Mars Photos Tempt Scientists With Vast
Areas for Exploration 01/08/2004 08:37 PM
Geologists examining the latest pictures from the Spirit rover on Mars said that they were finding tempting targets for close-up exploration in each new view of the russet landscape.

Spirit rover examines Mars rock ahead of
record-setting trek

Spirit rover examines Mars rock ahead of
record-setting trek 02/15/2004 09:10 PM
Canadian Press via Canada.com Feb 16 2004 1:13AM GMT

The first full opportunity to get a
signal from the European Beagle 2 lander
passed without news from Mars

The first full opportunity to get a
signal from the European Beagle 2 lander
passed without news from Mars 12/26/2003 06:36 AM
BBC

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Mars mobl0g: amazing photos beamed home
from NASA Spirit

Mars mobl0g: amazing photos beamed home
from NASA Spirit 01/04/2004 11:59 PM
Now *that* is a photoblog. Chronologically indexed gallery of interplanetary snapshots from this weekend's Mars landing. The first images sent back are of limited quality -- and only in black and white -- because data transmission rate from Spirit's antenna back to Earth is limited. Higher-res color images are expected to be relayed back from the orbiting Mars Global Surveyor and Mars Odyssey Spacecraft later today, according to Mission Control. At left:

"This mosaic image taken by the navigation camera on the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit has been further processed, resulting in a significantly improved 360 degree panoramic view of the rover on the surface of Mars."

Link to NASA's Mars moblog, li nk to full-size, 360-degree composite panorama image. Link to SF Chron story with details on the image transmission process. (Thanks, Warren)

Meanwhile, back on Mars

Meanwhile, back on Mars 09/07/2004 09:48 PM

I must admit I was shocked to find out today the the Mars rovers are still quietly going about their business on the red planet. They're still plugging along climbing through craters and scratching rocks. The Spirit rover has travelled over two miles since it landed. The folks at JPL are starting to sound like proud parents in their weekly status reports.

Sol 225 was truly a mega-activity sol. Spirit awoke at 11:20 a.m., Gusev local solar time and stayed awake well past the afternoon communication session with NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter without taking a nap. Spirit hasn't done that in a long time.

I have a strange feeling that if the Martian winter causes the rovers to hibernate that they'll wake up ready to go again next spring. Nice work NASA. Truly something to be proud of.

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Christmas Shrimp Back on the Barbie Down
Under (Reuters)

Christmas Shrimp Back on the Barbie Down
Under (Reuters) 12/24/2004 01:13 PM
Reuters - Forget last-minute gift shopping. Australians on Christmas Eve were flocking to fish markets in a late dash for shrimps after weather forecasters predicted mild weather over the holiday.

MSDN: A Look Back and a Look Ahead

MSDN: A Look Back and a Look Ahead 11/14/2003 11:31 AM
One day you're sitting there, making plans for the summer. Maybe a weekend at the beach house, lazy afternoons by the pool, languid days spent picking wildflowers in the bountiful meadow surrounding our new offices in midtown Manhattan. And then the next day, you turn around and find out that there was no summer. It never got above 56 degrees, it rained every day, the pool was broken, whenever you flushed the beach house toilets the sink overflowed with sea water, and the wildflowers (which were admittedly quite nice because of all the rain) were off limits due to an infestation of West Nile virus-carrying mosquitos, which were there because it rained every day. Then we had to board up the meadow because of the hurricane that never made it this far north. And before we could even unpack our sweaters, we looked up and realized that we're putting the last issue of the year to bed.

Back to the Moon, to Mars and Beyond

Back to the Moon, to Mars and Beyond 01/16/2004 01:00 PM
Bush's well-leaked call for a serious expansion of human space exploration deserves support. He sounded just the right notes, including this so-true line: "We do not know where this journey will end. Yet we know this: Human beings are headed into the cosmos."

Going Back to the Moon and Mars

Going Back to the Moon and Mars 05/01/2004 02:30 PM

Glancing back at Apple in '04, looking
ahead to '05

Glancing back at Apple in '04, looking
ahead to '05 01/04/2005 05:41 PM
Columnist Yuval Kossovsky takes a quick glance back at the Mac news of 2004 and then focuses on what's coming in '05. Hint: Keep your eyes on Apple's Xsan technology.

A look back, and ahead, at our high-tech
times

A look back, and ahead, at our high-tech
times 12/31/2003 07:21 PM
Last Jan. 1, I searched for the terms "San Joaquin," Tulare, and Agriculture together on Google. That search netted over 7,000 pages. ...
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European Mars explorer sends back 1st photos ahead of Christmas rendezvous