Scientific findings from the NASA rover Spirit’s first three months on Mars will be published Friday, marking the start of a flood of peer-reviewed discoveries in scientific journals from the continuing two-rover adventure. Researchers using Spirit’s toolkit of geological instruments from early January into April read the record from rocks and soils in the rover’s landing area and found a history of volcanic blanketing, impact cratering, wind effects and possible past episodes of scant underground liquid water.
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Rocks Tell Stories: Spirit’s First 90 Martian Days
Posted by: ECT News Science Desk August 19, 2004 08:17 AMScientific findings from the NASA rover Spirit’s first three months on Mars will be published Friday, marking the start of a flood of peer-reviewed discoveries in scientific journals from the continuing two-rover adventure. Researchers using Spirit’s toolkit of geological instruments from early January into April read the record from rocks and soils in the rover’s landing area and found a history of volcanic blanketing, impact cratering, wind effects and possible past episodes of scant underground liquid water.