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Popular Mechanics May 27, 2008 Joe Pappalardo	Phoenix Lander Doesn't Crash, Snaps Pix of Mars (With Gallery!) NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander successfully touched down on Sunday night in an unexplored region near the Martian north pole.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2008	Mars Lander Deploys Electronic Instruments, Despite Initial Computer Glitches Since the NASA Phoenix Mars Lander was deployed, NASA engineers are pleased with the performance of the mission's electronic instruments, despite two minor bumps.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2006 John McHale	Electronic Pieces of NASA's Next Mars Mission Are Coming Together Designers of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is beginning a new phase in preparation for a launch in August 2007. Phoenix team members are beginning to add complex subsystems such as the flight computer, power systems, and science instruments to the main structure of the spacecraft.
Popular Mechanics October 15, 2008 Andrew Moseman	As Phoenix Mission Ends, Project Leaders Chart Mars Future The Phoenix is now racing against time to complete more of its groundbreaking research before the harsh martian winter brings its death, said the project's science leader, Peter Smith of the University of Arizona.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2007 Courtney E. Howard	NASA Equips Phoenix Mars Lander with Latest Electronics NASA engineers readied the Phoenix Mars Lander for a mission to Mars's arctic landscape with an array of advanced electronics. These research tools will aid in NASA's first exploration of a potential Martian habitat.
Popular Mechanics July 30, 2008 Joe Pappalardo	Phoenix Mission 'Definitely' Finds Water Ice on Mars: Update The Phoenix mission will be extended, but team leaders aren't sure how long the lander will last, so they're gathering as much information and evidence on Mars as possible.
Chemistry World August 2007 Richard Corfield	Makeshift to Mars The red planet has claimed many a plucky spacecraft. How NASA's latest attempt hopes to overcome the odds with a different approach.
Chemistry World September 12, 2008 Hayley Birch	Q and A: The hunt for water on Mars The Phoenix Lander has been digging for water on Mars since late May 2008. Yet despite the best efforts of the NASA scientists at the controls, the solar-powered robot has hit nothing but ice.
IEEE Spectrum May 2007 Barry E. DiGregorio	There Will Be Cooking on Mars NASA's upcoming Phoenix lander mission may resolve lingering questions about organic molecules and liquid water on Mars.
Popular Mechanics June 3, 2008 Kevin Hall	Phoenix Lander May Have Found Ice on Mars. So What? Samples of ice could contain details of potential clues as to whether or not the planet could have supported life.
IEEE Spectrum August 2007 Suhas Sreedhar	NASA's Phoenix Mission to Mars Launches Its search for life starts in May.
Popular Mechanics June 20, 2008 Matt Sullivan	As Phoenix Lander Finds Ice on Mars, Could a Real E.T. Be Next? In a breakthrough that likely provides scientists with their best opportunity ever to investigate extraterrestrial life, NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has apparently spotted liquid ice on Mars.
Scientific American August 2008 Philip Yam	New Close-Ups on Mars, Courtesy of Phoenix The Mars Phoenix lander became Earth's sixth successful visitor to the surface of the Red Planet.
Popular Mechanics August 2007 Erik Sofge	NASA's New Rover to Looks for More Water on Mars The robot invasion of Mars will continue when the unmanned Phoenix Mars Lander touches down in the planet's northern polar region next year. I
Popular Mechanics August 5, 2008 Joe Pappalardo	NASA, Scientists Not Ready to Give Up on Martian Life Despite today's findings of toxic perchlorate in Martian soil, NASA is not ready to write off life on Mars. Leading space scientists point to earthbound extremeophiles that process the substance.
Scientific American November 2007 Robert Zubrin	Don't Wreck the Mars Program Devoting all the funding to just one mission would be a mistake.
Geotimes March 2006 Kathryn Hansen	Closing in on Mars A camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft returned its first four images to Earth, and astronomers say they were "thrilled" with the results.
Popular Mechanics July 2, 2009 Andrew Moseman	The Truth About Water on Mars: 5 New Findings Phoenix reveals much about water, but there's a lot left to learn -- especially about the big question: the possibility of life in Mars.
IEEE Spectrum June 2009 Anatoly Zak	A Russian Return to a Martian Moon Russia hopes to reignite its deep-space program with a mission to Phobos
IEEE Spectrum August 2007 Barry E. DiGregorio	China Reaches For the Red Planet A joint project with Russia anticipates retrieving soil from the Martian moon Phobos.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2007 John McHale	Phoenix Mars mission uses Actel RTAX-S FPGAs The Phoenix spacecraft includes a Meteorological Station which is used to acquire, process and transmit temperature and pressure data to scientists and researchers back on Earth.
IEEE Spectrum January 2011 Erico Guizzo	Planetary Rovers: Are We Alone? Planetary rovers attempt to answer the most profound question in science
Geotimes May 2003 Golombek et al.	Landing the Mars Exploration Rovers Deciding where on Mars to land each of the two exploration rovers has occupied more than two years of research and analysis. With the help of the planetary sciences community, mission planners have narrowed the field from hundreds to just two.
AskMen.com	Europe Horns In On Mars By 2016, the U.S. may unite with the European Space Agency for future Mars trips - a move that would mark a significant shift for NASA.
IEEE Spectrum June 2009 Joshua J. Romero	Mars For The Rest Of Us Better cameras, greater bandwidth, and bigger displays put Mars within reach of armchair explorers and by maximizing what can be done from the ground NASA can make Mars exploration politically sustainable and financially worthwhile.
Popular Mechanics March 3, 2008 Brian Lisi	Satellite Snaps Multiple Avalanches on Northern Cliffs of Mars NASA's long observation of the Red Planet has rarely sent home as stunning an in-progress geological change as this: not one, but four avalanches tumbling from the Martian north pole.
Geotimes February 2004 Naomi Lubick	Mars update: a pixel at a time The two rovers on Mars are on the move. Spirit, after 10-day lapse in memory, now functions again after efforts by Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) scientists. Its twin explorer, Opportunity, has been traveling in its own crater, halfway around the planet.
IEEE Spectrum August 2012 Rachel Courtland	Curiosity's 1-Ton Touchdown The Mars rover will rely on dead reckoning and radar to land on the Red Planet
Geotimes July 2005 Naomi Lubick	Mars' Lost Landers Researchers working with NASA's Mars Global Surveyor announced that they may have found something they've been looking for: the sites where two Mars landers settled, several decades apart.
IEEE Spectrum November 2007 Saswato R. Das	Terraforming Mars The renewed focus on Mars has rejuvenated the idea of terraforming Mars, which once belonged to the realm of science fiction, but is becoming increasingly possible today.
IEEE Spectrum February 2006 Barry E. DiGregorio	Mars Gets Broadband Connection NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, with its onboard Electra UHF relay transceiver, will serve as an engineering test bed for new communications and navigation technology.
Popular Mechanics December 2005 Aldrin & Noland	Roadmap To Mars So far, NASA's plan to reach the red planet has been short on detail. Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldrin unveils his own step-by-step proposal for mankind's next giant leap.
Geotimes August 2003 Matt Shindell	Mars Express for geologists Although Mars Express largely relies on old technologies, in many ways replicating past experiments, it can only contribute to an ever-growing body of knowledge about the early history of Mars and its water, and the processes that shape the planet today.
Popular Mechanics January 5, 2010 Jeremy Jacquot	The Top 4 Sites to Land on Mars and Their Biggest Mysteries Scientists at the Pasadena based NASA research center will decide within the next two years where to send the Mars Science Laboratory rover after it launches in the fall of 2011.
Scientific American March 13, 2005 Mark Alpert	Lunar Science NASA's plan to establish a permanent lunar base and use the program's technology to prepare a human mission to Mars hinges on a risky prediction: that astronauts will find water ice in a permanently shadowed crater basin at one of the moon's poles.
Fast Company Neal Ungerleider	NASA Considering Mars Drone For 2020 Rover The next NASA Mars rover may include a helper drone.
Geotimes May 2003 Lisa M. Pinsker	Robotic Field Geologists Take to Mars Next month, the first of two twin robotic geologists will head to the Red Planet, armed with a suite of tools for conducting geology on the harsh Martian surface.
Geotimes January 2004 Naomi Lubick	Mars Update: Opportunity lands Two rovers now inhabit Mars, after the latest of NASA's robot explorers, Opportunity, landed safely over the weekend. Following a brief hiccup last week when its twin went momentarily silent, Opportunity touched down on Saturday night, half a planet away from Spirit.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2006	Orbiter Tracks Changes on Mars NASA's Mars Global Surveyor, which this month began its ninth year in orbit around Mars, continues to observe the Martian landscape.
Popular Mechanics September 2006	Scientists Are Finding Life In Earth's Coldest, Hottest, Weirdest Places By creating an alternative life chemistry in the lab, astrobiologist Steven Benner hopes to uncover a formula for alien microbes. How five big questions about life on our planet are shaping the search for it on other worlds.
Chemistry World December 19, 2008 Lewis Brindley	Carbonates Confirmed on Mars New snapshots of Mars appear to show large outcrops of carbonate-bearing rocks, indicating that regions of the Red Planet could once have been an ideal environment for life to thrive.
Popular Mechanics January 27, 2010 Daniel H. Wilson	Spirit, NASA Martian Exploration Rover, Dies at 6 (Earth Years) The Spirit Rover, which explored the surface of Mars for over half a decade, discovering pivotal evidence of the past existence of water, was consigned to her final resting place.
Car and Driver December 2006 Aaron Robinson	Mars Rover. Rover and Out. After 300 million miles, NASA coaxes a few more feet from its $820 million beaters.
Geotimes May 2003	Martian Field Trips on Earth Many researchers look to Earth for examples of or contrasts to what we're seeing of the Red Planet.
Adventure February 2006 Michael Benoist	Living It: Our Man on Mars NASA's planetary scientist Steve Squyres talks about a new book, a big movie, and what it's like to road trip the Red Planet.
Popular Mechanics November 19, 2009 Stephen Ornes	This Is Not Your Grade School Solar System: Gallery What has changed in solar system imagery over the past few decades and what we can learn from it
Geotimes January 2004 Naomi Lubick	Mars geologist in action After a successful landing close to midnight EST last Saturday, the Mars exploration rover Spirit has been sending back information to its human tenders, in Pasadena, Calif.
Scientific American December 19, 2005 George Musser	Martian Claymation An ancient, watery Mars was not always an acid bath -- water-related clay minerals show up in the Nili Fossae/Syrtis Major region on the planet.
Smithsonian May 2005 Carl Zimmer	Life on Mars? It's hard enough to identify fossilized microbes on Earth. How would we ever recognize them on Mars?
Geotimes September 2006 Kathryn Hansen	Opportunity Reaches Martian Crater Cameras aboard NASA's Mars rover Opportunity captured the vast expanse of Victoria crater.