Does that sound a little melodramatic when it comes to describing the difficulty of landing on Mars? Not according to Ed Weiler, NASA
Solar activity damaged Mars probe
Intense solar activity last month shut down a radiation-measuring instrument aboard NASA
Japan admits its Mars probe is failing
After months of silence and a week of hopeful half-truths, Japanese space officials have finally confirmed that their Mars-bound Nozomi probe is teetering on the brink of failure in its five-year quest to explore the Red Planet.
Rovers ready for Mars
The scientists and engineers behind the Mars Exploration Rovers say they have found a way around a glitch that bedeviled a scientific instrument aboard the Spirit rover, which is due to drop onto the Red Planet on January 3, 2004.
Powering small devices with water
Canadian scientists have developed a method of generating electricity from water for use in small devices, which could pave the way for products such as liquid-powered calculators and mobile phones.

