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Rover Tests Evaluating Crabwalk Moves
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 13, 2009 |
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On firm ground, NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers can make crablike moves by turning all four steerable wheels to the same side angle, then rotating the wheels either forward or backward.
Spirit rover's wheels stuck in soft Martian dirt
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The five wheels that still rotate on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit have been slipping severely in soft soil during recent attempts to drive, sinking the wheels about halfway into the ...
Gyrowheel to keep new bike riders upright (w/ Video)
Oct 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new device called the Gyrowheel could soon revolutionize the way children learn to ride bicycles, and they will be able to learn on their own, without training wheels, and in as little as ...
Spirit Rover: Rear Wheel Trouble Continues
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Results of diagnostic tests on Spirit's right-rear wheel on Sol 2109 (Dec. 8, 2009) continue to indicate a troubled wheel, which may leave the rover with only four operable wheels.
Rover Extraction Tests Begin (w/ Video)
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 07, 2009 |
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Using a test rover in a sandbox at JPL with special soil simulating Spirit's predicament on Mars, engineers are assessing possible maneuvers for getting Spirit out and onto firmer ground.
Ride your briefcase to work with Yamaha's BOBBY scooter
Nov 01, 2007 |
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A new mini-scooter from Yamaha can fold up to resemble a suitcase on wheels. The Yamaha BOBBY, which was recently debuted at the 2007 40th Tokyo Motor Show, will include a variety of Internet features (yet ...
Free Spirit: Longer Rover Tests Beginning
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Mars rover team members have begun a new phase of testing at JPL -- using longer-duration experiments -- in their preparations for driving Spirit again on Mars.
GIOVE-B spacecraft in good health
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 30, 2008 |
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A second test satellite for Galileo, Europe's rival to the US Global Positioning System, is "in good health" despite a hiccup that emerged after it was placed in orbit last Sunday, the European Space Agency ...
Mars and Earth Activities Aim to Get Spirit Rolling Again
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May 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's rover project team is using the Spirit rover and other spacecraft at Mars to begin developing the best maneuvers for extracting Spirit from the soft Martian ground where it has become ...
Spirit Rover: Right-Front Wheel Rotations
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 18, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Spirit's right-front wheel, which had stopped operating in March 2006, revolved with apparently normal motion during the first three of four driving segments on Sol 2117 (Wednesday, Dec. 16) ...
Second Planned Extrication Drive is Straight Ahead Again
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Because the first extrication drive for Spirit, on Sol 2088 (Nov. 17), stopped as soon as it began due to an exceeded tilt limit, the plan for an extrication drive on Sol 2090 (Nov. 19) wil ...
Researchers Test Steep-Terrain Rover
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and students at the California Institute of Technology have designed and tested a versatile, low-mass robot that can rappel off cliffs, travel ...
Spirit Takes a Peek at Her Belly
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new image of Spirit's underbelly is helping engineers assess the rover's current state and plan her escape from soft soil. The panoramic mosaic of multiple images was taken by the microscopic ...
Cross-country runabouts -- immune cells on the move
Nov 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In order to effectively fight pathogens, even at remote areas of the human body, immune cells have to move quickly and in a flexible manner.
NASA to Begin Attempts to Free Sand-Trapped Mars Rover
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA will begin transmitting commands to its Mars exploration rover Spirit on Monday as part of an escape plan to free the venerable robot from its Martian sand trap.
