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Mars Rovers Near Five Years of Science and Discovery
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 30, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA rovers Spirit and Opportunity may still have big achievements ahead as they approach the fifth anniversaries of their memorable landings on Mars.
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Lunar Outpost Plans Taking Shape
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 01, 2007 |
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NASA's blueprints for an outpost on the moon are shaping up. The agency's Lunar Architecture Team has been hard at work, looking at concepts for habitation, rovers, and space suits.
NASA Extends Operations for Its Long-Lived Mars Rovers
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Oct 16, 2007 |
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NASA is extending, for a fifth time, the activities of the Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity. The decision keeps the trailblazing mobile robotic pioneers active on opposite sides of Mars, possibly ...
Mars Odyssey Orbiter Puts Itself Into Safe Standby
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Dec 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter put itself into a safe standby mode on Saturday, Nov. 28, and the team operating the spacecraft has begun implementing careful steps designed to resume Odyssey's ...
Second Test Rover Added to Driving Experiments
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 24, 2009 |
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A second, lighter-weight test rover has entered the testing setup at JPL where rover team members are assessing strategy for getting Spirit out of soft soil where it is embedded on Mars.
Mars Rovers Braving Severe Dust Storms
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 20, 2007 |
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Having explored Mars for three-and-a-half years in what were missions originally designed for three months, NASA's Mars rovers are facing perhaps their biggest challenge.
Team Runs Operational Test to Prepare for Extracting Spirit
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Oct 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers using test rovers on Earth to prepare for extracting the sand-trapped Spirit rover on Mars have added a new challenge to their preparations.
NASA and Google Launch Virtual Exploration of Mars
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Feb 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA and Google announced Monday the release of a new Mars mode in Google Earth that brings to everyone's desktop a high-resolution, three-dimensional view of the Red Planet.
Rover Tests Evaluating Crabwalk Moves
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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.
Mars robots to become smarter
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May 30, 2006 |
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NASA reportedly plan to upgrade its Mars rovers' programs to help them more intelligently deal with observing phenomenon on the Red Plant.
Martian dust storm threatens rovers' survival
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Jul 27, 2007 |
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In the three-and-a-half years that they've been on Mars, the NASA rovers Spirit and Opportunity have never seen anything like this: a large-scale dust storm that has darkened the skies and put the rovers in ...
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