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new underwater robot can hover in place

New underwater robot can hover in place

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 26, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (14) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT researchers have designed a new robotic underwater vehicle that can hover in place like a helicopter -- an invaluable tool for deepwater oil explorers, marine archaeologists, oceanographers ...


Mars and Earth Activities Aim to Get Spirit Rolling Again

Mars and Earth Activities Aim to Get Spirit Rolling Again

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 2

(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 ...


Scientists monitor developing Mars dust storm

Scientists monitor developing Mars dust storm

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Arizona State University's Mars Space Flight Facility are using the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) on NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter to monitor a new dust storm that has ...


Mars Odyssey Alters Orbit to Study Warmer Ground

Mars Odyssey Alters Orbit to Study Warmer Ground

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jun 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's long-lived Mars Odyssey spacecraft has completed an eight-month adjustment of its orbit, positioning itself to look down at the day side of the planet in mid-afternoon instead of late ...


Orbiter Puts Itself Into Safe Standby

Mars Odyssey Orbiter Puts Itself Into Safe Standby

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(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 ...


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Mars Orbiter's Computer Reboots Successfully

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter properly followed commands today to shut down and restart, a strategy by its engineers to clear any memory flaws accumulated in more than five years since Odyssey's ...


Mars Spacecraft Teams on Alert for Dust-Storm Season

Mars Spacecraft Teams on Alert for Dust-Storm Season

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Heading into a period of the Martian year prone to major dust storms, the team operating NASA's twin Mars rovers is taking advantage of eye-in-the-sky weather reports.


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Mars Odyssey Shifting Orbit for Extended Mission

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 10, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The longest-serving of six spacecraft now studying Mars is up to new tricks for a third two-year extension of its mission to examine the most Earthlike of known foreign planets.


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Odyssey Flight Team to Check Status of Backup System

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The team operating NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter plans a procedure next week to address a long-known, potential vulnerability of accumulated memory corruption.