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Rover Confirms Meteorite on Mars
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Composition measurements by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity confirm that this rock on the Martian surface is an iron-nickel meteorite.
Free Spirit: Rock Under the Belly
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 02, 2009 |
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Engineers placed a rock underneath the test rover at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., on July 1, 2009, to more closely simulate Spirit's predicament on Mars.
Ice Cold Sunrise on Mars
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 27, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- From the location of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, above the Martian arctic circle, the sun does not set during the peak of the Martian summer.
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Mars Rover Team Diagnosing Unexpected Behavior
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The team operating NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit plans diagnostic tests this week after Spirit did not report some of its weekend activities, including a request to determine its orientation ...
Spirit Resumes Driving
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit resumed driving Saturday after engineers gained confidence from diagnostic activities earlier in the week evaluating how well the rover senses its orientation.
Image: Spirit's View From 'Troy'
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Aug 18, 2009 |
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Today, Aug. 18, 2009, marks the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's 2,000th sol, or Martian day, on the Red Planet.
Opportunity Rover Inspecting 'Bellemont'
Feb 26, 2006 |
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Opportunity has completed its work on the "Olympia" outcrop. This week's activities included a Moessbauer spectrometer integration on target "Rough Rider," an alpha particle X-ray spectrometer integration on ...
Spirit Checking Korolev
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Aug 21, 2006 |
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Spirit is healthy and continues to make progress on its winter science campaign. Spirit is finishing the "McMurdo mega-panorama" by acquiring touch-up images (dubbed "grout" by engineers). Spirit is nearly complete with the ...
Spirit Completes Fourth Mile On Mars
Feb 14, 2006 |
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Spirit is healthy and continues to make progress toward "Home Plate" after driving more than 150 meters (492 feet), taking images, making atmospheric observations, and analyzing geology.
Phoenix Revises Method to Deliver Icy Sample
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Jul 28, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's robotic arm will use a revised collection-and-delivery sequence overnight Sunday with the goal of depositing an icy soil sample in the lander's oven.
Opportunity Continues To Characterize Crater
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 23, 2007 |
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Opportunity is healthy and is currently driving on the promontory "Cabo Corrientes" where its cameras imaged the north face of "Bahia Blanca" cliff walls. The rover is currently driving to another spot in order to image "Cape ...
Opportunity Dusts Off And Gets Back To Work
Nov 07, 2005 |
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Having weathered a recent dust storm, Opportunity is back to business. Energy levels are on the rise as the rover prepares for its next investigative campaign.
Spirit Continues To Compile Panoramic Image
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May 18, 2006 |
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The latest report on NASA's Spirit rover shows it continuing to make progress on collecting images as part of its McMurdo panorama, as well as conducting detailed studies of soil targets on its wintering slope ...
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