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Mars Rover Update

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Mar 26, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (7) | 5

In January 2004, NASA landed two identical robotic rovers named Spirit and Opportunity on the surface of Mars. The twins were primed for a brief 3-month mission to tell us a story of water and possibly life ...

Spirit rover's wheels stuck in soft Martian dirt

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

May 12, 2009 | 4.4 / 5 (9) | 0

(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 ...

Second Test Rover Added to Driving Experiments

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Aug 24, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

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 and Earth Activities Aim to Get Spirit Rolling Again

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

May 19, 2009 | 5 / 5 (5) | 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 ...

Controllers Cheer as Data Arrive from NASA's Spirit Rover

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 13, 2008 | 4.7 / 5 (9) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit communicated via the Mars Odyssey orbiter today right at the time when ground controllers had told it to, prompting shouts of "She's talking!" among the ...

Scientists work to free Mars rover Spirit

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 13, 2009 | 5 / 5 (11) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the past several weeks, scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory finished experimentation on methods to get the rover Spirit unstuck from its location near a plateau called Home Plate.

Spirit Rover: Computer Modeling Supplements Dusty Testing

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Sep 15, 2009 | 3.7 / 5 (3) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Tests on Earth simulating Spirit's predicament on Mars have reinforced understanding that getting Spirit to rove again will be very difficult.

Planned Rover Test to Run a Week or More

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Aug 14, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Mars rover team members are planning a long-duration experiment with the test rover at JPL beginning next week. This test will check whether favorable motion seen in earlier tests can be sustained ...

Free Spirit Testing Nearing Completion

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jul 31, 2009 | 3 / 5 (1) | 0

Mars rover engineers at JPL are winding down testing of different escape maneuvers using a test rover in a sand box filled with soil to mimic the Martian surface. It is possible that in early August the first ...

Mars rover Spirit has unexplained computer reboots

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Apr 14, 2009 | 3.7 / 5 (13) | 19

(AP) -- NASA's aging Mars rover Spirit has rebooted its computer at least twice for unknown reasons.

Mars Rover Team Sets Low-Power Plan for NASA's Spirit

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 17, 2008 | 5 / 5 (4) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- After assessing data received from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit on Thursday, mission controllers laid out plans for the rover to conserve its modest energy during the next few weeks.

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