News tagged with home plate

One Mars Rover Sees a Distant Goal; The Other Takes a New Route

(PhysOrg.com) -- On a plain that stretches for miles in every direction, the panoramic camera on NASA's Mars rover Opportunity has caught a first glimpse on the horizon of the uplifted rim of the big crater ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Mar 18, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (7) | 2

NASA's Mars Rover Spirit Faces Circuitous Route

(PhysOrg.com) -- Loose soil piled against the northern edge of a low plateau called "Home Plate" has blocked NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit from taking the shortest route toward its southward destinations ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Mar 05, 2009 | 4.4 / 5 (5) | 0