News tagged with mars exploration
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Top US lawmaker skeptical of new space funding
Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she was personally skeptical of manned space missions and warned that NASA's future funding could depend on whether it was likely to create jobs.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 17, 2009 |
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NASA to Begin Attempts to Free Sand-Trapped Mars Rover
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA will begin transmitting commands to its Mars exploration rover Spirit on Monday as part of an escape plan to free the venerable robot from its Martian sand trap.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 12, 2009 |
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Amnesia-Like Behavior Returns on Spirit
(PhysOrg.com) -- Until Oct. 24, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover had gone more than six months without an episode of amnesia-like symptoms like those that appeared on four occasions earlier this year.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 31, 2009 |
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Team Runs Operational Test to Prepare for Extracting Spirit
(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.
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Oct 19, 2009 |
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Scientists work to free Mars rover Spirit
(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.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 13, 2009 |
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Second Test Rover Added to Driving Experiments
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.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 24, 2009 |
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Europe and Russia sign Mars exploration deal
The European Space Agency (ESA) on Wednesday signed a deal with its Russian counterpart Roscosmos to cooperate on two Mars exploration projects, Russia's Interfax news agency reported.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 19, 2009 |
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Image: Spirit's View From 'Troy'
Today, Aug. 18, 2009, marks the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's 2,000th sol, or Martian day, on the Red Planet.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 18, 2009 |
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Rover Confirms Meteorite on Mars
(PhysOrg.com) -- Composition measurements by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity confirm that this rock on the Martian surface is an iron-nickel meteorite.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 06, 2009 |
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Mars Dust Devil Has Colorful Effect in Image Series
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have combined a trio of shots taken seconds apart through different colored filters to create a special-effects portrait of a moving dust devil on Mars.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 14, 2009 |
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Rover Tests Evaluating Crabwalk Moves
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.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 13, 2009 |
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NASA Releases Interactive 3-D Views of Space Station, New Mars Rover
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA released an interactive, 3-D photographic collection of internal and external views of the International Space Station and a model of the next Mars rover on Thursday, May 7.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 07, 2009 |
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Spirit Resumes Driving While Analysis of Problem Behaviors Continues
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit drove on Thursday for the first time since April 8, acting on commands from engineers who are still investigating bouts of amnesia and other unusual behavior ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 24, 2009 |
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Team Continues Analyzing Spirit Computer Reboots and Amnesia Events
(PhysOrg.com) -- After three days of completing Earth-commanded activities without incident last week, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit had a bout of temporary amnesia Friday, April 17, and rebooted its ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 21, 2009 |
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Spirit Healthy but Computer Reboots Raise Concerns
(PhysOrg.com) -- The team operating NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit is examining data received from Spirit in recent days to diagnose why the rover apparently rebooted its computer at least twice over ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 14, 2009 |
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