News tagged with mars rovers
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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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Free Spirit Testing Nearing Completion
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 ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 31, 2009 |
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Free Spirit: Longer Rover Tests Beginning
(PhysOrg.com) -- Mars rover team members have begun a new phase of testing at JPL -- using longer-duration experiments -- in their preparations for driving Spirit again on Mars.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 27, 2009 |
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Free Spirit: Next Step: Combinations of Basic Moves
As the Mars rover team uses testing at JPL to evaluate possible ways to drive Spirit out of loose soil on Mars, the team is finishing tests of individual "building block" maneuvers and is about to begin stringing ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 22, 2009 |
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Test Mars Rover Checks Pivoting Technique
The Mars rover team is using a test rover at JPL to assess various extraction techniques that might get Spirit out of the loose soil of "Troy" on Mars.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 17, 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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Rover Extraction Tests Begin (w/ Video)
Using a test rover in a sandbox at JPL with special soil simulating Spirit's predicament on Mars, engineers are assessing possible maneuvers for getting Spirit out and onto firmer ground.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 07, 2009 |
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Not space junk yet: Mars rovers carry on despite age, ailments
In one of the most remarkable engineering feats of our time, the aging Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity are still taking orders and sending home pictures more than five years after they were supposed to ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 28, 2009 |
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Mars Rover Yielding New Clues While Lodged in Martian Soil
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars rover Spirit, lodged in Martian soil that is causing traction trouble, is taking advantage of the situation by learning more about the Red Planet's environmental history.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 25, 2009 |
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New cleaning protocol for future 'search for life' missions
Scientists have developed a new cleaning protocol for space hardware, such as the scoops of Mars rovers, which could be used on future "Search for Life" missions on other planets.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 08, 2009 |
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Spirit Takes a Peek at Her Belly
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new image of Spirit's underbelly is helping engineers assess the rover's current state and plan her escape from soft soil. The panoramic mosaic of multiple images was taken by the microscopic ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 04, 2009 |
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'Curiosity': NASA Selects Student's Entry as New Mars Rover Name
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars Science Laboratory rover, scheduled for launch in 2011, has a new name, thanks to a sixth-grade student from Kansas. Twelve-year-old Clara Ma from the Sunflower Elementary school ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 27, 2009 |
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Opportunity Rover Sees Variable Environmental History at Martian Victoria Crater
(PhysOrg.com) -- One of NASA's two Mars rovers has recorded a compelling saga of environmental changes that occurred over billions of years at a Martian crater.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 21, 2009 |
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Mars and Earth Activities Aim to Get Spirit Rolling Again
(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 ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 19, 2009 |
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