News tagged with martian year

Mars orbiter catches twister in action

(PhysOrg.com) -- An afternoon whirlwind on Mars lofts a twisting column of dust more than half a mile (800 meters) high in an image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's ...

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created Mar 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Alternatives have begun in bid to hear from Spirit

(PhysOrg.com) -- Hopes for reviving NASA's Spirit Mars rover dimmed further with passage last week of the point at which the rover's locale received its maximum sunshine for the Martian year.

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created Mar 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Curiosity is NASA's new ramp roller

The rover Curiosity, which NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission will place on Mars in August 2012, has been rolling over ramps in a clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to test its mobility system.

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created Sep 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Mars Spacecraft Teams on Alert for Dust-Storm Season

(PhysOrg.com) -- Heading into a period of the Martian year prone to major dust storms, the team operating NASA's twin Mars rovers is taking advantage of eye-in-the-sky weather reports.

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created Apr 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

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 ...

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