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

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

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

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