News tagged with nasa rovers
Sandtrapped Rover Makes a Big Discovery
Homer's Iliad tells the story of Troy, a city besieged by the Greeks in the Trojan War. Today, a lone robot sits besieged in the sands of Troy while engineers and scientists plot its escape.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 03, 2009 |
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A Mars Rover Named 'Curiosity'
(PhysOrg.com) -- If you found your grandmother's diary, tattered and dust covered, up in the attic, would you read it? Of course you would. Granny was a pistol! Brush off the dust, open up the little book, ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 30, 2009 |
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Mars Rover Examines Odd Material at Small, Young Crater
(PhysOrg.com) -- Weird coatings on rocks beside a young Martian crater remain puzzling after a preliminary look at data from examination of the site by NASA's Opportunity rover.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 24, 2010 |
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Rover Gives NASA an 'Opportunity' to View Interior of Mars
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars exploration rover Opportunity is allowing scientists to get a glimpse deep inside Mars.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 21, 2010 |
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No word from stuck NASA Mars rover Spirit
The odometer on the Mars rover Spirit has been stuck at 4.8 miles for more than 1 1/2 years and has been incommunicado since March.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 02, 2011 |
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For Mars rovers, a friendly rivalry
NASA's newest Mars rover - or a replica of it, anyway - sat expectantly at the bottom of a hill. After years in design and construction, the grandly named Mars Science Laboratory was ready to test its wheels ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 10, 2011 |
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Mars Rover starts its 9th year
Eight years after landing on Mars for what was planned as a three-month mission, NASA's enduring Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is working on what essentially became a new mission five months ago.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 03, 2012 |
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Dark shadows on Mars: Scene from durable NASA rover
(Phys.org) -- Like a tourist waiting for just the right lighting to snap a favorite shot during a stay at the Grand Canyon, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has used a low sun angle for a memorable ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 23, 2012 |
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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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Mars rover Spirit has unexplained computer reboots
(AP) -- NASA's aging Mars rover Spirit has rebooted its computer at least twice for unknown reasons.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 14, 2009 |
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New views show old NASA Mars landers
(PhysOrg.com) -- The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter recorded a scene on Jan. 29, 2012, that includes the first color image from orbit showing ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 09, 2012 |
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NASA hangs up on silent Mars rover Spirit (Update)
Shortly after midnight, NASA sent one last plea to the rover Spirit, mired in a sand trap on the surface of Mars.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 24, 2011 |
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Video documents three-year trek on Mars by NASA rover
(PhysOrg.com) -- While NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity was traveling from Victoria crater to Endeavour crater, between September 2008 and August 2011, the rover team took an end-of-drive image on ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 11, 2011 |
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New animation depicts next Mars rover in action
(PhysOrg.com) -- Although NASA's Mars Science Laboratory will not leave Earth until late this year nor land on Mars until August 2012, anyone can watch those dramatic events now in a new animation of the mission.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 27, 2011 |
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NASA: Mars rover, phone home after yearlong sleep
The prospect of ever hearing from the stuck Mars rover Spirit is fading after it failed to respond to repeated calls from Earth.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 29, 2011 |
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