News tagged with sand trap
Building a better trap
(PhysOrg.com) -- Fieldwork in Peru’s Andes Mountains is demanding, especially when it involves hauling heavy equipment to remote sites that are accessible only by traversing the region’s rugged terrain.
Feb 16, 2012 |
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NASA officials remember Mars rover Spirit
Scientists and engineers gathered Tuesday at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to remember the legacy of the hard-luck rover Spirit that came through in the end with geologic evidence that Mars was once a warm ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 20, 2011 |
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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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NASA ends effort to free rover from Martian sand
(PhysOrg.com) -- After six years of unprecedented exploration of the Red Planet, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit no longer will be a fully mobile robot. NASA has designated the once-roving scientific ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 26, 2010 |
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Spirit Rover Switches to Backward Drives
(PhysOrg.com) -- The rover team has begun driving Spirit backward as next technique for attempting to extricate the rover from the sand trap where it is embedded. The first two backward drives produced about ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 22, 2010 |
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Spirit Rover: Right-Front Wheel Rotations
(PhysOrg.com) -- Spirit's right-front wheel, which had stopped operating in March 2006, revolved with apparently normal motion during the first three of four driving segments on Sol 2117 (Wednesday, Dec. 16) ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 18, 2009 |
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