(PhysOrg.com) -- On Sol 2095 (Tuesday, Nov. 24), Spirit performed a set of diagnostic actions related to a stall of the right-rear wheel on the previous drive, three days earlier.
Space Exploration
Nov 25, 2009
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Imagine driving at top speed on a steep, winding mountain pass in the Alps, or the Himalayas, or the Rocky Mountains.
Engineering
Nov 2, 2009
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A student team in the Virginia Tech College of Engineering is providing the blind with an opportunity many never thought possible: The opportunity to drive.
Engineering
Jul 15, 2009
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Sony on Tuesday demonstrated a prototype motion-sensing videogame controller, as the maker of PlayStation consoles joined rivals in a trend away from playing with complicated buttons and joysticks.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jun 3, 2009
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(AP) -- There's nothing all that charming about Nintendo's latest gadget.
Consumer & Gadgets
May 15, 2009
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A reaction wheel—one of the heaviest parts of a space mission, its changing rotation used to shift a satellite's orientation—seen in a plasma wind tunnel belonging to the High Enthalpy Flow Diagnostics Group (HEFDiG) ...
Space Exploration
Apr 11, 2024
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A year has passed since the launch of the ESA's Rosalind Franklin rover mission was put on hold, but the work has not stopped for the ExoMars teams in Europe.
Planetary Sciences
Mar 14, 2023
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The enormous spacecraft that will head to Jupiter's moon Europa uses four large reaction wheels to help keep it oriented.
Space Exploration
Nov 23, 2022
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Skoltech scientists have proposed a concept for a modular Mars exploration rover. Leveraging the power of cooperative robotics, the new system first described in an Acta Astronautica paper consists of four two-wheeled robots ...
Space Exploration
Apr 14, 2022
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It looks like the Perseverance rover has an unwanted passenger, a rock stuck inside one of its wheels. The image of the stone was selected by public input as the "Image of the Week" for Week 54 (Feb. 20–26, 2022) of the ...
Space Exploration
Mar 9, 2022
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