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Rate Video: Looking at Landing Sites for the Mars Science LaboratoryVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Mon, Jun 1

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By rss@youtube.com (djxatlanta) Author: djxatlanta Keywords: Mars Mars rover Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover Mars exploration NASA JPL Added: June 1, 2009

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Original at YouTube external link    Wed, May 27

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By rss@youtube.com (JPLnews) Author: JPLnews Keywords: Mars Science Laboratory Mars rover planets NASA JPL Added: May 27, 2009

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Original at YouTube external link    Sun, Jan 25

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By rss@youtube.com (anjulpa) A moving mars rover, searching for life probably. This was a part of a project for my undergrad course on computer graphics (taught by Prof. ) back in 2006. For this project, I worked in a team with Sharad Birmiwal. Features demonstrated: -- Heightmap terrain -- Two-level terrain LOD -- Automa...

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Rate Mars rover on its last wheels

Original at Student Life external link    14 hours ago

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Scientific American NASA's Spirit rover, part of the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Mission, is currently spinning its wheels on Mars in an area scientists have ... Spirit rover budges forward, but not by muchScientific American all 2 news articles »

Rate Possible UFO wreckage photographed by Mars rover Spirit, image

Original at Allnewsweb.com external link    Sun, Dec 6

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NASA researchers are said to be intrigued by an image taken by the Mars exploration rover Spirit sometime this year between May and June. ...

Rate Latest wheel stall worries Mars rover team

Original at Pasadena Star-News external link    Fri, Dec 4

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One of Spirit's wheels stalled again in the most recent attempt to drive the Mars rover out of the rut where it's spent the ... Mars Had Liquid Water in Recent Past, Rover FindsNational Geographic Dread Rover, Dread Rover, Send Data Right OverTonic

Rate Mars Had Liquid Water in Recent Past, Rover Finds

Original at National Geographic external link    Thu, Dec 3

Even while snared in a sand trap, NASA's Mars rover Spirit has hit "wet" pay dirt: evidence of relatively recent groundwater activity on the red planet. ... and more »

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Rate Mars rover extrication one great video game

Original at Creamer Media's Engineering external link    Thu, Nov 26    1 related articles

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Scientists at the the US space agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, are now trying to get one of the Mars rovers out of sand, ... Wheel tests show stuck rover is ready to roll over holiday weekendPasadena Star-News

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Original at Student Direct external link    Sun, Nov 22

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Even NASA can get a car stuck in the mud. Mars rover 'Spirit' has been stuck in Martian soil for 6 months. After months of running simulations and having a ...

Rate Mars rover makes its first slow step out of its rut

Original at Pasadena Star-News external link    Fri, Nov 20

The Mars rover Spirit made its first movement Thursday, Nov. 19 in the morning, after spending the last sixth months at a ... and more »

Rate NASA tries again to free stuck Mars rover

Original at MSNBC external link    Thu, Nov 19    1 related articles

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NASA engineers are taking a second go at extricating the stuck rover Spirit from its sandy trap on Mars.

Rate NASA hopes to free Mars rover from sand

Original at San Francisco Chronicle external link    Thu, Nov 19

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Earth-bound controllers are ordering Spirit, the aging Mars rover stuck in a deadly Martian sand trap since April, to start spinning its wheels in a ... Stuck Mars Rover Finally Budges, a LittleSpace.com Mars rover makes its first slow step out of rutPasadena Star-News

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Original at RedOrbit external link    Tue, Nov 17    4 related articles

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NASA's long running Mars rover Spirit will begin critical drives for escaping a sand trap. credit: NASA ... free spirit. redorbit.com

Rate Live blog: Ozzie talks Azure and more

Original at CNET News.com external link    Tue, Nov 17

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Early partners include NASA, InfoUSA, and AP Online. 9:10 am PST: Microsoft shows a demo using 3D imagery from the Mars rover using NASA's "Dallas" data ... Microsoft's Ozzie Tips Azure PlansPC Magazine Microsoft 'Dallas' muscles Google data crusadeRegister

Rate 10 Rules for being a good government Twitterer

Original at OhMyGov! external link    Mon, Nov 16

NASA (@MarsPhoenixhas) had great success with Tweeting about the Mars rover which toured the surface of Mars, sending back never-before-seen images from ... and more »

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Original at disclose.tv external link    Fri, Nov 13    4 related articles

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Video NASA s long running Mars rover Spirit will begin critical drives for escaping a sand trap NASA http science nasa gov headlines y2009 12nov ... disclose.tv

Rate Gates to tackle roadside bombs

Original at Philadelphia Inquirer external link    Fri, Nov 13

AP LOS ANGELES - For NASA's stuck Mars rover, the Spirit may be willing, but the wheels could prove too weak. The space agency yesterday outlined a rescue ... and more »

Rate National Briefs

Original at NewsOK.com external link    Thu, Nov 12

LOS ANGELES — NASA outlined a rescue plan Thursday to try to free the Mars rover Spirit, which has been bogged in a sand trap on the red planet. ... and more »

Rate NASA preps Mars rover rescue plan

Original at Register external link    Thu, Nov 12

Earthly for trapped Spirit NASA has come up with a plan to extricate their stuck rover Spirit that's been bogged down in a Martian sand trap since April.… Offloading malware protection to the cloud

Rate NASA unveils plan to free sand-trapped Mars rover

Original at USA Today external link    Thu, Nov 12

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NASA engineers announced plans Thursday to free the Spirit rover from a lengthy stay in a sand pit. "This is going to be a lengthy process, and there's a ... NASA preps Mars rover rescue planRegister NASA to try to free stuck Mars rover SpiritThe Associated Press

Rate Stuck Mars rover to begin moving

Original at MSNBC external link    Thu, Nov 12    4 related articles

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Months of planning are finally coming to fruition: NASA engineers are ready to begin trying to maneuver the plucky rover Spirit out of its sandy trap on Mars.

Rate WIRE WATCH: Obama Heads to Asia; Human Rights in China; Groups Rally for ... - Wall Street Journal

Original at blogs.wsj.com external link    Thu, Nov 12

WIRE WATCH: Obama Heads to Asia; Human Rights in China; Groups Rally for ... Wall Street Journal (blog) Free Spirit? NASA is holding a conference call this afternoon to discuss their attempts “to free the Mars rover Spirit from sandy soil where the venerable ...

Rate Free Spirit - Plotting an Escape

Original at podtrac.com external link    Thu, Nov 12    4 related articles

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NASA's long-running Mars rover Spirit will begin critical drives for escaping a sand trap.

Rate Q & A with Juneau Icefield veteran Scott McGee

Original at Capital City Weekly external link    Wed, Nov 11

Q & A with Juneau Icefield veteran Scott McGee As an example, the leader of the Mars rover missions was a high school student in JIRP in 1974. What are a couple of your most memorable experiences on the ...

Rate Free Spirit: Plotting an Escape

Original at NASA external link    Wed, Nov 11    4 related articles

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s long-running Mars rover Spirit will begin critical drives for escaping a sand trap. ... learn the galaxy. nasa.gov

Rate NASA's Stuck Martian Rover Spirit Topic of Media Call Nov. 12 - Mars Today

Original at marstoday.com external link    Tue, Nov 10

NASA's Stuck Martian Rover Spirit Topic of Media Call Nov. 12 Mars Today (press release) WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 pm EST on Thursday, Nov. 12, to discuss attempts to free the Mars rover Spirit from sandy soil ...

Rate Spirit Rover Wiggles Her Wheels

Original at Wired News external link    Tue, Nov 10    3 related articles

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The Spirit Mars rover wiggled her wheels for the first time in months. The rover has been stuck in Martian soil for half a year. ...

Rate Stuck Spirit Rover Moves!

Original at Space Fellowship external link    Tue, Nov 10

The Mars rover driving team is working on ways to get Sprit out, and this recent move was just them getting Spirit's wheels in alignment for an upcoming ... and more »

Year 2009

 

Rate AMASE 2009 blog: Studying the composition of Martian rocks ... - Space Ref

Original at Space Ref external link    Sat, Sep 5

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press release) AMASE 2009 blog: Studying the composition of Martian rocks ... press release) they have participated in the AMASE 2009 SOWG (Science Operations Working Group) simulation of Mars rover missions and have shot a laser at a blue ...

Rate Kína is a Marsra tart

Original at nol.hu external link    Fri, Sep 4

Jelenleg is a vörös bolygót járja a Spirit és az Opportunity nevű Mars-rover, míg bolygó körüli pályáról tanulmányozza az égitestet a 2001 Mars Odyssey és a ...

Rate Scientists follow the fire

Original at MSNBC external link    Mon, Aug 31

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Even though the worst seems to be over for JPL, only mission-critical employees are at work today, due to concerns about air quality. That means Mars rover ... and more »

Rate Dust storm adds urgency to Mars rover jam

Original at MSNBC external link    Thu, Aug 27

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Space.com Dust storms are currently stirring up the Martian skies in the region where NASA's Spirit rover is stuck in the sand. ... UPI NewsTrack Health and Science NewsTimes of the Internet all 7 news articles »

Rate Stuck Mars rover struck by dust storm

Original at United Press International external link    Wed, Aug 26

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26 (UPI) -- NASA says its Mars rover Spirit, which has been stuck in loose martian sand since April, is losing power due to a dust storm that's blocking its ... NASA Adds 2nd Test Rover to Help Free SpiritRobots.net Mars rover still stuck in martian sandUnited Press International

Rate AMASE 2009: Journal Entries by Adrienne Kish 17-25 August 2009 - Space Ref

Original at Space Ref external link    Wed, Aug 26

AMASE 2009: Journal Entries by Adrienne Kish 17-25 August 2009 press release) controlled rovers with their science payloads to analyze rocks on another planet to run a simulation of a week in the life of a Mars rover science team ... and more »

Rate Mars Had a Much Thicker Atmosphere in the Past

Original at Softpedia external link    Thu, Aug 20

The meteorite that the Mars rover Opportunity discovered a few weeks ago is shedding more and more light on the past ... and more »

Rate Mars to Be Studied by Russia and Europe

Original at Russia-InfoCenter external link    Thu, Aug 20

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“Exo-Mars” provides delivery of a self-driven robot vehicle, similar to Spirit and Opportunity rovers, to the Red planet. The new Mars rover will weigh 200 ... and more »

Rate Build-your-own comets, 3D Mars views offered by IU Astronomy at ...

Original at PhysOrg.com external link    Tue, Aug 18

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The exhibit also features an interactive Mars rover that can be operated by remote control just like NASA does it, a space capsule simulator visitors can ... and more »

Rate Spirit Replica to Begin Week-Long Tests They will take place in a ...

Original at Softpedia external link    Fri, Aug 14

Thus far, several types of maneuvers have been tried out, but none of them showed clear signs of promise for freeing Spirit. “Mars rover team members are ... and more »

Rate A good look at a Martian crater

Original at USA Today external link    Wed, Aug 12

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A new view of Victoria crater, a past playground for the Opportunity Mars rover, reveals rock layers and wheel tracks left by the doughty explorer. ... Victoria Crater still looking lovelyNature.com (subscription) Pictured: Stunning new image of Mars show half-mile wide crater ...Daily Mail

Rate Jordan mixes with world's top young science minds

Original at Nambucca Guardian external link    Tue, Aug 11

amazing race' using GPS units, and a challenge to design and build a Mars rover, able to walk over uneven surfaces. What was it made of? ...

Rate AMASE 2009 Expedition Takes Off In The Arctic

Original at Space Daily external link    Tue, Aug 11

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A group of us including our fearless expedition leaders, the Mars rover crew from NASA JPL, members of the Slice team from NASA Goddard, the Life Marker ...

Rate Mars rover stalks mystery space alien object

Original at Register external link    Wed, Aug 5

Droid crawler in thrilling chase vs. (immobile) 'cobble' NASA's interplanetary robot rover "Opportunity", prowling the haematite steppes of the Meridiani Planum on Mars, has crept up on and photographed a mysterious space boulder or "cobble". Astro boffins theorise that the object m...

Rate Clara Ma Visits with JPL Engineers

Original at NASA external link    Wed, Jun 17    3 related articles

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 DC Clara Ma (in front) with Suparna Mukherjee, Julie Townsend, Jaime Waydo (in back row) are featured here in the laboratory where an engineering model of the next Mars rover, Curiosity, is being tested. Ma won an essay contest and named the rover. ...

Rate European Space Agency cuts back on Mars rover mission plan

Original at CBC.ca external link    Tue, Jun 16

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A rover set to explore Mars in seven years will lack a major piece of monitoring equipment because of a budget squeeze, an official from the European Space Agency said Tuesday. The ExoMars rover scheduled to land on the Red Planet's surface in 2016 ...

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Original at channels.com external link    Wed, Jun 10    4 related articles

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From space, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is scouting out landing sites for NASA’s next Mars rover. Video: Building a Clean Dream Machine for ... www.channels.com

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Original at channels.com external link    Tue, Jun 9    4 related articles

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From space, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter takes a closer look at four possible landing sites for NASA’s next Mars rover. NASA EDGE: STS-125 ... www.channels.com

Rate ThreatChaos Weekly Updates for 2009-06-05

Original at SecuObs external link    Sat, Jun 6

 France Why do I do this? # Google Waves. Wow. http://wave.google.com/ # Woot! The IT-Harvest beer glasses came while I was in SA. Now, how to decide who to send them to?? # Mars rover, Spirit, stuck in sand. http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ # topsy.com [...]

Rate OSU scientist hopes rover can be a free Spirit

Original at Columbus Dispatch external link    Sat, Jun 6    3 related articles

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 OH By Steven Bushong Ohio State University mapping scientist Rongxing Li plans routes for Mars rover Spirit, which became trapped in a deep pocket of soft soil four weeks ago. Scientists are working to determine a way to free the machine so it can ...

Rate Glitch Forces Mars Orbiter to Reboot Main Computer

Original at Space.com external link    Thu, Jun 4    4 related articles

The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is not the only ailing spacecraft currently at the red planet. Down on the planet's surface, NASA's Mars rover Spirit is stuck up to its hubcaps after snaring its six wheels in deep Martian sand. The rover recently used ...

Rate Send your name to Mars.

Original at community.fox2now.com external link    Thu, Jun 4

I found this today and thought I would share. You can have your name put on a microchip that will be put on the next Mars rover that goes up in ... community.fox2now.com

Rate Mars rover stuck in the mud as Nasa works on escape plan

Original at Daily Mail - UK external link    Thu, Jun 4

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 UK But what happens when the stuck vehicle is a robotic rover on the surface of Mars 36 million miles away? Nasa's Spirit rover ran into soft dirt in May after crawling across the red planet for five years. Now it has taken its very first snapshots of its ...

Rate Cosmic Log: Will Mars rover roll again?

Original at MSNBC external link    Wed, Jun 3

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Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: NASA experts are taking fuzzy pictures and testing different recipes for Red Planet dirt as they try to get a stuck Mars rover moving again.

Rate Stuck Mars rover peeks beneath its belly

Original at New Scientist external link    Wed, Jun 3

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The stuck Mars rover Spirit has taken the very first snapshots of the ground beneath its belly, revealing what may be a rock that could obstruct Spirit's movement. But more pictures and tests are needed before mission members can develop a strategy for ... Mars Rover Suomen Kuvalehti

Rate Mars rover stuck in the mud

Original at Telegraph.co.uk external link    Tue, Jun 2

 United Kingdom Nasa scientists are struggling to free their Mars rover after it became stuck in the mud on the red planet. The Spirit rover has run into soft dirt and is spinning its wheels after crawling across the planet for five years. Prof Prof Steve Squyres who ...

Rate Sixth-grader names Mars rover

Original at Monterey County Herald external link    Tue, Jun 2    3 related articles

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 CA By JIM SULLINGER Curiosity" and a stellar essay have landed a 12-year-old Kansas girl the honor of naming NASA's next Mars rover. NASA announced Wednesday that Clara Ma, a sixth-grader at Sunflower Elementary School in Lenexa, Kan., and her suggested ...

Rate Astronauts adjust to a six-man crew (Source: AP)

Original at DailyTech external link    Mon, Jun 1

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The Moscow Times The US space agency finally named the Mars Science Laboratory, its next Mars rover, with help from sixth-grader Clara Ma. The new rover -- scheduled to ... This Week In Space: The Late Great Planet EarthDaily Kos all 35 news articles »

Rate Astronauts adjust to a six-man crew (Source: AP)

Original at DailyTech external link    Mon, Jun 1

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The Moscow Times  IL The pending retirement of the current space shuttle fleet is on the horizon, so each NASA mission to space remains extremely important. The US space agency finally named the Mars Science Laboratory, its next Mars rover, with help from sixth-grader ...

Rate Woman trying to get Mars rover unstuck speaks in Santa Ana Saturday

Original at OCRegister external link    Fri, May 29

 CA Julie Townsend, a member of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory team that's trying to get the rover Spirit moving again on Mars, where it's now struck in soft soil, will speak at the Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana at 11 am on Saturday, May 30. Map. ...

Rate Opportunity Rings Up 10 Miles on Mars

Original at Gearlog external link    Fri, May 29

 NY The Opportunity Mars rover has now passed the 10-mile mark on the red planet's surface, according to Softpedia. The milestone comes more than five years after the rover landed on Mars along with its twin, Spirit, on opposite sides of the planet. ...

Rate Geckos invade Philly museum

Original at Scientist external link    Fri, May 29

 UK Legged robots, especially really maneuverable robots like a gecko-inspired robot, could crawl across Martian landscapes and avoid getting stuck." NASA's wheeled Mars rover Spirit got stuck in the sand earlier this month, and at last update, Rover team ...

Rate Video: Looking at Landing Sites for the Mars Science LaboratoryVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at fr.truveo.com external link    Fri, May 29    4 related articles

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There are four possible landing sites for the next Mars rover. Scientists and engineers will evaluate all four sites for the future rover, which ... fr.truveo.com

Rate The 5 Greatest Planet-Exploring Robots

Original at Switched external link    Thu, May 28

 NY by Sean Captain — May 29th 2009 at 8:30AM The 5 Greatest Planet-Exploring Robots If its mission succeeds in 2012, nasa's latest Mars rover, the newly christened Curiosity will join an elite group of robots that have managed to touch down safely on an ...

Rate Morning Xtra: German 'Twittergate,' AT&T CEO Admits Co Was Not ...

Original at Switched external link    Thu, May 28

 NY I named nasas newest Mars rover. Let's get ice cream." We're guessing that's the conversation 12-year-old Clara Ma had after winning a nationwide school contest to name the next Martian rover. Clara's contest-winning appellation? "Curiosity. ...

Rate Star-studded museum exhibit premiere wows crowds

Original at The Desert Sun external link    Thu, May 28

 CA Ihde showed photos taken by the Mars Phoenix Lander and mentioned JPL's plans to launch another Mars rover in two years. The reception also included astronaut snacks, such as the Styrofoam-like space ice cream and Tang, made popular by NASA astronauts ...

Rate Lenexa girl wins NASA's Mars rover naming contest

Original at Kansas City Star external link    Wed, May 27    3 related articles

By JIM SULLINGER “I was really surprised and really excited,” Lenexa sixth-grader Clara Ma says of winning a NASA contest to name the new Mars rover. “Curiosity” and a stellar essay have landed a 12-year-old Lenexa girl the honor of naming NASA's next ...

Rate NASA explores 'Curiosity' for nuclear-powered Mars rover

Original at Register external link    Wed, May 27

Don't burn the locals A 12-year-old girl from Kansas has chosen the name of NASA's nuclear-powered Mars Science Laboratory rover.… Video - Business Intelligence for mid-sized businesses

Rate "Curiosity" rover to explore Red Planet

Original at New Scientist external link    Wed, May 27

 UK First there was Sojourner, then there were Spirit and Opportunity, and in a few years there will be . . . Curiosity. That's the official name given to NASA's next Mars rover, formerly called the Mars Science Laboratory, or MSL. ...

Rate Kansas student names NASA's Mars rover

Original at Hays Daily News external link    Wed, May 27    3 related articles

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 KS WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Kansas sixth-grade student has won a contest to name NASA's Mars Science Laboratory rover. Clara Ma, a 12-year-old from the Sunflower Elementary school in Lenexa, submitted the winning name, "Curiosity. ...

Rate Looking at Landing Sites for the Mars Science Laboratory

Original at podtrac.com external link    Wed, May 27    4 related articles

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From space, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter takes a closer look at four possible landing sites for NASA's next Mars rover.

Rate Capstone projects earn science-minded seniors cash

Original at snponline.com external link    Tue, May 26

 OH Ivancic developed mathematical algorithms used by a mock Mars rover to use sonar as a major component of an obstacle avoidance system and Kieffer explored brain function during gaming by brain mapping and comparing novice and expert gamers," Donelson ...

Rate Charles Bolden Will Be the New NASA Administrator Obama has ...Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Softpedia external link    Sun, May 24

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Controversies now surround the space agency, mostly regarding its new Mars rover and the tremendous costs involved with retiring the shuttle fleet by 2010 and completing Project Constellation by 2015. If confirmed, Bolden will occupy this position in ...

Rate Two Wash. U. professors weigh in on how water shaped Mars

Original at St. Louis Post-Dispatch external link    Sun, May 24

 MO By Kim McGuire For the past two years, the seemingly unstoppable Mars rover, Opportunity, has traversed the Victoria crater on Mars, picking up clues about the Red Planet's wet and windy past. Now researchers — including two scientists from Washington ...

Rate Obama gives NASA's new chief pilot a difficult flight planVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Kansas City Star external link    Sat, May 23

Jeffrey Bada, a professor of geosciences research at the University of California at San Diego, heads an international team of scientists that's developing a new Mars rover to probe the Red Planet for signs of life and other mysteries. ...

Rate Five Years Later, Mars Rovers Continue to Make Discoveries

Original at NewsHour external link    Thu, May 21

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More than four years after its expected demise, the Mars rover Opportunity continues to send back valuable data as it crawls across the planet's surface. In a study published Thursday in the journal Science, researchers analyzing that data have found ...

Rate NASA records Martian environmental history

Original at United Press International external link    Thu, May 21    2 related articles

PASADENA, Calif., May 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says its Mars rover Opportunity has recorded environmental changes that occurred during ... www.upi.com

Rate Martian Water Had Antifreeze

Original at Science Now external link    Wed, May 20    3 related articles

The paper's analysis is "consistent with the mineral-rich view we're obtaining from the rovers and the orbiters," says planetary scientist James Bell of Cornell University, a member of the Mars rover scientific team. "It's very likely that salty ... Was Early Mars Cold And Wet? RedOrbit

Rate Mars Probes Team Up to Un-Stick Stuck Rover

Original at Gearlog external link    Wed, May 20

The Spirit Mars rover has been stuck in the red planet's soil for a couple of weeks, so NASA is trying out a bunch of procedures--some involving other Mars craft--in order to figure out how to best extract Spirit from its predicament. ... NASA Works To Free Mars Rover Spirit OfficialWire

Rate Ace Canadian pilot's badge going into orbit

Original at Canada.com external link    Tue, May 19

 Canada In 2004, a large rock discovered on the surface of the Red Planet by the Mars rover Opportunity was dubbed "wopmay" — a gesture honouring the famous Canadian pilot made by former Geological Survey of Canada scientist John Grotzinger, one of the experts ...

Rate Ace Canadian pilot's badge going into orbit

Original at vancouversun.com external link    Tue, May 19

  Canada In 2004, a large rock discovered on the surface of the Red Planet by the Mars rover Opportunity was dubbed "wopmay" — a gesture honouring the famous Canadian pilot made by former Geological Survey of Canada scientist John Grotzinger, one of the experts ...

Rate NASA works to free Mars rover Spirit

Original at Times of the Internet external link    Tue, May 19    3 related articles

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 Ohio The US space agency says it's considering the best maneuvers for freeing the Mars rover Spirit that's become immobilized in soft martian soil. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said a diagnostic test conducted Saturday provided ...

Rate Mars Rover’s 5 Working Wheels Are Stuck in Hidden Soft Spot

Original at nytimes.com external link    Mon, May 18    3 related articles

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A NASA Mars rover is stuck in a patch of soft ground and scientists are not sure they can get it out. feeds.nytimes.com

Rate Mars rover faces dangerous situation

Original at United Press International external link    Tue, May 12    2 related articles

PASADENA, Calif., May 12 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says its Mars rover Spirit is facing a dangerous situation, slipping in soft soil with its ... www.upi.com

Rate Around the nation

Original at Arizona Daily Star external link    Tue, May 12    4 related articles

 AZ PASADENA — The Mars rover Spirit has become stuck in loose dirt while ambling around a low plateau, NASA said Monday. The rover slipped during a recent series of backward drives and its wheels were stuck halfway in the ground. A team at NASA's Jet ...

Rate Spirit rover's wheels stuck in soft Martian dirt

Original at MSNBC external link    Mon, May 11    3 related articles

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The Mars rover Spirit has gotten stuck in soft Martian dirt while driving along a low plateau.

Rate Mars rover Spirit stuck in soil

Original at KTVN external link    Mon, May 11    1 related articles

 NV AP) - The Mars rover Spirit is stuck in soft Martian soil while driving along a low plateau. NASA said Monday engineers have temporarily stopped sending driving commands to Spirit while they diagnose the problem. The six-wheeled Spirit has five ...

Rate Space Station and Mars Interactive Imagery on Your PC

Original at Ubergizmo external link    Mon, May 11

 CA Well, now you can access the space exploration experience without leaving your chair, thanks to the NASA and its new interactive photographic collection of internal and external views of the ISS and the next Mars rover. The interactive tour was ...

Rate Mars rover stuck in loose soil

Original at San Gabriel Valley Tribune external link    Fri, May 8    4 related articles

 CA By Alfred Lee, Staff Writer The five-year-old Mars Rover Spirit has been stuck in loose soil since May 1, Jet Propulsion Laboratory officials said Friday. Mission planners will simulate conditions in a JPL lab before attempting to move Spirit any ...

Rate Mars rover stuck in loose soil

Original at Whittier Daily News external link    Fri, May 8

LA CAÑADA FLINTRIDGE - After five years of scurrying around hostile terrain and toughing out six-month Martian winters, the Mars Rover Spirit ... www.whittierdailynews.com

Rate Mars rover stuck in loose soil

Original at San Gabriel Valley Tribune external link    Fri, May 8

LA CAÑADA FLINTRIDGE - After five years of scurrying around hostile terrain and toughing out six-month Martian winters, the Mars Rover Spirit ... www.sgvtribune.com

Rate Mars rover stuck in loose soil

Original at Pasadena Star-News external link    Fri, May 8

LA CAÑADA FLINTRIDGE - After five years of scurrying around hostile terrain and toughing out six-month Martian winters, the Mars Rover Spirit ... www.pasadenastarnews.com

Rate Space exploration has many benefits here on Earth

Original at Canon City Daily Record external link    Mon, Apr 27

  United States For the United States to continue to enjoy its position as a global leader in research and technology, triumphs like the Mars rover program need to continue. Even in the potential death of Spirit, the lessons learned will have benefits for years.

Rate Mars rover Spirit has more problems - MarketWatch

Original at marketwatch.com external link    Tue, Apr 21    2 related articles

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PASADENA, Calif., Apr 21, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) -- The US space agency reports more problems with its Mars exploration rover Spirit in behaviors similar to events that occurred about a week ago. National Aeronautics and Space Administration scientists ...

Rate Cranky and feeble, but old Mars rover keeps rolling along

Original at Minneapolis Star Tribune external link    Mon, Apr 20

 MN AP This artist's rendering released by NASA shows the 2009 Mars Science Laboratory on the surface of Mars. The rovers have performed admirably and made the investment in this exploration worth the cost. However, all such projects reach a point … read ...

Rate To NASA's amazement, Mars rover continues to rove

Original at SmartBrief external link    Mon, Apr 20

 DC After five years, the Mars rover Spirit is still sending NASA scientists data intermittently, long after its three-month mission was supposed to end. Despite mechanical and computer problems, the rover continues to crawl across the Home Plate plateau, ...

Rate Mars rover team to compete in Texas

Original at BYU Newsnet external link    Tue, Apr 14

 UT By Natalie Crofts - 14 Apr 2009 The BYU mars rover will take on other schools on an obstacle course Friday and Saturday in Texas. The Mars Rover Competition is part of the Student Professional Development Conference hosted by the American Society of ...

Rate Mars rover has unexplained computer reboots

Original at MSNBC external link    Tue, Apr 14    1 related articles

NASA's aging Mars rover Spirit has rebooted its computer at least twice for unknown reasons.

Rate NASA missions compete

Original at Palestine Herald Press external link    Mon, Apr 6

 TX By BETH FOLEY When was the last time a scientific balloon beat out a Mars rover in popularity? Thanks to a new NASA online game, it’s happened. Taking a page out of the NCAA’s playbook, NASA this year posted its own version of college basketball’s ...

Rate Six mind-blowing ideas

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ASU planetary scientist Phil Christensen, who has been playing key roles on NASA's Mars Odyssey mission as well as the Mars rover missions, says the geological effects seen to date could have been created by liquid water over a time span of hundreds or ...

Rate More on the Mars rover: vote for Amelia!

Original at Popgadget external link    Tue, Mar 24    1 related articles

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I just checked out the NASA effort to get the public involved in the project to send its new rover to Mars and have hot news about why you should vote to name the rover. Eight out of the nine name choices are borrrrrrring, but one is highly ... Vote In Mars Rover Naming Contest WDIV

Rate Opportunity Sees the Endeavor Crater This is its next destination

Original at Softpedia external link    Thu, Mar 19

 Romania By Tudor Vieru, Science Editor The resilient Mars rover has managed just recently to get a first glimpse of its destination, the Endeavor crater, towards which the robot has been traveling for more than 6 months. It's panoramic cameras have revealed ...

Rate Rover reaches 'dream location'Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at it.truveo.com external link    Thu, Mar 19

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Nasa's robotic Mars rover, Opportunity, has arrived at what scientists call a "dream location" on the planet. it.truveo.com

Rate Mars rover captured on filmVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at it.truveo.com external link    Wed, Mar 4

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Nasa's new Mars probe has taken a spectacular picture of the Opportunity rover sitting on a crater's rim. Nasa scientists unveiled the image ... it.truveo.com

Rate Cleaner panels give Mars rover an energy boost

Original at ScienceBlog.com external link    Wed, Feb 18

 CA - A small but important uptick in electrical output from the solar panels on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit this month indicates a beneficial Martian ...

Rate WICKFORD: Family firm started in a shed is now part of Mars mission

Original at This is Total Essex external link    Wed, Feb 11

 UK - Feb 11, 2009 THE JORDAN family are helping the Mars rover explore the famous red and rocky planet 250 million miles away. And that is just one of the staggering but ...

Rate Experimental NASA Robot Could Rappel Down Martian Cliffs

Original at blogs.discovermagazine.com external link    Mon, Feb 9

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 NY The next-generation Mars rover may be a rough-and-tumble robot that can roll down steep slopes, clamber over rocks, and can even be lowered down cliff faces into deep craters. The prototype, called Axel, takes its name from its simple design–a single ...

Rate NASA's Spirit Is Back on Track

Original at Softpedia external link    Wed, Feb 4    2 related articles

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 Romania By Tudor Vieru, Science Editor On Saturday, experts at NASA finally resumed breathing, after the Mars rover Spirit eventually snapped out of its mysterious set of problems and started moving on the Martian surface again, following several days of not ...

Rate Life on Mars: how research in the Utah desert could save our planet

Original at Mail on Sunday external link    Sat, Jan 31

 UK - Jan 31, 2009 Tom Haylock, who specialises in what he terms ‘human systems integration’, is developing a Mars rover out in the desert. Simply being around like-minded ...

Rate Former NASA Administrator Michael Griffin National Space Trophy Winner - PR Newswire

Original at sev.prnewswire.com external link    Tue, Jan 27

He then moved to California to work at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) on Mars rover and sample return programs until late 1979. He also earned another master's degree, in electrical engineering, from the University of Southern California in 1979. ...

Rate New ESA Funding Makes ExoMars Mission Possible Other goals have ...

Original at Softpedia external link    Thu, Dec 4    3 related articles

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 Romania - Dec 4, 2008 reserves has enabled them to secure some of their plans related to a number of projects, among which are the Mars rover of their ExoMars mission. ...

Rate Name the next Mars rover! | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine

Original at blogs.discovermagazine.com external link    Thu, Nov 20

Cool stuff | NASA is looking for a name for the next Mars rover, officially called the Mars Science Laboratory. They've decided to have a contest, and it's open to school ch.

Rate Mars rover's power dips to all-time low - New Scientist

Original at newscientist.com external link    Tue, Nov 11

Mars rover's power dips to all-time low New Scientist (subscription), UK - Nov 11, 2008 The Mars rover Spirit's power levels dropped to an all-time low after a dust storm blanketed its solar panels late last week. NASA is now awaiting a signal ...

Rate Will the Mars Science Laboratory Be Cut?

Original at Universe Today external link    Tue, Oct 7

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By Nancy Atkinson The Mars Science Laboratory, a souped-up Mars rover scheduled to launch next year might be delayed, scaled down or canceled due to technical problems and cost overruns. The nuclear powered rover designed to search for microbial life on the Red Planet, has already cost $1.5 billion and if i...

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