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Video: Looking at Landing Sites for the Mars Science LaboratoryOriginal at YouTube
• Mon, Jun 1
By rss@youtube.com (djxatlanta) Author: djxatlanta Keywords: Mars Mars rover Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover Mars exploration NASA JPL Added: June 1, 2009
Video: Looking at Landing Sites for the Mars Science LaboratoryOriginal at YouTube
• Wed, May 27
By rss@youtube.com (JPLnews) Author: JPLnews Keywords: Mars Science Laboratory Mars rover planets NASA JPL Added: May 27, 2009
Video: Mars rover short 3D animation (learning OpenGL)Original at YouTube
• Sun, Jan 25
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...
Mars rover on its last wheels
Original at Student Life
• 14 hours ago
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 »
Possible UFO wreckage photographed by Mars rover Spirit, image
Original at Allnewsweb.com
• Sun, Dec 6
NASA researchers are said to be intrigued by an image taken by the Mars exploration rover Spirit sometime this year between May and June. ...
Latest wheel stall worries Mars rover team
Original at Pasadena Star-News
• Fri, Dec 4
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
Mars Had Liquid Water in Recent Past, Rover Finds
Original at National Geographic
• 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 »
Mars rover extrication one great video game
Original at Creamer Media's Engineering
• Thu, Nov 26
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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
• Sun, Nov 22
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 ...
Mars rover makes its first slow step out of its rut
Original at Pasadena Star-News
• 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 »
NASA tries again to free stuck Mars rover
Original at MSNBC
• Thu, Nov 19
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NASA engineers are taking a second go at extricating the stuck rover Spirit from its sandy trap on Mars.
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NASA hopes to free Mars rover from sand
Original at San Francisco Chronicle
• Thu, Nov 19
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
Free Spirit: Plotting an EscapeOriginal at RedOrbit
• Tue, Nov 17
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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
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Live blog: Ozzie talks Azure and more
Original at CNET News.com
• Tue, Nov 17
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
10 Rules for being a good government Twitterer
Original at OhMyGov!
• 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 »
Spirit Escaping A Sand Trap VideoOriginal at disclose.tv
• Fri, Nov 13
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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
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Gates to tackle roadside bombs
Original at Philadelphia Inquirer
• 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 »
National Briefs
Original at NewsOK.com
• 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 »
NASA preps Mars rover rescue plan
Original at Register
• 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
NASA unveils plan to free sand-trapped Mars rover
Original at USA Today
• Thu, Nov 12
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
Stuck Mars rover to begin moving
Original at MSNBC
• Thu, Nov 12
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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.
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WIRE WATCH: Obama Heads to Asia; Human Rights in China; Groups Rally for ... - Wall Street Journal
Original at blogs.wsj.com
• 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 ...
Free Spirit - Plotting an Escape
Original at podtrac.com
• Thu, Nov 12
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NASA's long-running Mars rover Spirit will begin critical drives for escaping a sand trap.
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Q & A with Juneau Icefield veteran Scott McGee
Original at Capital City Weekly
• 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 ...
Free Spirit: Plotting an Escape
Original at NASA
• Wed, Nov 11
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s long-running Mars rover Spirit will begin critical drives for escaping a sand trap. ... learn the galaxy. nasa.gov
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NASA's Stuck Martian Rover Spirit Topic of Media Call Nov. 12 - Mars Today
Original at marstoday.com
• 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 ...
Spirit Rover Wiggles Her Wheels
Original at Wired News
• Tue, Nov 10
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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. ...
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Stuck Spirit Rover Moves!
Original at Space Fellowship
• 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 »
AMASE 2009 blog: Studying the composition of Martian rocks ... - Space Ref
Original at Space Ref
• Sat, Sep 5
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 ...
Kína is a Marsra tart
Original at nol.hu
• 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 ...
Scientists follow the fire
Original at MSNBC
• Mon, Aug 31
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 »
Dust storm adds urgency to Mars rover jam
Original at MSNBC
• Thu, Aug 27
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 »
Stuck Mars rover struck by dust storm
Original at United Press International
• Wed, Aug 26
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
AMASE 2009: Journal Entries by Adrienne Kish 17-25 August 2009 - Space Ref
Original at Space Ref
• 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 »
Mars Had a Much Thicker Atmosphere in the Past
Original at Softpedia
• 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 »
Mars to Be Studied by Russia and Europe
Original at Russia-InfoCenter
• Thu, Aug 20
“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 »
Build-your-own comets, 3D Mars views offered by IU Astronomy at ...
Original at PhysOrg.com
• Tue, Aug 18
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 »
Spirit Replica to Begin Week-Long Tests They will take place in a ...
Original at Softpedia
• 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 »
A good look at a Martian crater
Original at USA Today
• Wed, Aug 12
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
Jordan mixes with world's top young science minds
Original at Nambucca Guardian
• 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? ...
AMASE 2009 Expedition Takes Off In The Arctic
Original at Space Daily
• Tue, Aug 11
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 ...
Mars rover stalks mystery space alien object
Original at Register
• 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...
Clara Ma Visits with JPL Engineers
Original at NASA
• Wed, Jun 17
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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. ...
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European Space Agency cuts back on Mars rover mission plan
Original at CBC.ca
• Tue, Jun 16
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 ...
Channels.com Video RSS Reader - NASA's Jet Propulsion ...Original at channels.com
• Wed, Jun 10
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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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Channels.com Video RSS Reader - NASACast Video : Looking at ...Original at channels.com
• Tue, Jun 9
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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
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ThreatChaos Weekly Updates for 2009-06-05
Original at SecuObs
• 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 [...]
OSU scientist hopes rover can be a free Spirit
Original at Columbus Dispatch
• Sat, Jun 6
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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 ...
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Glitch Forces Mars Orbiter to Reboot Main Computer
Original at Space.com
• Thu, Jun 4
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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 ...
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Send your name to Mars.
Original at community.fox2now.com
• 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
Mars rover stuck in the mud as Nasa works on escape plan
Original at Daily Mail - UK
• Thu, Jun 4
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 ...
Cosmic Log: Will Mars rover roll again?
Original at MSNBC
• Wed, Jun 3
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.
Stuck Mars rover peeks beneath its belly
Original at New Scientist
• Wed, Jun 3
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
Mars rover stuck in the mud
Original at Telegraph.co.uk
• 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 ...
Sixth-grader names Mars rover
Original at Monterey County Herald
• Tue, Jun 2
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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 ...
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Astronauts adjust to a six-man crew (Source: AP)
Original at DailyTech
• Mon, Jun 1
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 »
Astronauts adjust to a six-man crew (Source: AP)
Original at DailyTech
• Mon, Jun 1
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 ...
Woman trying to get Mars rover unstuck speaks in Santa Ana Saturday
Original at OCRegister
• 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. ...
Opportunity Rings Up 10 Miles on Mars
Original at Gearlog
• 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. ...
Geckos invade Philly museum
Original at Scientist
• 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 ...
Video: Looking at Landing Sites for the Mars Science LaboratoryOriginal at fr.truveo.com
• Fri, May 29
• 4 related articles
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
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The 5 Greatest Planet-Exploring Robots
Original at Switched
• 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 ...
Morning Xtra: German 'Twittergate,' AT&T CEO Admits Co Was Not ...
Original at Switched
• 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. ...
Star-studded museum exhibit premiere wows crowds
Original at The Desert Sun
• 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 ...
Lenexa girl wins NASA's Mars rover naming contest
Original at Kansas City Star
• Wed, May 27
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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 ...
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NASA explores 'Curiosity' for nuclear-powered Mars rover
Original at Register
• 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
"Curiosity" rover to explore Red Planet
Original at New Scientist
• 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. ...
Kansas student names NASA's Mars rover
Original at Hays Daily News
• Wed, May 27
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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. ...
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Looking at Landing Sites for the Mars Science Laboratory
Original at podtrac.com
• Wed, May 27
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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.
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Capstone projects earn science-minded seniors cash
Original at snponline.com
• 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 ...
Charles Bolden Will Be the New NASA Administrator Obama has ...Original at Softpedia
• Sun, May 24
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 ...
Two Wash. U. professors weigh in on how water shaped Mars
Original at St. Louis Post-Dispatch
• 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 ...
Obama gives NASA's new chief pilot a difficult flight planOriginal at Kansas City Star
• 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. ...
Five Years Later, Mars Rovers Continue to Make Discoveries
Original at NewsHour
• Thu, May 21
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 ...
NASA records Martian environmental history
Original at United Press International
• Thu, May 21
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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
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Martian Water Had Antifreeze
Original at Science Now
• Wed, May 20
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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
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Mars Probes Team Up to Un-Stick Stuck Rover
Original at Gearlog
• 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
Ace Canadian pilot's badge going into orbit
Original at Canada.com
• 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 ...
Ace Canadian pilot's badge going into orbit
Original at vancouversun.com
• 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 ...
NASA works to free Mars rover Spirit
Original at Times of the Internet
• Tue, May 19
• 3 related articles
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 ...
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Mars Rover’s 5 Working Wheels Are Stuck in Hidden Soft Spot
Original at nytimes.com
• Mon, May 18
• 3 related articles
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
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Mars rover faces dangerous situation
Original at United Press International
• Tue, May 12
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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
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Around the nation
Original at Arizona Daily Star
• 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 ...
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Spirit rover's wheels stuck in soft Martian dirt
Original at MSNBC
• Mon, May 11
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The Mars rover Spirit has gotten stuck in soft Martian dirt while driving along a low plateau.
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Mars rover Spirit stuck in soil
Original at KTVN
• 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 ...
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Space Station and Mars Interactive Imagery on Your PC
Original at Ubergizmo
• 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 ...
Mars rover stuck in loose soil
Original at San Gabriel Valley Tribune
• Fri, May 8
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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 ...
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Mars rover stuck in loose soil
Original at Whittier Daily News
• 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
Mars rover stuck in loose soil
Original at San Gabriel Valley Tribune
• 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
Mars rover stuck in loose soil
Original at Pasadena Star-News
• 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
Space exploration has many benefits here on Earth
Original at Canon City Daily Record
• 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.
Mars rover Spirit has more problems - MarketWatch
Original at marketwatch.com
• Tue, Apr 21
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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 ...
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Cranky and feeble, but old Mars rover keeps rolling along
Original at Minneapolis Star Tribune
• 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 ...
To NASA's amazement, Mars rover continues to rove
Original at SmartBrief
• 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, ...
Mars rover team to compete in Texas
Original at BYU Newsnet
• 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 ...
Mars rover has unexplained computer reboots
Original at MSNBC
• Tue, Apr 14
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NASA's aging Mars rover Spirit has rebooted its computer at least twice for unknown reasons.
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NASA missions compete
Original at Palestine Herald Press
• 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 ...
Six mind-blowing ideas
Original at MSNBC
• Mon, Apr 6
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 ...
More on the Mars rover: vote for Amelia!
Original at Popgadget
• Tue, Mar 24
• 1 related articles
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
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Opportunity Sees the Endeavor Crater This is its next destination
Original at Softpedia
• 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 ...
Rover reaches 'dream location'Original at it.truveo.com
• Thu, Mar 19
Nasa's robotic Mars rover, Opportunity, has arrived at what scientists call a "dream location" on the planet. it.truveo.com
Mars rover captured on filmOriginal at it.truveo.com
• Wed, Mar 4
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
Cleaner panels give Mars rover an energy boost
Original at ScienceBlog.com
• 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 ...
WICKFORD: Family firm started in a shed is now part of Mars mission
Original at This is Total Essex
• 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 ...
Experimental NASA Robot Could Rappel Down Martian Cliffs
Original at blogs.discovermagazine.com
• Mon, Feb 9
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 ...
NASA's Spirit Is Back on Track
Original at Softpedia
• Wed, Feb 4
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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 ...
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Life on Mars: how research in the Utah desert could save our planet
Original at Mail on Sunday
• 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 ...
Former NASA Administrator Michael Griffin National Space Trophy Winner - PR Newswire
Original at sev.prnewswire.com
• 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. ...
New ESA Funding Makes ExoMars Mission Possible Other goals have ...
Original at Softpedia
• Thu, Dec 4
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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. ...
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Name the next Mars rover! | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine
Original at blogs.discovermagazine.com
• 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.
Mars rover's power dips to all-time low - New Scientist
Original at newscientist.com
• 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 ...
Will the Mars Science Laboratory Be Cut?
Original at Universe Today
• Tue, Oct 7
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...