Astronomy
- Spirit Rover Finally Moves In Martian Soil
Spirit Rover which was stuck in Martian soil since April, 2009 has finally showed some movements from its current position. The Spirit Rover team is trying to get her out from the sand trap in which she has got stuck. Enjoy the animations of recent movement...
- Permanently Stationary Spirit
Spirit's Last Tracks Before It Got Stuck NASA/JPL-Caltech Previously, I wrote about the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit being embedded in a patch of rocky Martian soil. NASA today designated Spirit to be no longer fully mobile. The decision is taking...
- Spirit's Rocky Situation
Spirit, one of the Mars Exploration Rovers, is in a very rocky situation. Since April 2009, the rover has been embedded in a patch of rocky Martian soil. The dark and crusty ground, captured in the picture above by Spirit before its current predicament,...
- Mars Exploration Rover Mission In Possible Danger
A huge dust storm on Mars, covering the southern hemisphere of Mars almost completely, has put the future of the Mars Exploration Rovers Mission in danger. A smaller dust storm has also appeared elsewhere on Mars, adding further danger. The largest dust...
- Nasa To Hack Mars Rover Opportunity To Fix 'amnesia' Fault
According to BBC, Mars rover Opportunity [don't be confused with Curiosity], which has been exploring the Red Planet for more than 10 years, is suffering from memory problems. The Opportunity team thinks an age-related fault affecting the flash...
Astronomy
Spirit rover resumes driving on the Red Planet
PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit drove on Thursday for the first time since April 8, acting on commands from engineers who are still investigating bouts of amnesia and other unusual behavior exhibited by Spirit in the past two weeks.
The drive took Spirit about 1.7 meters (5.6 feet) toward destinations about 150 meters (about 500 feet) away. The rover has already operated more than 20 times longer than its original prime mission on Mars.
Three times in the past two weeks, Spirit has failed to record data from a day's activity period into non-volatile flash memory. That is a type of computer memory where information is preserved even when power is off, such as when the rover naps to conserve power.
The team is also investigating two other types of problems Spirit has experienced recently: failing to wake up for three consecutive communication sessions about two weeks ago and rebooting its computer on April 11, 12 and 18. Engineers have not found any causal links among these three types of events.
- Spirit Rover Finally Moves In Martian Soil
Spirit Rover which was stuck in Martian soil since April, 2009 has finally showed some movements from its current position. The Spirit Rover team is trying to get her out from the sand trap in which she has got stuck. Enjoy the animations of recent movement...
- Permanently Stationary Spirit
Spirit's Last Tracks Before It Got Stuck NASA/JPL-Caltech Previously, I wrote about the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit being embedded in a patch of rocky Martian soil. NASA today designated Spirit to be no longer fully mobile. The decision is taking...
- Spirit's Rocky Situation
Spirit, one of the Mars Exploration Rovers, is in a very rocky situation. Since April 2009, the rover has been embedded in a patch of rocky Martian soil. The dark and crusty ground, captured in the picture above by Spirit before its current predicament,...
- Mars Exploration Rover Mission In Possible Danger
A huge dust storm on Mars, covering the southern hemisphere of Mars almost completely, has put the future of the Mars Exploration Rovers Mission in danger. A smaller dust storm has also appeared elsewhere on Mars, adding further danger. The largest dust...
- Nasa To Hack Mars Rover Opportunity To Fix 'amnesia' Fault
According to BBC, Mars rover Opportunity [don't be confused with Curiosity], which has been exploring the Red Planet for more than 10 years, is suffering from memory problems. The Opportunity team thinks an age-related fault affecting the flash...