Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Mars Rover

Mars Rover

Remembering Spirit: Q & A With Mars Rover Chief Steve Squyres

Mars rover principal investigator Steve Squyres recalls Spirit's highs and looks toward the future.[...]

NASA gives up on Mars rover Spirit recovery

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA is giving up on recovering its Mars rover Spirit, which it said likely fell victim to the planet's frigid winter after seven years of work, officials said on Tuesday.[...]

NASA makes final attempt to contact silent Mars rover
Computerworld - More than a year after losing communication with the Mars rover Spirit , NASA is making one final attempt today to contact the robotic traveler.[...]
Lost in Space -- NASA's Hardworking Mars Rover 'Spirit' Calls It Quits
When there's no answer, again and again, at some point you have to stop calling. NASA announced Tuesday (May 24) that it will cease its daily attempts to contact Spirit, a robotic rover on Mars that went incommunicado last year.[...]
Requiem for a Rover: Mars Spirit's Mission Ends
NASA said today it would stop trying to reach the Mars rover Spirit, which landed on Mars in 2004 and lasted until its radio went silent in 2010. Mission managers said they had expected it only to last three months.[...]
NASA Gives Up On Stuck Mars Rover Spirit
This story was updated at 7:24 p.m. ET.[...]
Mars Rover Leaves Distinctive Tracks

When NASA's Opportunity Mars rover uses an onboard navigation capability during backward drives, it leaves a distinctive pattern in the wheel tracks visible on the Martian ground. The rover team routinely commands Opportunity to drive backward as a precaution for extending the life of the rover's right-front wheel, which has been drawing more electrical current than the other five wheels. Rover.[...]

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