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Officials at NASA are currently celebrating Opportunity's eight anniversary on the surface of Mars. The event stretches from January 24-25, since the machine arrived at Mars at 21:05 PST, but 12:05 am EST the following day, in 2004.
The spacecraft is the second of two Mars Exploration Rovers (MER), and it land... |
25 January 2012
03:19 GMT |
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The Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Opportunity is celebrating its 8th anniversary on the surface of the Red Planet today, January 24. The spacecraft took off aboard a Delta II 7925 rocket on July 7, 2003, and landed successfully in Meridiani Planum on January 24, 2004.
Originally scheduled to endure on the Martian su... |
24 January 2012
11:17 GMT |
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As winter on the Red Planet prepares to descend over Opportunity's current location, mission managers at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), are continuously planning how to use the rover without draining it of its energy. A solution would be for the machine to analyze the planet's interior.Such studi... |
20 January 2012
15:31 GMT |
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Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) mission managers at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) say that Opportunity will spend its next winter on the Red Planet at a location called Greeley Haven. Following preliminary analyses, the area promises to provide interesting science for a long time. The exploration robot is c... |
6 January 2012
04:00 GMT |
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Yesterday, January 3, the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Spirit turned 8 since arriving on the surface of Mars. The spacecraft landed there on January 3, 2004, followed several days later by its sister rover, Opportunity. The latter arrived on January 25.
The two were supposed to operate for about three months, and d... |
4 January 2012
03:53 GMT |
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The 2011 NASA Software of the Year prize was awarded to the Autonomous Exploration for Gathering Increased Science (AEGIS) software, which was installed on the NASA Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Opportunity in December 2009.
The program was put together by experts at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasad... |
9 December 2011
04:08 GMT |
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Experts analyzing data from the NASA Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Opportunity announced on Wednesday, December 7, that the rover recently discovered a vein of minerals on the surface of Mars. The material, which appears to be gypsum, could have only been deposited by water.
The finding represents an extremely impor... |
8 December 2011
02:32 GMT |
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After arriving at Endeavour Crater in mid-August, the NASA Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Opportunity is currently heading for a feature called Cape York, which oversees a large portion of the crater. The location will provide favorable conditions for the robot during the Martian winter.
The explorations rover uses s... |
21 November 2011
06:43 GMT |
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The NASA Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Opportunity is currently heading closer to the rim of the Endeavour Crater, on the surface of the Red Planet. After studying the chemical composition of two rocks near the massive crater, the machine is now looking forward to its next winter.Unlike its twin, Spirit, this explorat... |
17 October 2011
02:45 GMT |
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Experts at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California, have just released a new video produced using data from the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Opportunity. The dataset includes photos collected over the past three years of driving on the Red Planet. A total of 319 images gathered over the pa... |
11 October 2011
03:41 GMT |
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The NASA Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) Spirit and Opportunity will receive a lifetime achievement award on October 10, during a ceremony to be held in New York City. The fact that the mission will receive this Breakthrough Award was announced on October 3 by Popular Mechanics magazine.
Originally, the two machines... |
4 October 2011
03:08 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency say that the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) spacecraft was recently able to snap a new image of the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Opportunity, which currently lies on the rim of the massive Endeavour Crater.
The explorations robot has been driving towards this landscape fea... |
26 September 2011
03:20 GMT |
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New data relayed to Earth by the NASA Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Opportunity indicate that it discovered an interesting rock, which may hold telltale signs of past water flows on the Red Planet. The formation is called Chester Lake, and has been under scrutiny since last week.Since arriving at the rim of Endeavour ... |
17 September 2011
04:21 GMT |
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Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) mission controllers at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California, say that the robot Opportunity has now moved to a new study target at the rim of Endeavour Crater, on the surface of the Red Planet.
The machine arrived at this location a few weeks ago, after d... |
15 September 2011
07:48 GMT |
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Having arrived at Endeavour Crater a few weeks ago, the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Opportunity has already begun analyzing outcroppings and rocks at the edge of the massive landscape feature. Its attention is currently focused on a piece of rock called Tisdale 2. Endeavour is about 14 miles ( 22 kilometers) wide an... |
5 September 2011
14:01 GMT |
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After arriving at the rim of Endeavour Crater on August 9, the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Opportunity began snapping a series of pictures of its surroundings. The robot is now acquainted with its new home, and ready to begin more in-depth studies. The machine has been happily trekking along towards Endeavour Crater... |
20 August 2011
05:25 GMT |
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The NASA Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Opportunity has finally reached the western rim of the massive Endeavour Crater, on the surface of the Red Planet. The robot has been traveling towards this objective for nearly three years, and mission controllers were reluctant they would ever get there. However, the impressive... |
11 August 2011
03:01 GMT |
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After several years of trekking on the surface of the Red Planet, the NASA Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Opportunity was finally able to observe the rim of its long-term target, the Endeavour Crater. The explorations robot has been heading towards this large impact crater since mid-2008m when mission controllers at th... |
9 August 2011
02:57 GMT |
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The NASA Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Opportunity has just surpassed another record on the surface of the Red Planet, after it traveled for more than 50 times the original distances planned for the mission. At this point, the robot's odometer is well over 20 miles. The rover exceeded the 20-mile mark during a 40... |
3 August 2011
16:01 GMT |
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Experts at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), who manage the Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) mission, say that Opportunity has just reached an amazing milestone, traveling for more than 20 miles (32.18 kilometers) on the Martian surface. Now in its seventh year on the Red Planet, the robot was originally suppose... |
20 July 2011
03:43 GMT |
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The Martian rover Opportunity is currently heading towards the rim of Endeavour Crater, a large landscape feature on the surface of Mars. Experts at NASA have decided to name the spot where the exploration rover is scheduled to stop Spirit Point, in honor of Opportunity's lost twin.Spirit ceased all communicatio... |
9 June 2011
08:05 GMT |
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The Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Opportunity has recently reached an impressive milestone on the surface of the Red Planet, After traveling 146.8 meters (482 feet) in a single drive, it manage to exceed 30 kilometers of trekking on Mars. That is the equivalent of 18.64 miles. The robot covered this distance in more t... |
3 June 2011
05:47 GMT |
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After nearly seven years of roaming the surface of the Red Planet, the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Spirit has finally been declared dead by mission controllers at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California. Operational planning activities for the exploration robot have concluded at NASA, and a... |
26 May 2011
16:01 GMT |
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Ever since it got more autonomy from Mission Control, the rover Opportunity has been leaving new types of tracks on the surface of Mars. They can be seen clearly in a new image released by its mission controllers, and they represent a testimony of the fact that new capabilities can go on an old robot.The exploration ... |
19 May 2011
04:40 GMT |
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Officials at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) announce that they have given a crater on the surface of Mars the informal name Freedom 7, after the spacecraft that astronaut Alan Shepard piloted during the United States' first spaceflight ever. The event took place on May 5, 1961, and so the JPL team is r... |
5 May 2011
05:50 GMT |
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Scientists with the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, say that hopes of getting the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Spirit back online are starting to dwindle. The Martian spring is in full swing, and yet no radio signals have been heard from the machine.An important threshold was reached last week... |
19 March 2011
07:12 GMT |
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NASA released two updates about that state of the two components of the Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) mission, Spirit and Opportunity. While the former is still keeping mum near Home Plate, the latter has just wrapped up investigations of a rock at its current location.Opportunity is now on the rim of the Santa Maria... |
18 March 2011
11:53 GMT |
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A NASA orbiter flying in low-orbit above the Red Planet has recently captured a set of images showing one of the twin rovers the American space agency operates on Mars. The vehicle is currently perched on the rim of a crater, conducting geological research. This photo also reveals the tracks that Opportunity – ... |
10 March 2011
03:18 GMT |
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Today, January 25, marks the seventh anniversary of the rover Opportunity, since it landed on Mars in 2004. The machine has been conducting explorations at the planet ever since, and has contributed to our current understanding of our neighbor extensively. Opportunity touched down on the Red Planet just three weeks a... |
25 January 2011
03:29 GMT |
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Our planet and Mars are about to enter a type of alignment called a solar conjunction, which means that the two space bodies are located on the same line as the Sun, with the Red Planet passing behind the star. This event will last for a little more than two weeks. While this type of alignment has no ill effects on E... |
24 January 2011
05:45 GMT |
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Scientists in charge of operating Opportunity, one of the two components of the Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) mission, say that they will need to let the spacecraft conduct operations on its own for 16 days, due to planetary alignment issues that will cut off contact between Earth and the Red Planet.This is not somet... |
21 January 2011
03:04 GMT |
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The two exploration robots that make up the NASA Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) mission have started the eight year of their stay on the Red Planet today, January 4. While Spirit turns 7 today, its twin Opportunity will reach the mission milestone on January 25. The former rover has been in a state called a safe mode ... |
4 January 2011
09:55 GMT |
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When the two components of the Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) mission touched down on the surface of the Red Planet all those years ago, no one expected the two robots to last this long in the harsh conditions of their new homes. Yet, they did, and have been going so for nearly 7 years. Spirit will turn 7 tomorrow, Ja... |
3 January 2011
04:13 GMT |
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The Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Opportunity will be spending New Year's Eve at a large crater on the Red Planet, called Santa Maria. The football-field-size landscape feature was most likely generated millions of years ago, when a small asteroid impacted the surface. The rover made its way to Santa Maria on Dec... |
30 December 2010
03:15 GMT |
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From its perch 241 kilometers (150 miles) above the surface of the planet, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is helping mission controllers decide where to point the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Opportunity first. The robot is trying to reach the distant Endeavor crater. Obtaining as many clues about past Martian... |
17 December 2010
02:57 GMT |
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The astronauts and spacecraft that made up the Apollo 12 mission to the Moon 41 years ago were honored in a new series of images snapped by the rover Opportunity on Mars. The robot imaged two craters that are informally named after components of the historic flight.On November 4, the explorations robot drove past the... |
19 November 2010
17:01 GMT |
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The team of experts managing the twin Martian rovers Spirit and Opportunity announce that the MER mission has become the first at NASA to use cloud computing for planning out daily mission operations.Both rovers will have more flexibility in their mission thanks to on-demand access to cloud computing. Cost will also ... |
3 November 2010
05:27 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency say that the Martian rover Opportunity has just finished studying the sixth meteorite it found on the Red Planet, and that it is now back on course, driving for the Endeavour Crater. The space rock, which was later determined to be an iron meteorite, was discovered by the explor... |
7 October 2010
03:24 GMT |
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NASA's resilient rover Opportunity has recently discovered a rock that could very well be another meteorite on the surface of Mars. Mission controllers are now deciding whether to investigate it. If the discovery is confirmed, then this would be the rover's fifth meteorite. The explorations robot, which has... |
22 September 2010
02:53 GMT |
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Experts at a NASA lab say that the rover Opportunity has just reached an impressive milestone on the Red Planet. It reached the halfway point of its new mission, which is to reach Endeavor Crater.It's currently unknown whether the robot will ever get to that landscape feature, given the fact that it is located m... |
9 September 2010
04:12 GMT |
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Scientists at NASA announce that today will be a momentous occasion for the team of investigators managing the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) program. On May 20, Opportunity will exceed the surface longevity record that the Viking 1 Lander set a long time, after having spent more than 6 years and 116 days on the Red Pl... |
20 May 2010
02:41 GMT |
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Scientists at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, announce that Opportunity snapped a new image of its destination, the Endeavour crater on the surface of Mars. The small explorations robot has been traveling on the surface of the Red Planet for more than six years, and mission managers ... |
3 May 2010
05:55 GMT |
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According to officials at the American space agency, the Martian Exploration Rover (MER) Spirit may have today become the most enduring mission on Mars ever. Yesterday, the machine reached the 6 years and 116 days mark of the Viking-1 lander, which was thus far considered to be the longest-running mission on the Red ... |
30 April 2010
09:51 GMT |
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This Thursday will mark a momentous achievement for the Mars Exploration Rovers on the surface of the Red Planet. The rover Spirit will exceed the duration of the Viking-1 lander mission, marking the first time this is done in more than three decades. Though the robot ceased communications with Mission Control on Mar... |
26 April 2010
08:45 GMT |
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The NASA MER Opportunity has been roving on the surface of the Red Planet for more than six years. During this time, it surveyed numerous areas of the Meridiani Planum extensively, especially in the region around its landing site. The instruments and cameras on the robotic explorer managed to collect a wealth of scie... |
14 April 2010
09:46 GMT |
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MER mission managers from the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California, announce that the rover Opportunity has just finished a six-week-long analysis of an odd, young crater. Called Concepción, the formation is no larger than ten meters (or 33 feet) in diameter, but it proved to be very i... |
25 March 2010
16:01 GMT |
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Astronomers announce today that the NASA rover Opportunity managed to break new records on March 24. More than 74 months after arriving on the Red Planet, the machine finally exceeded the 20-kilometer (12.43-mile) mark, meaning that it traveled further away than any other robotic explorer on Mars. Only a Soviet-built... |
25 March 2010
07:55 GMT |
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The rover Opportunity, while somewhat shadowed by all the attention and coverage its twin Spirit gets, is undoubtedly an impressive scientific instrument. Currently in its seventh year on the Red Planet, it is becoming increasingly intelligent as the seasons pass, as experts managing it continuously try out new techn... |
24 March 2010
04:41 GMT |
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While Spirit is stuck inside a patch of loose sand called Troy, on the other side of Mars, Opportunity is continuing to conduct relevant science at its current location. For more than two months, it has been studying a piece of rock called the Marquette Island, which is apparently one of the most interesting ones the... |
22 January 2010
02:23 GMT |
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Recent observations by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), in orbit around the Red Planet, reveal new insight into Terra Meridiani, or Sinus Meridiani. The albedo feature stretches from East to West, just beneath the equator, and was given its name by French astronomer Camille Flammarion, as far back as the late 1... |
4 January 2010
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