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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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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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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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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
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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
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Officials at the American space agency are sad to announce that they plan to stop trying to actively establish communications with the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Spirit. The robot has been stuck in a sandy trap for about two years, and is unresponsive to any radio signals directed at it.
Yesterday, May 24, NASA o... |
25 May 2011
01:22 GMT |
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Throughout last week, investigators with the European Space Agency (ESA) and collaborators tested a new machine in Spain. The instrument is a platform that can operate either automatically or with a human conductor, and its main goal is to serve space exploration on other planets and moons. The tests took place at a ... |
2 May 2011
08:11 GMT |
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A series of technologies and design methods previously used to create exploration rovers destined for other planets is now being used in a robot that is roaming the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The machine is investigating areas where humans would be harmed by high radiation levels. The advanced technologie... |
28 April 2011
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Officials with the American space agency are proud to announce that the next rover to be sent on Mars is now nearing completion at a NASA integration facility. The robot is now almost done, having already undergone a massive number of tests to assess its performances.
Little by little, engineers have brought the ... |
7 April 2011
02:29 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
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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
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Officials at the American space agency say that the Mars Science Laboratory now costs more than $2.5 billion, hundreds of millions of dollars more than initially estimated when the program began, in 2003.While the sum may seem staggering at first, what needs to be considered here is the fact that the machine includes... |
4 February 2011
15:11 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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In an interesting new development, one of the leading contestants to win the $30 million Google Lunar X Prize, Next Giant Leap LLC (NGL), announces that it has just received a $1 million funding boost from Draper Laboratory for the development of some critical systems that will go on its rovers.
NGL is one of the ... |
24 January 2011
02:44 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
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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
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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 next-generation Martian rover that NASA will deploy on the Red Planet, called Curiosity, apparently inspired the same feeling in the general public as well. After a live webcam showing work being carried out to construct it was brought online, more than 1 million people flocked to log on. The “Curiosity Cam... |
14 December 2010
04:23 GMT |
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A group of investigators has recently demonstrated that nearly all evidence of the fact that the twin Martian rovers Spirit and Opportunity has been deleted from the surface of the planet. Unlike the Moon, tracks left here can easily be destroyed by winds and sand storms.
This is not only possible, but also very ... |
4 December 2010
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One of the main fears that astrobiologists have is that if they send a lander or a rover to another world, it may carry with it microorganisms that would contaminate the results of the investigation, essentially rendering it useless. Researchers need to be absolutely positive that if they discover a life form on Mars... |
25 November 2010
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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
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According to new data collected by Spirit, it would appear that water flowed on Mars more recently than thought, perhaps even in the last hundred millennia or so. The battered rover, which was this year designated as a stationary science station on the Red Planet, found evidence of underground water at the locations ... |
29 October 2010
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The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) recently announced plans to design and develop a second mission to the Moon, which will see an orbiter and a rover being deployed to Earth's natural satellite. According to Indian officials, this new flight will be called Chandrayaan 2, and it will be the predecessor... |
11 October 2010
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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
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Engineers and experts with 21 teams are gathering this week on the Isle of Man, to take part at the Google Lunar X Prize Summit, a discussion with all those involved in the multi-million-dollar effort.The main goal of this competition is to land an autonomous, private, home-made robot on the surface of the Moon,... |
5 October 2010
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Anticipating for the arrival of the next NASA spacecraft on the Red Planet, the MRO has begun a four-week-long study on the Martian atmosphere. The study is meant to inform mission controllers about the conditions that the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission will face in about a year, when it's due to arrive a... |
1 October 2010
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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
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Officials at the American space agency announce that one of their orbiters around the Red Planet has just suffered another error, and has as such entered safe-mode.Computers on spacecraft are designed with such features specifically to prevent the loss of total control on the instruments and propulsion systems aboard... |
18 September 2010
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The Mars Science Laboratory is the next rover mission that NASA has in store for the Red Planet. Though the agency has built exploration rovers before, this one really takes home the prize. The machine, which is also known by its stage name Curiosity, is scheduled to be completed by next year, when it's supposed... |
17 September 2010
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Officials at NASA announce that the American space agency's next Mars-bound rover, called Curiosity, is currently making impressive strides towards being ready on time for its planned launch date. The experts say that the machine, which recently managed to achieve another important milestone when it moved its ro... |
14 September 2010
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New data seems to support the hypothesis which states that traces of organic building blocks may exist in the Martian soil, despite data provided by the Viking missions to the contrary.According to the investigation, it would appear that the landers may have had a negative influence on the areas where they touched do... |
9 September 2010
07:02 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 the NASA lab managing the rovers Spirit and Opportunity announce that the former has not yet shown any signs of activity. The exploration robot is stuck in a patch of loose sand on Mars. The new status report covers sols (Martian days) 2362 to 2368 of the mission the battered machine has been condu... |
7 September 2010
04:40 GMT |
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For the first time ever, researchers in charge of handling the construction of the next American rover on Mars announce that the robotic arm on the explorer has begun moving. This is tremendous news for all the teams involved in the construction process, as it represents an important milestone in the mission's t... |
6 September 2010
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Officials at the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) finally announced the instruments and tool suites that will go aboard its next lunar mission, called the Chandrayaan-2.For the past few years, India has been playing an increasingly important role in space exploration, developing a number of missions alongsid... |
31 August 2010
02:38 GMT |
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The American space agency is currently looking into supporting engineering teams that can propose the design of a rover capable of driving during the night as well. NASA has been looking at ways of conducting space exploration during the night for many years, but thus far all of its rovers have only been capable of d... |
17 August 2010
10:30 GMT |
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The European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA have planned a joint mission for the Red Planet, which will see, among other things, a new orbiter being placed in orbit around Mars. Slated for lift off in 2016, the mission will include the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, an observations tool capable of conducting high-resolution... |
3 August 2010
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Researchers at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California, have just released the latest report on Spirit's condition on Mars. According to the scientists, who manage the mission for the space agency's Science Mission Directorate, in Washington, DC, the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) co... |
30 July 2010
09:09 GMT |
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Mars is famous among astronomers and planetary scientists for its dust storms. In fact, it would appear that its atmosphere is a lot more active than anyone thought. This was made evident some time ago, when the rover Spirit first saw a dust devil, and imaged it in several color filters before the formation disappear... |
29 July 2010
06:54 GMT |
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Experts at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California, announce that the Curiosity rover finally managed to spin its wheels for the first time. The robot, currently under construction, is destined to be the American space agency's next mission to the Red Planet, and is scheduled for launch... |
24 July 2010
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According to experts at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California, the Mars Odyssey orbiter placed itself in a safe mode on Wednesday, July 14. Mission experts say that the anomaly occurred following an electronic encoder malfunction, and say that steps are being taken to put the spacecraft ba... |
21 July 2010
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Next year, the American space agency plans to launch the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover towards the Red Planet, in hopes of getting it there in 2012. Though a large number of instruments and other components that are supposed to go on the new machine were already created, the mission control team has yet to deci... |
16 June 2010
06:42 GMT |
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Next year will see the launch of the American space agency's latest rover mission to the Red Planet. Scheduled for arrival on Mars in August 2012, the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) will be one of the most advanced robotic explorers ever constructed, and sent to other worlds. It will be powered by a nuclear engin... |
12 June 2010
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Scientists at the Arizona State University (ASU) are proud to announce that one of their instruments was able to detect a very special type of rock on the Red Planet. The Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer, or Mini-TES, instrument has been developed at the ASU Mars Space Flight Facility, and it equips both Spiri... |
4 June 2010
02:47 GMT |
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Moving on the surface of Mars is notoriously difficult. Rovers roaming the Red Planet have found out the hard way that speed and maneuverability are limited, as evidenced by the case of the MER robot Spirit. The machine became entrapped in sand in May 2009, and experts were unable to set it free again. Under these ci... |
3 June 2010
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Though it may seem somewhat unlikely, some of the meteorites that fall to Earth are actually pieces of rock from other planets. Several fragments have been found, for example, to originate on the Red Planet, and their analysis is what laid the foundation for studies claiming to have found evidence of fossilized life ... |
24 May 2010
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Experts at the American space agency announce that they have decided on a data for the launch of their newest Martian rover. Dubbed that Mars Express Laboratory (MSL), or Curiosity, the instrument will be about the size of a small car, and will weigh more than a ton. It will employ a revolutionary landing system, and... |
24 May 2010
06:43 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
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