Alien On Mars?- Photos From Rover Spirit (UPDATED)
1/29/08- The NASA Rover Spirit sends back an image that may contain a picture of an Alien walking the surface of Mars. RECENTLY UPDATED: NASA Says It's A Rock..
Water Found on Mars?
12/6/06-
New images released for the first time deplicts the existence of liquid water on Mars in recent years. NASA scientists are saying it is probable that water flows on Mars today, and water has definitely flowed in the past recent years!
NASA To Announce New Significant Mars Finding
12/6/06-
NASA has scheduled a news briefing for today, 12/6/06 at 1PM EST. to reveal New Findings about the red planet. We are currently unsure about the exact details, but we do know the Mars Global Surveyor have been the longest living spacecraft ever sent to the Red Planet (Mars).
Martian Dust Devils On Film - Kinda Crazy
4/22/05-
What started out as a couple of dust devils first spied by the Spirit rover a couple of weeks ago has now turned into a swarm of dust devils wheeling across the plains of Gusev Crater almost every day
Durable Mars Rovers Sent Into Third Overtime Period
4/9/05- NASA has approved up to 18 more months of operations for Spirit and Opportunity, the twin Mars rovers that have already surprised engineers and scientists by continuing active exploration for more than 14 months.
OPPORTUNITY UPDATE: Soil Survey
4/2/05- Sometimes Opportunity needs to stop and smell the roses … uh, or the soil as the case may be. This week, the science team chose to examine the mineral content of the rippled ground before continuing the ...
SPIRIT UPDATE: Using Extra Energy to Head Uphill
4/2/05- After a very busy weekend, Spirit packed up the robotic arm and headed away from an area dubbed "Paso Robles." Spirit should be able to make good progress towards the "Husband Hill
OPPORTUNITY UPDATE: Opportunity Arrives at 'Vostok'
3/24/05- After a long, sustained series of traverses (with a few stops along the way to see the sights) Opportunity has reached "Vostok Crater." The rover began a set of in-situ measurements on the soil
SPIRIT UPDATE: Busy with the Robotic Arm
3/24/05- After some accumulated dust was blown off of Spirit's solar panels on sol 420 (March 9, 2005), the rover has been producing over 800 watt-hours of energy per sol, about twice as much as before the solar-array
Opportunity's mineral-identifying tool malfunctioning
3/16/05- NASA has suspended use of one of the mineral-identifying tools on the Opportunity Mars rover while experts troubleshoot a problem with getting data from the instrument, the robot's miniature thermal emission spectrometer
Opportunity Heading Twords 'Vostok'
3/16/05- The rover took some time away from driving and explored a little crater it approached last week. Once Opportunity is done with the crater, plans call for continuing toward a larger crater, "Vostok"...
High Strength Winds Give Spirit More Power
3/16/05- Spirit is in good health and is successfully using a new version of flight software. After completing an investigation of a rock dubbed "Watchtower," Spirit is returning to a soil area of interest informally labeled "Paso Robles
Opportunity Continues South with New Mobility Software
3/9/05- After a busy week of driving with new mobility software, Opportunity continues to be in excellent health. The rover has traveled 450 meters (just over a quarter of a mile) in 6 sols. Opportunity took a couple of breaks from the trek south to use...
Water On Mars Not Doubted Anymore
3/5/05-
On three consecutive days, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity accomplished unprecedented feats of martian motion, covering more total ground in that period than either Opportunity or its twin, Spirit, did in their first 70 days on Mars.
From Larry's Lookout To Tennessee Valley
3/1/05- Spirit has spent the last 70 sols climbing up the "Columbia Hills" to reach "Larry's Lookout," a point on "Cumberland Ridge." Having accomplished the trek up to Larry's Lookout, Spirit is getting into position to shoot a panorama of the "Tennessee Valley" located below. Spirit is still in excellent health
Mars Rover Spirit's Intelligence Is Increasing
2/24/05- On sol 394, Spirit drove to a safe spot for good communications with Earth during upload of new software. The rover team successfully loaded all of the new software modules on sol 395 and booted the spacecraft with the latest software on sol 397. At the end of sol 397, the rover team re-booted back into the old software
SPIRIT UPDATE: Spirit Braving the Dust on Mars
2/17/05- Spirit completed an approximately 13-meter (43-foot) drive toward the "Cumberland Ridge" on sol 388. Spirit spent sol 389 performing the usual set of remote-sensing observations
OPPORTUNITY UPDATE: Poking Around on the Plains
2/4/05- Opportunity continues to be active and healthy, making good progress south across the Meridiani plains with a few hiccups along the way. Despite the early end of one autonomous traverse and a Deep Space Network problem that precluded sending commands on sol 364, the rover covered more than 300 meters (984 feet) in the past week
Opportunity Continues on the Plains After Marking One Year on Mars
2/2/05- After spending 25 sols at the heat shield and nearby meteorite, Opportunity has completed its investigation of both and has started a long migration south. The rover is currently heading for a small crater called "Argo." Dust storms in the vicinity of Meridiani Planum appear to be settling down, and solar power has stabilized
SPIRIT UPDATE: Spirit Productive with Peace Efforts
2/2/05- Spirit had another productive week in the locale of a target called "Peace." Because of strong interest in the unusual character of "Peace," the team decided to throw the full science instrument payload at the rock.
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