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Spirit problems still baffle scientists
Washington, April 27, 2009 - U.S. space agency scientists say they have not yet solved the mysterious cause of several glitches in the Mars exploration rover Spirit.
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Spirit Resumes Driving While Analysis Of Problem Behaviors Continues
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 27, 2009 - 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.
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JPL Analyzing Spirit Computer Reboots And Amnesia Events
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 21, 2009 - After three days of completing Earth-commanded activities without incident last week, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit had a bout of temporary amnesia Friday, April 17, and rebooted its computer Saturday, April 18, behavior similar to events about a week earlier.
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Spirit Suffers Memory Gaps and Unexplained Resets
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 20, 2009 - Spirit failed to wake up for three planned events. The rover eventually woke up from an expiring alarm clock timer 27 hours later. Then, an unexpected reset of the rover occurred on Sol 1874 (April 11, 2009). A second reset occurred on Sol 1875 (April 12, 2009).
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Opportunity For Some Crater Hopping On Route To Endeavour
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 20, 2009 - Opportunity has been crater hopping as the rover heads south, making drives between several small craters and taking drive-by images of them.
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Early Martian Environment And Water Drive Search For Life Forms
New Rochelle (SPX) Apr 17, 2009 - Solar energy and winds, collisions with asteroids and comets, and changing magnetic fields have all altered the environment of Mars, a planet that may have been able to support life during its history, as documented in a special collection of papers published in the current issue of Astrobiology, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
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Mars Science Laboratory Parachute Qualification Testing
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Apr 17, 2009 - The parachute for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory passed flight-qualification testing in March and April 2009 inside the world's largest wind tunnel, at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
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Mars Spacecraft Teams On Alert For Dust-Storm Season
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 16, 2009 - Heading into a period of the Martian year prone to major dust storms, the team operating NASA's twin Mars rovers is taking advantage of eye-in-the-sky weather reports.
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Spirit Healthy But Computer Reboots Raise Concerns
Pasadena CA (SPX) Apr 14, 2009 - The team operating NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit is examining data received from Spirit in recent days to diagnose why the rover apparently rebooted its computer at least twice over the April 11-12 weekend.
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Cleaning Event Boosts Energy For Mars Rover Opportunity
On Sol 1845 (April 2, 2009), the rover's robotic arm (IDD) placed the Mossbauer (MB) spectrometer on the outcrop target "Penrhyn" for a multi-sol integration.
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Spirit Sets Distance Record For Five-Wheel Driving
Pasadena CA (SPX) Apr 04, 2009 - Spirit is making good progress around Home Plate to the west. After getting clear of troublesome rocks, Spirit drove 13.8 meters (45.3 feet) on Sol 1854 (March 21, 2009).
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Opportunity Brushing and Examining an Outcrop
Pasadena CA (SPX) Apr 04, 2009 - Opportunity remains positioned on an exposed rock outcrop, continuing an in situ (contact) science campaign with the robotic arm (IDD).
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Bright Soil Churned By Spirit’s Sol 1861 Drive
Pasadena CA (SPX) Apr 02, 2009 - NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit drove 22.7 meters (74 feet) toward the southwest on the 1,861st Martian day, or sol, of Spirit's mission on Mars (March 28, 2009).
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Russian-European Crew Starts Mars Mission
Moscow, Russia (ESA) Apr 02, 2009 - Earlier today, a crew of six, including two ESA-selected participants and four Russians, embarked on a simulated mission to Mars. Although they will not leave the confines of a dedicated isolation facility in Moscow for 105 days, their mission will help prepare for a real human mission to Mars in the future.
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Russia locks up six for Mars experiment
Moscow (AFP) March 31, 2009 - The hatch slammed shut Tuesday behind six volunteers from Europe and Russia who will spend three months isolated in a capsule in Moscow to simulate conditions for a manned mission to Mars.
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Europe, Russia in Mars mission rehearsal
Moscow (AFP) March 29, 2009 - Six volunteers from Europe and Russia will on Tuesday allow themselves to be locked up in a capsule in Moscow for over three months to simulate the conditions for an eventual manned mission to Mars.