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 Houston TX (SPX) Nov 18, 2009 
The crew has completed the set up of the Centerline Berthing Camera System that will be used during the rendezvous with the station Wednesday. With a picture-perfect launch day under their belts, Atlantis' crew members will spend their first full day in space taking pictures of what they hope will be a perfect heat shield. Pilot Barry E. Wilmore, Commander Charles O. Hobaugh and ... read more 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Nov 18, 2009Driving commands are being prepared to instruct Spirit to attempt to drive forward. These are the first driving commands since Spirit became embedded in a Martian sandtrap approximately six months ago. These commands will be transmitted to Spirit at 1 a.m. PST (4 a.m. EST) Tuesday, Nov. 17. The rover will be instructed to drive straight ahead (north) in two steps. Each step will be a ... more
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Pasadena CA (SPX) Nov 17, 2009Opportunity is still heading south before the turn east to head toward Endeavour Crater. The right front wheel is exhibiting elevated motor currents. So, the plan is to find a place to stop and rest the actuator while conducting some some contact science. On Sol 2058 (Nov. 7, 2009), the rover began a 15-meter (49-foot) approach to a candidate rock target called "Marquette Island." On ... more 
Pasadena CA (UPI) Nov 12, 2009 NASA scientists say they plan to begin transmitting commands to the Mars exploration rover Spirit in an attempt to free the robot from martian sand. Spirit has been stuck in martian sand since April 23. Researchers expect the extraction process -- to begin Monday -- to be long and the outcome uncertain. "This is going to be a lengthy process, and there's a high probability attemp ... more 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Nov 16, 2009On Monday, NASA will begin transmitting commands to its Mars exploration rover Spirit as part of an escape plan to free the venerable robot from its Martian sand trap. "This is going to be a lengthy process, and there's a high probability attempts to free Spirit will not be successful," cautions Doug McCuistion, director of the Mars Exploration Program at NASA Headquarters in Washington. ... more |
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College Station TX (SPX) Nov 05, 2009Is there such a thing as "weather" on Mars? There are some doubts, considering the planet's atmosphere is only 1 percent as dense as that of the Earth. Mars, however, definitely has clouds, drastically low temperatures and out-of-this-world dust storms, and Istvan Szunyogh, a Texas A and M professor of atmospheric sciences, has been awarded a NASA grant to analyze and forecast Martian weather. ... more  
Al-Ain, UAE (AFP) Nov 3, 2009A laboratory in the UAE has built what it says is the world's first Arabic-speaking robot which could soon go into mass production to serve as staff in shopping malls. Ibn Sina, named after the 11th century Islamic philosopher and scientist commonly known in English as Avicenna, was designed by a team at UAE University in the city of Al-Ain, which is part of Abu Dhabi emirate. "It is the ... more  
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Nov 03, 2009Twenty years ago, Voyager 2 left Neptune behind. The robotic spacecraft had taken advantage of a rare alignment of the outer planets that enabled it to visit Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune in a single shot. Voyager 2 had launched before its sister ship, Voyager 1, on August 24, 1977. Voyager 1 lifted off just a few days later, on September 5, 1977, on a faster trajectory headed for ... more |
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