MarsRovers
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Welcome back MRO! Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter resumes science activities after a 3.5 month hiatus. All instruments are on.
1:09 PM Dec 16th
from Seesmic
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That's our girl! Spirit surprises team w/ slight movement in right-front wheel. It hadn't moved since March 2006:
3:40 PM Dec 15th
from Seesmic
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Spirit's rear wheel continues to be an issue; team looking at drivability if only 4 out of 6 wheels operate.
5:24 PM Dec 10th
from Seesmic
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@ Genders for the rovers? Not officially but team members refer to both as females -- they are our "ships" to Mars.
8:28 PM Dec 8th
from Seesmic
in reply to alicesastroinfo
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No one said it would be easy: Engineers continue to test Spirit's rear wheel to determine why it's showing unusually high resistance
5:03 PM Dec 7th
from Seesmic
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@ It's a great idea, but Spirit isn't able to grab. A push maybe, but there's not enough stones within reach to use .
8:29 PM Dec 3rd
from Seesmic
in reply to hdcnews
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@ Actually, Opportunity is way on the other side of Mars so it can't come over to help. We are looking at temps, though.
8:27 PM Dec 3rd
from Seesmic
in reply to flyingfreak
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@ Unfortunately, Spirit's arm isn't strong enough to push (plus it could damage sci instruments at end of arm).
8:24 PM Dec 3rd
from Seesmic
in reply to fallenbit
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@ The lithium-ion batteries on both rovers continue to do very well (much better than the one in your cell phone)!
8:23 PM Dec 3rd
from Seesmic
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@ The idea has been looked at closely. Verdict: Arm isn't strong enough & it could cause serious damage to sci instruments.
7:49 PM Dec 3rd
from Seesmic
in reply to iGOiAM
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Mars orbiter Odyssey is out of safe mode & back in the game! 1st task was a comm relay for Spirit; on Friday Odyssey resumes sci ops.
7:46 PM Dec 3rd
from Seesmic
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@ Thanks for suggestions. The wheels cannot retract, & the arm exerts only 14 lbs of force while the rover weighs 150 lbs on Mars.
2:10 PM Dec 3rd
from Seesmic
in reply to ecca_au
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@ Not giving up! Engineers are doing more diagnostic tests before sending new commands. And no, the arm cannot support rover weight.
2:08 PM Dec 3rd
from Seesmic
in reply to iGOiAM
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@ The Lego "Astrobot" DVD carrying nearly 4 million names is on both Spirit and Oppty.
4:45 PM Nov 30th
from web
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@ The situation will be monitored on a rolling basis. NASA indicated a Feb. review will assess progress.
4:43 PM Nov 30th
from web
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@ Spirit has been exploring Mars for nearly 6 years, far surpassing the original 90-day mission.
5:23 PM Nov 24th
from web
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Spirit experienced a right-rear wheel stall on Sol 2092. Diagnostics will be run. Next drive no sooner than Wed.
5:56 PM Nov 23rd
from web
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@ Thanks for the suggestion, but the rovers can't rock back & forth. Also, we're being very careful of the rock under the rover belly.
8:32 AM Nov 23rd
from Seesmic
in reply to whyj
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Spirit takes a baby step in the right direction. Before-&-after image comparison shows a tiny forward movement.
11:21 PM Nov 19th
from Seesmic
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update: Drive commands will be uplinked on Thurs AM, the 2090th day of Spirit's mission.
5:00 PM Nov 18th
from Seesmic
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- Name Spirit and Oppy
- Location Mars: Gusev Crater & Meridiani
- Web http://marsrovers...
- Bio Roaming the Red Planet on six wheels. The official mission Twitter of Spirit and Opportunity
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