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Rover Status
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Spirit: Another Power Boost, But Difficult Driving >>
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Spirit Slipping in Soft Ground, Sol 1889
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Youth Has its Benefits. . . Even on Mars!
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Spirit Resumes Driving While Analysis of Problem Behaviors Continues
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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Martian Dust Storm near South Polar Cap
This nearly global mosaic of observations made by the Mars Color Imager on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on April 2, 2009, shows billowing clouds of dust being lifted into the atmosphere by a storm near the edge of the seasonal polar cap of southern Mars. >>
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Spirit Healthy but Computer Reboots Raise Concerns
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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One Mars Rover Sees a Distant Goal; The Other Takes a New Route
On a plain that stretches for miles in every direction, the panoramic camera on NASA's Mars rover Opportunity has caught a first glimpse on the horizon of the uplifted rim of the big crater that has been Opportunity's long-term destination for six months. >>
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Mars Rovers Earn Congressional Kudos
Congress passed a resolution Wednesday recognizing scientific contributions of NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers, and commending the JPL and Cornell University teams. >>
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NASA'S Mars Rover Spirit Faces Circuitous Route
Loose soil piled against the northern edge of a low plateau called "Home Plate" has blocked NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit from taking the shortest route toward its southward destinations for the upcoming Martian summer and following winter. >>
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Spirit Gets Energy Boost from Cleaner Solar Panels
A small but important uptick in electrical output from the solar panels on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit this month indicates a beneficial Martian wind has blown away some of the dust that has accumulated on the panels. >>
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Spirit Resumes Driving
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit resumed driving Saturday after engineers gained confidence from diagnostic activities earlier in the week evaluating how well the rover senses its orientation.
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| Weather Movie, Mars South Polar Region, March-April 2009 (Close) |
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| Weather Movie, Mars South Polar Region, March-April 2009 (Far) |
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| 5 Years and Still Roving on Mars - Opportunity |
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| 5 Years and Still Roving on Mars - Spirit |
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| Five Years on Mars |
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Mars Exploration Rover Update
February 12: Both rovers have had a little trouble, recently, but now they're both back on the road and driving again. |
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Photo Poll Winner
Spirit's scene of the setting sun |
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