Autonomous Hazard Checks Leave Patterned Rover Tracks on Mars (Stereo) - NASA

24 May 2011 Posted in Mars News

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Autonomous Hazard Checks Leave Patterned Rover Tracks on Mars (Stereo)
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A dance-step pattern is visible in the wheel tracks near the left edge of this scene recorded in stereo by the navigation camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity during the 2554th Martian day, or sol, of the rover's work on Mars (April 1, …
Mars Rover Driving Leaves Distinctive TracksJet Propulsion Laboratory
Heavy-duty heat shield prepares for launch to MarsSpaceflight Now

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NASA Mars exploration technology probes damaged Japanese nuclear plant - Examiner.com

24 May 2011 Posted in Mars News
NASA Mars exploration technology probes damaged Japanese nuclear plant
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In an April 26, 2011 news release, NASA announced that robotic rovers based on technology developed to explore Mars are exploring the damaged nuclear power plant without further risk to nuclear workers. The Mars Exploration Rovers (MER), …

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A transorbital railroad to Mars - The Space Review

24 May 2011 Posted in Mars News

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A transorbital railroad to Mars
The Space Review
At the same time, efforts to move ahead with human exploration of Mars—widely regarded as the long-term goal for human spaceflight—have been stymied in part by the perceived need to develop a heavy-lift launch vehicle similar in capacity to the …

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Autonomous Hazard Checks Leave Patterned Rover Tracks on Mars (Stereo) - NASA

24 May 2011 Posted in Mars News

USA Today
Autonomous Hazard Checks Leave Patterned Rover Tracks on Mars (Stereo)
NASA
A dance-step pattern is visible in the wheel tracks near the left edge of this scene recorded in stereo by the navigation camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity during the 2554th Martian day, or sol, of the rover's work on Mars (April 1, …
Mars Rover Driving Leaves Distinctive TracksJet Propulsion Laboratory
Heavy-duty heat shield prepares for launch to MarsSpaceflight Now

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Professor receives Sagan Medal for excellence in public communication - Arizona State University

24 May 2011 Posted in Mars News
Professor receives Sagan Medal for excellence in public communication
Arizona State University
Bell has been heavily involved in many NASA robotic space exploration missions, including the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous, Mars Pathfinder, Mars Exploration Rover, Mars Odyssey Orbiter, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, …
Planetary Society President and Blogger Are DPS Prize Winners Jim Bell Awarded …Space Ref (press release)

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NASA Mars exploration technology probes damaged Japanese nuclear plant - Examiner.com

24 May 2011 Posted in Mars News
NASA Mars exploration technology probes damaged Japanese nuclear plant
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In an April 26, 2011 news release, NASA announced that robotic rovers based on technology developed to explore Mars are exploring the damaged nuclear power plant without further risk to nuclear workers. The Mars Exploration Rovers (MER), …

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Scheduling the Unknown - Astrobiology Magazine

24 May 2011 Posted in Mars News

Astrobiology Magazine
Scheduling the Unknown
Astrobiology Magazine
In an effort to maximize their scientific return, PLRP will be using planning software developed by the Human-Computer Interaction Group at NASA Ames Research Center initially as a task-planning tool for NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers. …

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The Next Mars Rover: Q&A With Mars Science Laboratory Manager Pete Theisinger - Space.com

23 May 2011 Posted in Mars News

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The Next Mars Rover: Q&A With Mars Science Laboratory Manager Pete Theisinger
Space.com
To accomplish this goal, Curiosity will use 10 different science instruments — twice as many as were aboard NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) Spirit and Opportunity, which landed on the Red Planet in 2004 to hunt for signs of water. …

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NASA Mars exploration technology probes damaged Japanese nuclear plant - Examiner.com

23 May 2011 Posted in Mars News
NASA Mars exploration technology probes damaged Japanese nuclear plant
Examiner.com
In an April 26, 2011 news release, NASA announced that robotic rovers based on technology developed to explore Mars are exploring the damaged nuclear power plant without further risk to nuclear workers. The Mars Exploration Rovers (MER), …

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Detailed at Smithsonian`s ‘Air and Space’

23 May 2011 Posted in Mars News


The Moving Beyond Earth gallery at the Smithsonian's National Air & Space Museum in Washington hosted "From Follow the Water' to …

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