Daily non-political popular news in brief.

Martian rovers survive storm

10-13-2007 · Science News Online

Three months after being stymied by a planet-wide dust storm, NASA's twin Mars rovers are back in action.

Keywords: martian, rovers, survive, storm, rover

« Previous | Next »

Similar news on "Martian rovers survive storm":

Rovers begin new observations on changing Martian atmosphere
08-29-2007 · EurekAlert!
Mars rover scientists have launched a new long-term study on the Martian atmosphere with the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer, an instrument that was originally developed at the University of Chicago.
Similar news · Read more »
Images show threat the rovers face in giant Martian dust storm
08-29-2007 · EurekAlert!
The mighty Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity continue to persevere in brutal conditions, as revealed in images of the sun they are sending home. The images show how opaque the Martian atmosphere has been in the face of a raging, two-month dust storm.
Similar news · Read more »
Software help Mars rovers find winter havens
12-11-2007 · EurekAlert!
New software is helping NASA find safe places for the Spirit rover to ride out future Martian winters -- and also plan where Spirit and its companion rover, Opportunity, will explore in the future. The steep Martian mesa dubbed "Von Braun" would be a safe haven, the software and data analysis determined -- but the path that Spirit would have to follow to get there is a little too risky to travel with winter on the way.
Similar news · Read more »
Arizona State scientists keep an eye on Martian dust storm
07-11-2007 · EurekAlert!
Scientists at Arizona State University's Mars Space Flight Center are using the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) on NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter to monitor a large dust storm on the Red Planet. The dust storm, which erupted during the last week of June 2007, is affecting operations for all five spacecraft operating at Mars: two NASA rovers on the ground plus three orbiters, two of which belong to NASA and one to the European Space Agency.
Similar news · Read more »
Dust delays Martian rover
07-14-2007 · Science News Online
A dust storm has delayed the descent of the Mars rover Opportunity into Victoria crater.
Similar news · Read more »
Astronomer Steven Squyres to Speak at Brookhaven Lab on 'Science Results from the Mars Exploration Rover Mission,' October 5
09-11-2007 · Brookhaven National Laboratory
Steven Squyres, a scientist with the Mars Exploration Rover Mission, will speak on "Science Results from the Mars Exploration Rover Mission" at Brookhaven Lab on Friday, October 5, at 4 p.m. in Berkner Hall. NASA launched two Mars Exploration Rovers, on June 10 and July 7, 2003, primarily to probe the history of water on the red planet. After landing on Mars in January 2004, the robots began to explore the planet.
Similar news · Read more »
Dig deeper to find Martian life
01-30-2007 · EurekAlert!
Probes designed to find life on Mars do not drill deep enough to find the living cells that scientists believe may exist well below the surface of Mars, according to research led by UCL (University College London). Although current drills may find essential tell-tale signs that life once existed on Mars, cellular life could not survive the radiation levels for long enough any closer to the surface of Mars than a few metres deep -- beyond the reach of even state-of-the-art drills.
Similar news · Read more »
Spacecraft fleet zeroing in on Martian water reserves
12-07-2006 · European Space Agency (ESA)
The discovery of bright deposits on Mars, announced today by NASA, could indicate that liquid water has recently flowed on a few locations on the planet. The new data help planetary scientists involved with several missions orbiting the Red Planet focus their quest to understand the Martian water cycle.
Similar news · Read more »
U-M scientist says Mars winds could pose challenges
07-27-2007 · EurekAlert!
Martian winds probably won't cause serious problems for NASA's upcoming Phoenix Mars Lander mission, but could complicate efforts to collect soil and ice at the landing site, according to University of Michigan atmospheric scientist Nilton Renno.
Similar news · Read more »
ESA mission controllers react to solar flare
12-15-2006 · European Space Agency (ESA)
An energetic storm on the Sun has forced ESA mission controllers to react to anomalies or take action to avoid damage to spacecraft. Several missions, including Integral, Cluster and Envisat, felt the storm's effects, highlighting the need for ESA's ongoing development of space weather forecasting tools.
Similar news · Read more »