Mars Science Laboratory Mission rank account
Posted by brandoniswrite on February 14, 2012
Engineers have established the root reason of a computer rearrange that occur two months ago on NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory and have strong-minded how to right it. The fix involves altering how certain vacant data-holding locations, called registers, are configured in the memory management of the kind of computer chip used on the spacecraft. Billions [...]
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Spirit Lander – 1st Color Image from Mars Orbit
Posted by brandoniswrite on February 9, 2012
1st Color image of Spirit lander and Bonneville Crater from Mars orbit Near the lower left corner of this view is the three-petal lander platform that NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit drove off in January 2004. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona See more images of Spirit’s lander from orbit and her Traverse Map below What did [...]
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Phoenix Lander Still Visible in New HiRISE Images from Mars
Posted by brandoniswrite on February 8, 2012
The Phoenix lander still visible at Mars north polar region, nearly 4 Earth years and 2 Mars years after the spacecraft landed on Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona I spy Phoenix! said the HiRISE camera on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter! This new image acquired on January 26, 2012 shows that the Phoenxi lander and [...]
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Opportunity Finds Powerful Evidence for Ancient Liquid Water on Mars
Posted by brandoniswrite on February 5, 2012
by Dr. Ken Kremer NASA’s long lived Opportunity rover has discovered the most scientifically compelling evidence yet for the flow of liquid water on ancient Mars. The startling revelation comes in the form of a bright vein of the mineral gypsum located at the foothills of an enormous crater named Endeavour, where the intrepid robot [...]
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Scientists Still Searching for the Beagle 2 Crash Site on Mars
Posted by brandoniswrite on January 13, 2012
An image from the HiRISE camera of the Isidis basin region where the Beagle 2 lander was supposed to touch down. Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona Since its disappearance in December 2003, scientists and citizen scientists alike have continued the search for Europe’s Beagle 2 lander which likely crashed on Mars. Its disappearance is a mystery [...]
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Should we Terraform Mars?
Posted by brandoniswrite on January 2, 2012
As we continue to explore farther out into our solar system and beyond, the question of habitation or colonization inevitably comes up. Manned bases on the Moon or Mars for example, have long been a dream of many. via Universetoday by Paul Scott Anderson. . . read more >> wordlessTech
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New Tool for Touring Mars Using Detailed Images
Posted by brandoniswrite on December 20, 2011
An improved tool debuts today for viewing channels, dunes, boulders and other features revealed in the huge image files from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The new tool, HiView, offers the best way to take a personal, virtual hike through any of thousands of square miles of [...]
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Opportunity Discovers Mineral Vein Furthering Evidence of Water on Mars
Posted by brandoniswrite on December 8, 2011
In her seventh year on the Red Planet, the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has discovered a mineral vein pointing conclusively to water on Mars. Photo Credit: NASA/JPL – Caltech Just because Curiosity is on her way to Mars does not mean that Opportunity can take a break – and she hasn’t. The Mars Exploration Rover [...]
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Atlas V launches NASA’s MSL Rover ahead of journey to Mars
Posted by brandoniswrite on November 28, 2011
NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory has begun its mission to the Red Planet Saturday, with a launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station was on schedule, at the begining of the one-hour and 43 minute window, which opening at 15:02 UTC (10:02 local [...]
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Mars Science Laboratory Launch Milestones
Posted by brandoniswrite on November 26, 2011
NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory is tucked inside its Atlas V rocket, ready for launch on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The Nov. 26 launch window extends from 7:02 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. PST (10:02 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. EST). The launch period for the mission extends through Dec. [...]
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