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Team Analyzing Mars Rover Developments
10.21.04 - NASA's Mars rover team is working both to resolve an intermittent problem that affects steering on Spirit and also to understand a marked improvement in Opportunity's power supply.
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Mars Rovers Probing Water History
10.07.04 - New findings raise the possibility Opportunity's work area was soaked long ago, before it dried and eroded into a wide plain.
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Team Checks Rover's Steering
10.05.04 - Engineers on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover team are investigating possible causes and remedies for a problem affecting the steering on Spirit.
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Mars Orbiter Sees Rover Tracks and More
09.27.04 - Using an innovative technique to capture sharper images, NASA's Mars Global Surveyor spied tracks from Spirit on the surface of Mars.
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Rover Missions Renewed Again
09.21.04 - As NASA's Spirit and Opportunity rovers resumed reliable contact with Earth, after a period when Mars passed nearly behind the Sun, the space agency extended funding for an additional six months of rover operations, as long as they keep working.
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Opportunity Tool Back at Work
09.01.04 - NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has resumed using its rock abrasion tool.
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Martian Bedrock Hints at Watery Past
08.18.04 - NASA's Spirit rover is finding evidence that water thoroughly altered some rocks in Mars' Gusev Crater.
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Latest on the Mars Rovers
08.04.04 - Spirit has climbed into rocky hills and Opportunity has gone into a crater but both rovers, for the time being, are operating with some restrictions.
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Rocks Tell Stories
08.05.04 - Scientific findings from the NASA rover Spirit's first three months on Mars will be published Friday, marking the start of a flood of peer-reviewed discoveries in scientific journals from the continuing two-rover adventure.
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Rovers Roll Into Martian Winter
07.16.04 - Opportunity inches deeper into a crater while Spirit prepares to go up a hill.
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Mars Rover Surprises Continue
06.25.04 - On challenging slopes that NASA's Mars rovers began exploring this month, both Spirit and Opportunity have found new surprises for the folks back home.
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Mars Rovers Going the Extra Mile
06.15.04 - NASA's Mars rovers are delighting scientists with their extra credit assignments.
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Rovers Examine Hills, Crater in Bonus-Time
06.02.04 - In mission bonus time, Spirit and Opportunity continue to study rocks and craters, gathering clues about Mars' ancient environment.
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Opportunity Begins 'Deep Sleep' Mode →
05.26.04 - Shutting down more completely overnight will conserve enough battery charge to add several hours of science operations during the day, but there is an increased risk scientific instruments may be damaged.
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Mars Rover Inspects Stone Ejected From Crater →
05.17.04 - NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has begun sampling rocks blasted out from a stadium-sized impact crater the rover is circling, and the very first one may extend our understanding about the region's wet past.
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Opportunity Arrives at Tempting Crater →
05.06.04 - Scientists and engineers celebrated when they saw the first pictures NASA's Opportunity sent from the rim of a stadium-sized crater that the rover reached after a six-week trek across martian flatlands.
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Rovers Finish Primary Mission And Roll Onward
04.28.04 - Spirit and Opportunity have completed their originally planned mission and are tackling extra-credit assignments.
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Electric Martian Dust Devils
04.20.04 - Research indicates that static electricity on Mars could potentially cause increased dust adhesion to space suits and equipment.
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Rover Finds Rock Resembling Meteorites →
04.15.04 - NASA's Opportunity rover has examined an odd volcanic rock on the plains of Mars' Meridiani Planum region with a composition unlike anything seen on Mars before, but scientists have found similarities to meteorites that fell to Earth.
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Rovers Refreshed and Ready to Rock
04.14.04 - Both rovers are now operating with new "minds," after successful software updates
› Spirit Software → | › Opportunity Software →
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