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NASA Engineers Have Brought a Long-Running Mars Rover out of Stand-by Mode

May 6, 2013

NASA engineers have brought a long-running Mars rover out of stand-by mode after the robot ran into trouble last month. The Mars rover Opportunity is back up and running, according to Guy Webster, a spokesman for NASA. "Confirmation has ...

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Rover Curiosity Wrapped up Its First Full Day and Is Functioning Perfectly

Dec 31, 2012

The rover Curiosity wrapped up its first full day on the Martian surface and is functioning perfectly,NASA officials said Tuesday. "Curiosity is asleep right now getting ready for tomorrow,"said Michael Watkins,a mission systems manager ...

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Mars Curiosity Extends Its Robotic Arm

Dec 28, 2012

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Monday flexed its 7-foot-long robotic arm for the first time since it landed on Mars. Monday's robotics maneuver had the rover checking its motors and joints by unstowing the arm, extending it using all five ...

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NASA's Mars Rover Curiosity Successfully Tested Its Laser on Sunday

Dec 26, 2012

Computerworld - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity successfully tested its laser on Sunday, blasting a fist-size Martian rock and analyzing its makeup. The rover's Chemistry and Camera instrument, dubbed the ChemCam, zapped the rock with 30 ...

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Picture Doing a Remote Software Upgrade

Dec 21, 2012

Picture doing a remote software upgrade. Now picture doing it when the machine you're upgrading is a robotic rover sitting 350 million miles away, on the surface of Mars. That's what a team of programmers and engineers at NASA are dealing ...

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NASA Engineers Are Getting Ready for Two Big Tests of Their Robotic Rover

Dec 20, 2012

With the Mars Curiosity rover's science instruments working well, NASA engineers are getting ready for two big tests of their robotic rover -- blasting a rock with a laser beam and getting the rover moving. Curiosity's first drive will be ...

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NASA's Newest and Largest Robotic Rover Will Use a Supersonic Parachute

Dec 20, 2012

When NASA's newest and largest robotic rover lands on Mars early Monday morning, it will use a supersonic parachute, a tether and rockets to safely alight 350 million miles from home. Seven minutes will elapse between the time the ...

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NASA's Mars Curiosity Is Ready to Make Its First Test Drive on Wednesday

Dec 19, 2012

NASA's Mars Curiosity rover wiggled its wheels Tuesday and is ready to make its first -- if brief -- test drive on Wednesday. As part of a series of major tests that have been running over the past several days, the robotic rover on ...

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The Computer That Runs It Is No More Powerful Than The One in Your Smartphone

Dec 19, 2012

While the Mars Curiosity rover is the most complex machine NASA has ever sent to another planet, the computer that runs it is no more powerful than the one in your smartphone. The robotic rover, which landed in the Gale Crater on Mars ...

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Curiosity Is a Big Step Closer to Begin Its Mission

Dec 18, 2012

With the Mars rover's software successfully upgraded, Curiosity is a big step closer to beginning its mission of finding out whether life has ever existed on Mars. Curiosity, NASA's super robotic rover, has been on the surface of Mars for ...

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With NASA's Super Rover Curiosity Successfully Investigating Mars

Dec 5, 2012

With NASA's super rover Curiosity successfully investigating Mars,the space agency announced plans to extend its work there and even send up another robotic rover. "The Obama administration is committed to a robust Mars exploration ...

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NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover Has Dubbed a"Brain Transplant."

Aug 14, 2012

Computerworld-NASA's Mars Curiosity rover is three-quarters of the way through a major software upgrade NASA has dubbed a"brain transplant." The four-day software upgrade started Saturday and,if all goes as planned,should wrap up by ...

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