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Spirit Rover Snaps Pictures of Her Undercarriage

Spirit Rover Snaps Pictures of Her Undercarriage

By Dan on June 4, 2009

Having been embedded in a rut of floury sand for several weeks now, NASA’s Mars Rover has successfully used its microscopic imager to shoot a collage of her underbelly.

Posted in Space and NASA | Tagged mars, nasa, news, rover, sand, space, Space and NASA, spirit, stuck in sand | 3 Responses

Spirit Rover Update – Stuck Mars Rover

Spirit Rover Update – Stuck Mars Rover

By Dan on May 29, 2009

NASA is currently planning on imaging the underbody of the immobile rover to see just how badly Spirit is trapped in the sand.

Posted in Space and NASA | Tagged astrobotics, mars, nasa, news, opportunity, rover, sand, space, Space and NASA, spirit, stuck in sand | 1 Response

Spirit Rover Update – Still Stuck, But NASA is Working on it.

Spirit Rover Update – Still Stuck, But NASA is Working on it.

By Dan on May 21, 2009

Stuck Spirit Mars Rover receives good news about her middle wheel. Diagnostics indicate it may not be jammed after all. Opportunity snaps a picture of herself.

Posted in Space and NASA | Tagged astrobotics, mars, nasa, news, opportunity, rover, space, Space and NASA, spirit, update | 1 Response

NASA Ares UAV to fly around Mars and Stream Video

NASA Ares UAV to fly around Mars and Stream Video

By Dan on March 31, 2009

NASA’s ARES is a Martian UAV designed to fly at one mile above the surface of Mars. ARES has a 6.5 Meter wingspan and will provide very high resolution images of the Martian surface. Once flying above Mars, ARES will stream video in real time and take atmospheric samples to check for the presence of biological gases on Mars.

Posted in Space and NASA | Tagged ares, atmosphere, gases, life, mars, nasa, rover, stream, uav | Leave a response

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