Mars Rover Continues Exploration
Posted on September 23, 2008 Comments (5)
Ageing Mars rover to embark on epic two-year journey
The golf-cart-sized robot with a wobbly front wheel climbed out of Victoria crater earlier this month and scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California are steering the probe toward a crater more than 20 times larger, dubbed Endeavor.
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There are also small rocks strewn about the surface on the route, which appear to have been dug up by meteor impacts farther away. This will give scientists the chance to examine material that otherwise would be too deep to reach. Opportunity still has the use of all six of its wheels, though the right front wheel can no longer be steered.
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September 24th, 2008 @ 11:30 am
remotely driving that rover must be a pretty cool job..do you have any other more pics on the rover? thanks for the nice post!!!🙂
October 4th, 2008 @ 8:55 am
The rover has done a remarkable job and it is amazing it is still active and far outlived it’s predicted lifespan. If only everything that went to mars was this successful!
October 17th, 2008 @ 6:58 am
kool…the rover is amazing and probably it could search for life on mars. can u post the recent discoveries done by rover.. so that i can update my blog
January 17th, 2009 @ 12:41 pm
Evolutionary changes based on human activity: A part of what happens is those individuals that chose to focus on reproducing early (instead of investing in growing larger, to reproduce later) are those that are favored (they gain advantage) by the conditions of human activity…
June 16th, 2011 @ 7:39 pm
The new rover is about the size of a small SUV — 10 feet long (not including the arm), 9 feet wide and 7 feet tall. It weighs 900 kilograms (2,000 pounds)…