Rover (space exploration)

Rover (space exploration) - Factbites
Where results make sense
About us | Why use us? | Reviews | PR | Contact us

Topic: Rover (space exploration)

Note: these results are not from the primary (high quality) database.

In the News (Wed 16 Dec 09)

Northern Trust

Marvin Harrison

Peter Chernin

Gary Locke

Match Play

Penelope Cruz

Mickey Rourke

AR Rahman

Danny Boyle

Hugh Jackman

	BBC NEWS Science/Nature Rover's image from Mars hill peak
		After investigating the area around its landing site, the rover was dispatched to explore a region known as the Columbia Hills, named in honour of the seven astronauts who died aboard the space shuttle in 2003.
		The US space agency's robotic rover Spirit has sent back a partial panoramic view from the summit of "Husband Hill" at Gusev Crater on Mars.
		Meanwhile, Spirit's "twin" rover Opportunity is continuing to explore the dark red dunes of Meridiani Planum on the other side of the planet.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/science/nature/4206348.stm (558 words)

	MSN Encarta - Mars Rover
		After a seven-month interplanetary cruise to Mars traveling at a speed of about 19,000 km/h (12,000 mph), the spacecraft that carried each rover went through a six-minute thrill ride to decelerate and land.
		During the rover night, new commands and sequences are tested, developed, and converted by the team into the stream of radio signals that are sent to the rover after it wakes up the next sol.
		Each rover is outfitted with a suite of sophisticated scientific instruments that enable scientists to study in detail the geology and composition of materials at each landing site.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_701703555/Mars_Rover.html (2090 words)

	Mars Exploration Rover 3D
		Mars Exploration Rover (A and B) are two missions from the NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) to explore Mars surface with two robotic rovers.
		MER-A (which name is Spirit) was launch on 10th, June 2003 and MER-B (Opportunity) on 8th, July 2003.
		Opportunity rover has also landed softly on 25th, January 2004 in a small crater of the Meridiani Planum area.
	mer3d.free.fr (211 words)

	BBC NEWS Science/Nature Hill peak in sight for Mars rover
		The US space agency's robotic rover Spirit is approaching the summit of a hill it has been climbing on Mars since the end of last year.
		When the rover gets there, it will take photos of what should be a spectacular view and scout for sites of interest.
		The rovers are working after more than one-and-a-half years on Mars
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/science/nature/4172674.stm (359 words)

	Mars Exploration: Home
		As it nears Mars on March 10, a NASA spacecraft designed to examine the red planet in unprecedented detail from low orbit will point its main thrusters forward, then fire them to slow itself enough for Mars' gravity to grab it into orbit.
		The spacecraft team that has been working furiously during the orbiter's cruise is now preparing for a big moment at Mars: the mission-critical Mars orbit insertion.
		NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has begun its final approach to the red planet after activating a sequence of commands designed to get the spacecraft successfully into orbit.
	marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov (409 words)

	Mars Exploration Rover Spirit lands on Mars MetaFilter
		As much as I love NASA and am excited about space exploration, I wouldn't be too thrilled about their budget getting much bigger before we solve some more important problems down here on the surface.
		Mars Exploration Rover Spirit lands on Mars
		The rover had to break through the martian atmosphere, deploy a parachute, stabilize with rockets, inflate impact absorbing balls and inner bladder, crash land, and then emerge from its cacoon to contact earth via solar power.
	www.metafilter.com /mefi/30588 (1283 words)

	SPACE.com -- Mars Rover Special Report
		Long before the Mars Rover missions were readied for launch, NASA researcher worried behind the scenes about invisible microbes that could contaminate the spacecraft.
		NASA’s revered Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, are both on a roll toward new scientific objectives, but two years into their mission, the twin robots are each showing their age.
		Images from a European space probe reveal recent glacial deposits and lava flows on Mars that suggest the red planet is more active than many scientists had thought.
	www.space.com /marsrover (1130 words)

	The Planetary Society's Red Rover Goes to Mars Project
		Special thanks for their support of Red Rover Goes to Mars go to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Visionary Products Inc., Plasmon OMS, Arizona State University, and Malin Space Science Systems.
		The Planetary Society's Red Rover Goes to Mars project is made possible through a partnership with the LEGO Company.
		Please visit the Red Rover Goes to Mars home page to learn more about the project.
	www.planetary.org /rrgtm/mer.html (115 words)

	Mars Exploration Rover Mission: Spirit and Opportunity
		The mission, which will carry a large roving vehicle to the surface of Mars, was chosen by Edward Weiler, NASA associate administrator for space science, after an intensive two-month study of the two competing candidates, the rover and a scientific orbiter.
		The main task for both Mars Exploration Rovers in coming weeks and months is to read clues in the rocks and soil to learn about past environmental conditions at their landing sites, particularly about whether the areas were ever watery and possibly suitable for sustaining life.
		After the rover drives off its lander platform, infrared measurements it takes as it explores the area may allow scientists to judge whether the water indicated by the nearby carbonates was in the air or in a suspected ancient lake.
	www.xs4all.nl /~carlkop/mereng.html (115 words)

	SPACE.com -- Mars Rover Special Report
		NASA’s Spirit rover is sitting atop the summit of Husband Hill, with rover scientists and engineers overjoyed in achieving the exploration high point.
		Long before the Mars Rover missions were readied for launch, NASA researcher worried behind the scenes about invisible microbes that could contaminate the spacecraft.
		Modern Mars: Latest Spacecraft Findings Redefine Future Missions
	www.space.com /marsrover (115 words)

	Mars Exploration Rover-2003 Mission Participation Certificate
		A compact disc bearing your name will be included in one of the next Mars Exploration Rover-2003 missions that will explore the planet's surface in search of geologic evidence of water in Mars' past.
		Thank you for joining us on this mission of exploration and discovery.
		Together, we will journey into space to discover and understand the many wonders of our universe.
	reality.vectorstar.net /mars.htm (115 words)

	Mars Exploration Rover Mission
		“I would compare the rover tracks to the boot prints of geologists walking around on Earth,” said Dr. Lutz Richter, of the German Space Agency and Mars Exploration Rover science team member.
		As the wheels move across the martian surface as they are designed to do, they churn up clues that help scientists.
	www.seas.upenn.edu /~aneeshk/miniWeb/depth1/depth2/depth3/nasa.html (115 words)

	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
		Rover science team member discusses Mars Exploration Rovers
		Learn more about NASA and the vision for space exploration.
		The Flight Director describes recent activities for the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity.
	www.jpl.nasa.gov (115 words)

	Open Directory - Kids and Teens: School Time: Science: Astronomy and Space: Exploration
		Students assume the roles of space scientists in the exploration of these locations from their own classrooms.
		- Follow the biweekly communications of two LEGO minifigures who are flying to Mars as part of the Mars Exploration Rover mission set to land in January 2004 on the red planet.
		Includes photos of the rover and the planet, as well as a glossary of terms and timeline.
	dmoz.org /Kids_and_Teens/School_Time/Science/Astronomy_and_Space/Exploration (269 words)

	A Novel Lightweight Space Robot Joint Actuator
		It is also suitable for planetary exploration missions such as the exploration of the Moon or Mars, where its flat cylindrical shape and hollow shaft allow it to fit inside the wheel of a planetary rover vehicle.
		Robotic actuators intended for use in space must meet very demanding requirements on survival and operational temperature, lubrication, reliability and smoothness and linearity of motion.
		Our novel direct drive system has characteristics which make it well suited to a number of space missions.
	esapub.esrin.esa.it /pff/pffv7n2/visev7n2.htm (269 words)

	Mars Rover Sends Pictures to European Space Agency Orbiter
		The images were forwarded to the European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany, and immediately relayed to the rover team based at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
		According to an August 10 press release from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the link-up was one of several interplanetary networking demonstrations planned by NASA and ESA to pave the way for communications capabilities on future missions and as part of continuing efforts to cooperate in space exploration.
		The American and European agencies planned them as part of continuing efforts to cooperate in space exploration.
	usinfo.state.gov /xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2004&m=August&x=20040811143857lcnirellep4.629153e-02&t=livefeeds/wf-latest.html (947 words)

	Desert Dispatch newspaper - Barstow, California
		A one-third scale model will be on display Monday evening at the Barstow Branch Library, and representatives of the NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory Solar System Ambassador Program will be there to answer questions and talk about space exploration.
		BARSTOW-- While NASA's twin Mars Exploration Rover robots continue to traverse the Red Planet, local residents will have a chance to get a close look at a smaller version of the robots.
		Smith, an area resident, works at Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex, but isn't representing his employer at the event, although Goldstone is co-sponsoring it.
	www.desertdispatch.com /2005/112264742918774.html (240 words)

	JPL News -- Spirit Lands on Mars and Sends Postcards
		JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology, manages the Mars Exploration Rover project for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington.
		Mars Exploration Rover Spirit successfully sent a radio signal after the spacecraft had bounced and rolled for several minutes following its initial impact at 11:35 p.m.
		Spirit stopped rolling with its base petal down, though that favorable position could change as airbags deflate, said JPL's Rob Manning, development manager for the rover's descent through Mars' atmosphere and landing on the surface.
	www.jpl.nasa.gov /releases/2004/3.cfm (554 words)

	SPACE.com -- Mars Rover Special Report
		Complete story and multimedia collection of SPACE.com's coverage of Mars Exploration Rover-A, Spirit.
		Complete story and multimedia collection of SPACE.com's coverage of Mars Exploration Rover-B, Opportunity.
		Long before the Mars Rover missions were readied for launch, NASA researcher worried behind the scenes about invisible microbes that could contaminate the spacecraft.
	www.space.com /marsrover (1084 words)

	Auction - Explore the Cosmos The Planetary Society
		This 400 page comprehensive overview of deep space, the solar system and space missions will be a wonderful addition to the library of anyone who is an explorer at heart.
		Shirley was also the original leader of the team that built the Sojourner rover, which explored the surface of Mars in 1997.
		This private tour will take you and up to three guests to countless imaginary worlds in the company of a woman who conducted the real-life exploration of Mars as manager of the Mars Exploration Program at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
	www.planetary.org /explore/topics/2005awardsdinner/auction.html (2249 words)

	Prometheus Music - To Touch the Stars
		Prometheus Music, a U.S. based specialty label has just released a new CD, To Touch the Stars, featuring songs that celebrate the history and future of human space exploration.
		This song was recently honored by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory as the wake-up music for the Opportunity rover on sol 20 of its mission.
		The album's powerful performance of Leslie Fish's Hope Eyrie, a musical testament to the Apollo 11 landing, moved award-winning independent video producer Per Malm to produce a music video to accompany the track.
	www.prometheus-music.com /space.html (841 words)

	SPACE.com -- Orbital Overload: Space Debris Crowds the Not-So-Friendly Skies
		Similarly, in July a metal pressure sphere and metal fragment fell into Brazil, the likely debris from a second stage of a Delta 2 booster that hurled the Mars Exploration Rover, Opportunity, toward the red planet a year earlier.
		Fragmentation debris appears to have decreased noticeably in recent years, but unfortunately the true picture is slightly different, said Nicholas Johnson, Program Manager and Chief Scientist of the NASA Orbital Debris Program Office at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
		There’s another "message" that can be seen in charting out the space junk saga, found in the relative numbers of spacecraft, rocket bodies, and other debris.
	www.space.com /businesstechnology/technology/orbital_debris_050202.html (832 words)

	Mars - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Shortly after the landing of the Mars Exploration Rovers in 2004, it was announced by a large group of scientists that they had conclusive evidence that liquid water existed at one time on the surface of Mars.
		In early 2000, a proposed Mars flag flew aboard the space shuttle Discovery.
		Plans for crewed interplanetary exploration beyond the Moon have mostly assumed Mars as the first target; serious proposals arguably date from the late 1950's with Project Orion.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mars_(planet) (4463 words)

	IWG-LPE Space Frequency Coordination Group Meeting, 1995 (ResearchIndex)
		Unlike traditional space exploration missions, which have been concerned primarily with science, the Lunar Rover Initiative focuses on edutainment (entertainment and education).
		Iwg-Lpe Space Frequency Coordination Group Meeting, 1995 (1995)
		IWG-LPE Space Frequency Coordination Group Meeting, 1995 (ResearchIndex)
	citeseer.ist.psu.edu /273481.html (198 words)

	SpiritHit News Cosmos
		NASA has a new Vision for Space Exploration: in the decades ahead, humans will land on Mars and explore the red planet.
		European space scientists have strongly recommended a mission equipped with a Rover as the next scientific mission to Mars as part…
		Scientists at NASA and the University of Kansas say that a mass extinction on Earth hundreds of millions of years ago could have been…
	news.spirithit.com /index/cosmos/.../gourmet_cooking_on_the_way_to_mars (198 words)

	Mars Exploration Rover Mission: The Mission
		The NASA Deep Space Network (DSN) is an international network of antennas that provide the communication links between the scientists and engineers on Earth to the Mars Exploration Rovers in space and on Mars.
		The DSN consists of three deep-space communications facilities placed approximately 120 degrees apart around the world: at Goldstone, in California's Mojave Desert; near Madrid, Spain; and near Canberra, Australia.
		how the DSN helps engineers navigate the spacecraft during cruise
	marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov /mission/communications.html (137 words)

	Mars Exploration: Home
		As it nears Mars on March 10, a NASA spacecraft designed to examine the red planet in unprecedented detail from low orbit will point its main thrusters forward, then fire them to slow itself enough for Mars' gravity to grab it into orbit.
		The spacecraft team that has been working furiously during the orbiter's cruise is now preparing for a big moment at Mars: the mission-critical Mars orbit insertion.
		After reaching the top of "Husband Hill," NASA's Mars rover finds that sizing up the terrain depends on the point of view.
	mars.jpl.nasa.gov (297 words)

	NASA - Goddard Space Flight Center Director Dr. Edward J. Weiler
		Under his leadership, the Enterprise had numerous successes, including the Chandra, NEAR, MAP, FUSE, Spitzer, Mars Odyssey, and Mars Exploration Rover missions.
		Sharing the excitement of these scientific discoveries is an important part of Dr. Weiler's philosophy, and the Space Science Enterprise?s interaction and partnership with the academic community and the informal education community (e.g., planetaria, museums) has grown exponentially in recent years.
		He joined Princeton in 1976 and was based at the Goddard Space Flight Center as the director of science operations of the Orbiting Astronomical Observatory-3 (COPERNICUS).
	search1.nasa.gov /about/highlights/weiler_biography.html (297 words)

	SpaceRef - Space News As It Happens
		If a human with perfect vision donned a spacesuit and stepped onto the martian surface, the view would be as clear as this sweeping panorama taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit.
		One of the focuses in the search for life on other planets and the possibilities for transfer of life between planets currently centers on bacteria and the possibility of it surviving an interplanetary journey exposed to the harsh space environment.
		A new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope reveals billowing mountains of dust ablaze with the fires of stellar youth.
	www.spaceref.com (829 words)

	Archive: June 22, 2003 - June 28, 2003 Martian Soil
		With the launch of the second Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity rapidly approaching this weekend, Space.com captures the hopes and anxieties of the team behind this mission:
		Defense and aerospace company Northrop Grumman Corporation announced that one of its divisions provided navigational systems for the Mars Exploration Rovers:
		The MER mission's twin Mars Exploration Rovers will seek to determine the history of climate and water at two sites on Mars where conditions may have once been favorable to life.
	www.martiansoil.com /archives/week_2003_06_22.php (829 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Topic: Rover (space exploration)

Ads by Google

Related Topics

In the News (Wed 16 Dec 09)