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MRO to rewrite onboard flash memory data tables

Posted on October 29, 2015 by rburnham

Tables stored in flash memory aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) tell locations of Earth and the sun for the past 10 years, but not their locations next year. That needs to be changed. Carefully. The long-lived orbiter relies on … Continue reading →

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Opportunity has post-reformat amnesia event

Posted on March 27, 2015 by rburnham

Mars Exploration Rover Mission Status Report: The team operating NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity learned Thursday that the long-lived rover experienced a brief amnesia event related to its flash memory, the first since a reformatting of that nonvolatile type of … Continue reading →

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Opportunity working in no-flash mode for now

Posted on December 12, 2014 by rburnham

Persistent computer resets and “amnesia” events on NASA’s Mars Exploration rover Opportunity that have occurred after reformatting the robot’s flash memory have prompted a shift to a working mode that avoids use of the flash data-storage system. The most recent … Continue reading →

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