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Simulated Mars rover failure tests ‘ePartners’

Posted on October 8, 2015 by rburnham

Car trouble is never good – especially on the Red Planet. An actual robotic vehicle experienced wheel failure during a simulated Mars rover journey, in order to test the ability of prototype ‘electronic partners’ to help human astronauts. “The distance, … 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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Curiosity update: ‘Exciting new software’

Posted on January 23, 2015 by rburnham

Sol 876, January 22, 2015, update from USGS Scientist Lauren Edgar: The flight software transition is going well, and Curiosity is doing a test run of the new version. Both the prime and backup rover computers are on track to … Continue reading →

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