
Supervising two rovers from space
ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen is proving to be an expert space driver after commanding two rovers from space this week. As part of ESA's Meteron project, Andreas drove a second, car-sized rover fro ... more
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Team Continues to Operate Rover in RAM Mode
Opportunity is within 'Marathon Valley' on the west rim of Endeavour Crater exploring for clay minerals.
The rover is operating in persistent RAM mode (not using Flash for data storage). On So ... more
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Mars Panorama from Curiosity Shows Petrified Sand Dunes
Some of the dark sandstone in an area being explored by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows texture and inclined bedding structures characteristic of deposits that formed as sand dunes, then were ceme ... more
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Ridley Scott's 'The Martian' takes off in Toronto
Matt Damon got to relive his childhood fantasies of being an astronaut in Ridley Scott's 3D space epic "The Martian," where he portrays a character left for dead on the Red Planet. ... more
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Sweeping over the south pole of Mars
An unusual observation by Mars Express shows a sweeping view over the planet's south polar ice cap and across its ancient, cratered highlands.
The image was taken by the high-resolution stereo ... more
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Opportunity Driving West To Reach New Rock Target
Opportunity is within 'Marathon Valley' on the west rim of Endeavour Crater exploring for phyllosilicate clay minerals.
The rover is operating in persistent RAM mode (not using Flash for data ... more
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Canada Dominates European Rover Challenge 2015
Canadian teams have dominated the second edition of the biggest European competition for Mars rovers that took place on Sept. 5-6 at the Regional Science-Technology Centre in Podzamcze, Poland. The ... more
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