Sentences with phrase «rover opportunity got»
After hunkering down for six weeks to ride out a planet - spanning dust storm, the Mars rover Opportunity got back to work in September and began a drive into Victoria Crater, the largest, deepest crater it has yet explored.
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Observations of the Martian moons, Phobos and Deimos, by Curiosity and by the older, still - active Mars rover Opportunity are helping researchers get more precise knowledge of the moons» orbits.
The lightweight track shoe gets its support from 116 cables spun out of Vectran — the same material NASA used in the air bags that cushioned the Spirit and Opportunity rovers when they landed on Mars.
NASA helps Martian rovers locate hot winter hibernation spots NASA's intrepid Martian rovers — Spirit and Opportunity — are getting some earthly assistance in their quest to find a safe place to ride out the harsh Martian winter.
NASA chose to move the rover forward in more careful increments, which was especially important because Opportunity lost the full use of its right - front wheel (because of a seized steering motor) just days before it got stuck in the sand.