Sentences with phrase «surface operations»

In another dynamic demonstration of what can be achieved when a team works together, Opportunity cruised to the top of Perseverance Valley, shot the moon, and drove into her 160th month of surface operations in May.

After the first few sorties to prove the hardware ---- and there's nothing wrong with going through a transient, sortie mission phase, as long as we eventually move beyond it ---- we'll need a sizable - enough lander in order to design an unmanned cargo - transport variant, so that a base module can be sent Moonward ahead of the designated crew; hence expanding & lengthening our manned surface operations.

supported the new rover mission, saying in a statement that «an upgraded rover with additional instrumentation and capabilities is a logical next step that builds upon now proven landing and surface operations systems.»

In January, Opportunity quietly completed 14 years of surface operations on Mars — the longest - lived robot on another planet.

That mission will have AEGIS available from the start of its surface operations, once again for targeting mast - mounted instruments.

As NASA prepares for the Journey to Mars, weather and climate prediction are key concerns for the surface operations of the human crews.