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What Is This?
3:20AM Jesus Diaz | This panorama is so out of focus that at first I thought this was some kind of giant alien mothership descending upon a massive mountain. The truth is that this photo comes from another planet. More »
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The NASA Spirit Rover Lives!
3:15AM Sean Fallon | Nerds cheered and wept with happiness as NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit responded to ground control commands today via the Mars Odyssey orbiter. Earlier this week, NASA feared that the rover would fall victim to the same problem that killed our beloved Phoenix Mars Lander. The dust storm is still a problem, but Spirit has managed to gather enough solar energy to communicate normally. Once again, Spirit has lived up to the name and proven that its a fighter. [Spacefellowship via Slashdot] More »
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Spirit Mars Rover May Be Dead Too Now
1:00AM Jesus Diaz | More bad, bad news. Just two days ago Phoenix Mars Lander sent his last words, and NASA announced the end of the mission because of a storm that covered its solar panels with Martian dust. Today, we have learnt that the Mars Spirit rover may be dying too because exactly the same problem. In fact, according to Bruce Banerdt–the mission manager at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and part-time Hulk impersonator–he may be dead already: More »
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