A team at NASA testing possible maneuvers for the MarsroverSpirit to use to escape the soft soil it has been stuck in since April. The space agency announced plans for freeing the roverSpirit, which has been stuck in a Martian sand trap since April …
Read Original Story: NASA unveils plan to un-stick a stuck Mars rover – 89.3 KPCC
The good news: Starting Monday, NASA will try to drive the Spiritrover out of a sandy spot where it has been mired since April. The bad: It will not be easy, and in announcing their plans today, …
Read Original Story: The Mars rover has been helplessly mired in sand since April, but lately it's … – Popular Science
The MarsRover operators said today that they will begin sending signals to begin moving Spirit on Monday, the rover that has been stuck in a rut for the past six months. The team said that they were cautiously optimistic …
Read Original Story: Mars Rover operators will begin sending signals Monday to free Spirit from its rut – Pasadena Star-News
This view from the navigation camera on nasa’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows tracks left by backing out of a wind-formed ripple after the rover’s wheels had started to dig too deeply into the dust and sand of the ripple. …
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By DPA, IANS WASHINGTON – The SpiritMarsrover may have met its match in a patch of sandy soil that has ensnared it on Mars, but NASA scientists said Thursday they will make a last effort to free the little “rover that could”. …
Read Original Story: One more try to free plucky Mars rover: NASA – Gaea Times
PASADENA, Calif., Nov. 12 (UPI) — NASA scientists say they plan to begin transmitting commands to the Mars exploration roverSpirit in an attempt to free the robot from martian sand. Spirit has been stuck in martian sand since April 23. …
Read Original Story: NASA to begin attempts to free Spirit – United Press International
Trapped in the clutches of the Red Planet! NASA engineers announced plans Thursday to free the Spiritrover from a lengthy stay in a sand pit. "This is going to be a lengthy process, and there’s a high probability attempts to free Spirit will not be …
Read Original Story: NASA unveils plan to free sand-trapped Mars rover – USA Today
nasa’s long running MarsroverSpirit is stuck in a sand trap – a situation the space agency would like to fix. Today NASA said it will begin what it called the long process of extricating Spirit by sending commands …
Read Original Story: NASA to power Mars rover out of sand trap – InfoWorld
LOS ANGELES — The MarsroverSpirit will soon try to drive itself out of a sand trap where it has been stuck for the past six months. NASA is set to outline plans to try to free Spirit, a risky process that could take months. Details of the extraction …
Read Original Story: Stuck Mars rover to begin moving – The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — For NASA’s stuck Marsrover, the Spirit may be willing, but the wheels could prove too weak. The space agency on Thursday outlined a rescue plan to try to free the roverSpirit, which has been bogged in a sand trap on the red planet for …
Read Original Story: NASA to try to free stuck Mars rover Spirit – The Associated Press
