Mars Rover Opportunity is stuck in a sand dune
According to NASA, the rover Opportunity got
bogged down in a sand dune on April 26 and hasn't been asked to turn its wheels
since, while NASA engineers are trying to figure out how to get it out the
sand.
NASA's engineers seem to be confident that they
can get Opportunity moving again. They have mixed up a material that behaves
like Martian sand and are using a test rover in it to figure out the best
sequence of moves to get the rover
unstuck.
Portion of a mosaic of navigation-camera frames from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, presented in a vertical projection, shows the rover's position after it dug itself to wheel-hub depth in a small dune during its 446th martian day, or sol (April 26, 2005). (Click the image to see the full image on JPL's web site.)
Portion of a mosaic of navigation-camera frames from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, presented in a vertical projection, shows the rover's position after it dug itself to wheel-hub depth in a small dune during its 446th martian day, or sol (April 26, 2005). (Click the image to see the full image on JPL's web site.)
Posted: Tuesday - May 10, 2005 at 03:06 AM
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