2012-02-27

Opportunity Sol 1101 (Spirit Sol 1121)

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It's a busy day. We start off with a MB soil-touch test, just planting the MB on the soil to see if the contact switches trip -- not th...
2012-02-22

Spirit Sol 1116

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Today we're continuing to follow our months-old tracks back toward Home Plate. Our plan had originally been to skirt this little ridge ...
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2012-02-20

Spirit Sol 1114

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Damn, we nailed that drive. The rock's right in front of us, right smack dab where it's supposed to be, ready for us to give it a w...
2012-02-15

Spirit Sol 1109

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I'm happy, so happy. There's a MER science convention in town, and the science team is actually here in the room with us. Today we...
2012-02-09

Spirit Sol 1103

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Hot damn! She can still dance! I can't sleep, of course, so I get up and check out the downlink. It takes me a couple of minutes to re...
2012-02-08

Spirit Sol 1102

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We didn't see the MB's contact switches trip on Puenta Arenas, after not seeing them trip on Mount Darwin a few days ago. This is g...
2012-02-07

Spirit Sol 1101

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Brenda Franklin is back and feisty again, and she's made us hundred-sol cookies. Chocolate chip, this time, in addition to the yummy gi...
2012-02-02

Spirit Sol 1097

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Ugh. I'm sorry, but getting here at 07:30 is just brutal. It puts me in a bad mood. And I'm not the only one. Ray Arvidson is in ...
2012-02-01

Opportunity Sol 1075 (Spirit Sol 1096)

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As Steve Squyres points out, "We're falling victim to the extraordinary scenery we see before us -- flash is extremely tight....
2012-01-30

Opportunity Sol 1074 (Spirit Sol 1094)

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No driving is planned today. But yesterday's drive stopped a bit earlier than we'd hoped, after covering 2.19m of the planned 2.5m,...
2012-01-27

Opportunity Sol 1071 (Spirit Sol 1091)

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I have good news and bad news. And good news. And bad news. And good news. The good news is, we got satisfactory results from our VO test...
2012-01-23

Opportunity Sol 1066 (Spirit Sol 1087)

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We're in what is probably the flattest, most featureless terrain this vehicle has been in, ever. You'd think that would be good new...
2012-01-21

Spirit Sol 1085

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Ah, brilliant. We've been working on releasing a new RSVP version to go with the new Linux version we're moving to. And they decid...
2012-01-18

Spirit Sol 1082

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"According to Brenda," Khaled tells me, "we're doing a tool change from MB to APXS, and that's it for the three sols....
2012-01-15

Spirit Sol 1079

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I haven't worked with Khaled for a while. He's in fine form, still struggling a little but well on his way to being a full RP again...
2012-01-09

Spirit Sol 1073

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Well, let's see if we can handle this. We've got to do a tool change, swapping the APXS for the MB. No, wait -- there's more. ...
2012-01-06

Spirit Sol 1070

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"Way to go, RPs!" Oded Aharonson exclaims over the telecon. "You guys are awesome!" We can't believe it ourselves. ...
2012-01-05

Spirit Sol 1069

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As of this sol, we're starting our fourth Earth year on Mars. For Spirit, at least; Opportunity's anniversary doesn't happen fo...
2012-01-04

Spirit Sol 1068

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Happy New Year, everybody! It's January 3, which means that tonight at 8:35PM Pacific Time is the 3-year anniversary of Spirit's la...
2011-12-30

Opportunity Sol 1045 (Spirit Sol 1063)

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So now Opportunity is sitting in front of a rock known as Santa Catarina, ready to IDD the heck out of it. As has happened before -- and re...