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November 17, 2009 Tilt Parameters End First Extrication DriveThe preliminary results from the first extrication drive for Spirit on Sol 2088 (Nov. 17, 2009) indicate the rover stopped less than 1 second after it began, sensing more vehicle lateral tilt than permitted. |
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November 17, 2009 NASA and Microsoft Allow Earthlings to Become MartiansNASA and Microsoft Corp. of Redmond, Wash., have collaborated to create a Web site for Internet users to advance their knowledge about Mars while having fun at the same time. |
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November 17, 2009 NASA's Wise Gets Ready to Survey the Whole SkyNASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or Wise, is chilled out, sporting a sunshade and getting ready to roll. |
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November 16, 2009 Team Prepares to Uplink Commands to SpiritTeam Prepares to Uplink Commands to Spirit. Today (Monday, Nov. 16), driving commands are being prepared to instruct Spirit to attempt to drive forward. |
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November 13, 2009 Rosetta Completes Final Earth FlybyOn its way to a 2014 rendezvous with comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft, with JPL instruments on board, flew past Earth today to pick up energy. |
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November 13, 2009 Ghostly 'Spokes' Puff Out From Saturn's Ring'sMassive, bright clouds of tiny ice particles hover above the darkened rings of Saturn in an image captured by the Cassini spacecraft on Sept. 22, 2009, around the time of Saturn's equinox. |
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November 13, 2009 Dawn Enters Asteroid Belt -- For GoodNASA's Dawn spacecraft re-entered our solar system's asteroid belt today, Nov. 13, and this time it will stay there. |
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November 12, 2009 NASA to Begin Attempts to Free Sand-Trapped Mars RoverNASA will begin transmitting commands to its Mars exploration rover Spirit on Monday as part of an escape plan to free the venerable robot from its Martian sand trap. |
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November 12, 2009 El Nino Picking Up SteamThe latest image from the U.S./European Jason-2 satellite finds a strong wave of warm water heading toward the Americas, fueling El Niño. |
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November 12, 2009 Distal Rampart of Crater in Chryse PlanitiaAn example of a rampart crater is the ridge in this image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. |
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