NASA reported that Mars Opportunity rover has encountered some technical problems that make it difficult for the robotic explorer to save new data on its flash memory. Technicians were able to reprogram the machine to store further data on its RAM thus leading to memory loss when the rover enters hibernate mode. NASA’s Opportunity rover was designed to explore Mars for only three months, but it … [Read more...]
MAVEN Reached Mars, NASA Announced
Did you know NASA launched another space mission last year? The spacey agency will not take a break, even if the funding is getting scarcer due to political decisions backed by internal audits. On November 18 2013, NASA launched MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission). After less than one year, the climate analysis satellite travelled 442 million miles to reach the red planet. … [Read more...]