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NASA’s Rovers Keep Getting Stuck and We Just Found Out Why – SciTechDaily

NASA’s Rovers Keep Getting Stuck and We Just Found Out Why  SciTechDaily NASA Rovers Keep Getting Stuck, And We Finally Know Why  yahoo.com A ‘fluffy’ trap: These researchers might have figured out why planetary rovers keep getting stuck  Aerospace America This Could Prevent Rovers From Getting Stuck In Sand Or Dust  Universe Today NASA Sets New Course as Rover Wheels Spin in Martian Dust: …

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NASA Rovers Keep Getting Stuck, And We Finally Know Why : ScienceAlert

NASA Rovers Keep Getting Stuck, And We Finally Know Why : ScienceAlert

Although humanity is getting better at sending robotic probes out into the Solar System to explore the places no human can tread, we’re still very much on a learning curve. The first extraterrestrial robotic rover was launched from Earth in 1970. It’s only now, more than half a century later, that scientists have figured out why these marvels of ingenuity …

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Flawed Tests on Earth May Explain Why NASA’s Rovers Get Stuck on Mars

Flawed Tests on Earth May Explain Why NASA’s Rovers Get Stuck on Mars

In the spring of 2019, the six-wheeled Spirit rover was driving backwards to drag an inoperable front right wheel when it got stuck on the sandy Martian surface. Despite spending months trying to excavate its robot, NASA could not free Spirit. Now, engineers from the University of Wisconsin–Madison may have figured out a way to better prepare NASA’s robots for …

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Lockheed Martin Wants To Bring Mars Rover’s Samples To Earth If NASA Can’t

Lockheed Martin Wants To Bring Mars Rover’s Samples To Earth If NASA Can’t

Lockheed Martin has announced the details of a proposal to take over NASA’s Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission, tasked with retrieving the samples that the Perseverance rover on the red planet has already collected. These samples have great scientific value, including the possibility of the evidence of life. While originally conceived as an in-house …

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